>>309888>MammalCoyote. They are survivors above anything else. I think the coyote is my spirit animal.
>BirdGreat horned owl. I live in the country, have my entire life. Inherited my grandparent's place and there is an owl that lives around here. I've heard it at dusk since I was a kid.
>FishAligator gar. I love how deep and mysterious Southern waterways are. This fish pretty much personifies it to me.
>ReptileCopperhead. Beautiful, deadly, everything you could ever want in a woman.
>TreeCypress. Lots of these around. I used to make houses and forts inside of the big hollow ones as a kid.
>FlowerHoneysuckle. Nothing made me more homesick when I lived away than a breeze carrying the scent of a honeysuckle.
>Edible plantWild strawberries. Domestic strawberry's crazy cousin.
West-central Arkansas