Wings or a Tail?

[Blackmagic1515]

Basically I've been asking people that if they could have any animal adaptation, what would they have? Say you could have a monkey's tail or a cheetah's speed or claws or whatever. I'd like to have wings, just because I've always liked the idea of flight and the freedom that comes with it.

So Escapist, I ask you, if you could have any animal adaptation, what would you have and why?

Sorry if this has been done before. I did search but couldn't find anything really recent.

Edit: Just to clarify, if you choose wings you don't lose your arms. The adaptation would just be like an extra part of your body.

 

[Mr. Grey]

I want to curl up like an armadillo... if only so I can say "Morph Ball Acquired!" over and over.

Also the added armor bits would be kind of cool to have.

 

[garlicncow]

Genitalia of a whale, or to be serious the survivability of the anthrax spore, ANTARCTICA HERE I COME!

 

[Marter]

I'd like wings, as long as I could conceal the easily enough when necessary. It'd be really fun to fly, and it would save me a lot of time travelling.

 

[NeutralDrow]

Hard to tell. Either of them would be functionally useless (unless I figured out how to use them for balance), but either would be fun.

Probably wings.

By the way:
If you had wings you would lose your arms.

Not necessarily. You could have insect wings.

 

[Goremocker]

Basically I would want wings right to the inner side where my shoulder blades are,it makes for easy access and would be able to fit in like a coat or something.

 

[WhyteBoy]

I am not a cat person, but i think the most simplistic animal trait i would want to have would be the feline grace cats have during the night. I would be able to see when others cant and be able to go crazy and trick people.

 

[Dragon_of_red]

If i could keep my arms too, i would like wings, if not, i would also like a set of gills, so i can breath underwater.

Yeah, gills would be awesome.

 

[silver wolf009]

Tail, wings would restrict me in an office space or any room really barring a gymnasium. and even if i had wings, my bones are to heavy for anything other than a weak glide. and mabye posin glands that let me spit like the cobras. that'd be nice.

 

[GundamSentinel]

Adapt my color, like a chameleon or cuttlefish. Would be awesome. Bit creepy though.

 

[WorldCritic]

I really wouldn't want any. Having wings would be awkward and having a tail would mean I have to double check a door before I close it.

 

[Rakkana]

Crow's wings.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Why, Elephant's Penis of course.

 

[RyQ_TMC]

Genitalia of a whale, or to be serious the survivability of the anthrax spore, ANTARCTICA HERE I COME!

Wasn't it supposed to be animal adaptation, eh eh eh?

I want a prehensile tail. Wouldn't need to sacrifice anything, would take only a bit of time to get used to, and I'd never again have to worry about having to carry three things upstairs.

 

[Vitor Goncalves]

Wings definitely. Tail is not very useful unless for fighting/climbing/balancing but inthe first two cases with jaws/limbs also designed for that purpose and, in the last case we would need to run on 4 and quite fast for the tail to be useful.

Wings for flying would just be a dream come true, and increase the chances of surviving (on response to some recent threads) a zombie apocalypse or an incursion in Jurassic Park

 

[-Drifter-]

By the way:
If you had wings you would lose your arms.

OP:
I do not want ANY animal adaption, humanity is perfect in it's evolution in my opinion.

... Seriously? I know most of us don't really need to be super fast or strong, considering our lifestyle, but still, as far as physical prowess goes, humanity is pretty pathetic overall. I'd hardly call that perfect.

Personally, I'd rather have the senses of an animal than one's physical traits. Super-hearing, mostly.

 

[oppp7]

Ya, I'm just gonna go with that anthrax guy and say endospores(yes, I know they aren't animals but I don't care).

 

[-Drifter-]

Why, Elephant's Penis of course.

Careful what you wish for. I can see that quickly becoming more of a curse than anything else.