I'm one of the #2's. I love all little creatures, from dogs and cats to snakes and bats. I even take spiders outside when I find them in the house.

My mother used to tell me that when I was little, I would warn everyone where the ants were on the sidewalks, telling whoever I was walking with not to step on them. I've saved many an injured animal, always trying to save something. I still do. Maybe deep down I'm trying to save myself, but I've been that way since I was a kid. I even built a tiny splint to put on a toad with a broken leg. Took in and nursed back to health injured rabbits and squirrels and birds (and took the ones I couldn't help to the wildlife rescue) and put a bandage on the tippy tail of a snake who got walked on . I've stopped my car in the middle of the road to pick up birds that have been hit, but were still alive.

Yeah, okay, I'm strange. But I love creatures.

Me too even uggy buggy spiders. Surely anyone with empathy loves nature in general

Me too even uggy buggy spiders. Surely anyone with empathy loves nature in general