Miscellaneous Monday - Most Exotic Animal You Have Ridden

John Funk
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May 22, 2023

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Yep, it's Monday!! Hoping your week is off to a good start. So to help with that, let us know the most exotic animal you have ever ridden (or attempted to ride!). And if you haven't achieved that yet, then which animal would you like to give a try? 

Mine is probably an elephant, though I don't have a photo of it handy. It was actually on our honeymoon when we spent a day at the San Diego Zoo. Now that I am in Dubai, I am hoping to add a camel to that list soon. 

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Let's hear what you have and Happy Monday!

 

 

 

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Robert Mullins May 22, 2023

Ostrich

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John Funk
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May 23, 2023

WOW - would love to see a picture of that!

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Amanda Barber
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May 22, 2023

Our local zoo used to offer camel rides, so I'm sure I've done that as a child. As an adult, I've only ridden horses. Riding horses even felt a bit exotic though, ha!

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May 23, 2023

True! I don't go horseback riding often, but always enjoy it.

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Dave Mathijs
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May 22, 2023

That would be a camel (dromedary) ride when on vacation in Tunisia in 2010.

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May 23, 2023

Excellent! I am hoping to visit Tunisia one day as well. 

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May 25, 2023

What were the impressions? This is what I want to do on my next vacation in Tunisia 🤩

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May 22, 2023

Rode a bull in my late teenage years.  Not exotic if you come from Texas but definitely exciting!  (I managed to stay on about 2 seconds :-O )

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May 23, 2023

I would classify a bull as exotic! And not about to get on one. haha

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May 22, 2023

I rode a camel in Morocco and rode/bathed an elephant at a rehab facility in Laos - both were awesome experiences! I've never been on a horse or rode with dolphins and would like to try both in the future :) 

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May 23, 2023

Well done! Hoping to make it to Morocco later this summer or maybe in the fall. 

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May 23, 2023

Awesome @Darline Auguste , wonderful picture with that elephant.

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Dave Liao
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May 22, 2023

I've never ridden an animal before - not that I can recall!

Now I can't use that as a Security Question for my bank now, d'oh! 😟

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May 23, 2023

New password for you Dave - CamelRiderDave999!

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May 22, 2023

I see myself revisiting this page from time to time 😀

I've been close to many animals, but I guess my most exciting ride was .... a donkey.

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May 23, 2023

Ah, our first donkey! Never been on one but would certainly give that a try! And yes, I will need to come back here and update with any photos as I get adventurous. Hoping others do the same!

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May 22, 2023

A black unicorn and a dragon! (Merry-go-rounds count, right? 😂)

Really, horses are as exotic as I've gotten.

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May 23, 2023

Hard to beat unicorns and dragons! But horses are certainly a good substitute!

Matt Doar
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May 22, 2023

Lots of people got to ride their parents when they were small. Or older siblings. So I'm going to go for "humans"

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May 23, 2023

Haha - yep, I imagine most of use took our dads for a ride when we were little. My boys certainly did that with me!

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May 22, 2023

I rode a camel once at the Phoenix Zoo. I also fed a giraffe the same day. No pic of the camel ride, but I do have a pic of the giraffe feeding. 

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May 23, 2023

@Summer_Hogan  - you should have bribed them to let you ride the giraffe! That would have topped everything here so far. 

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June 5, 2023

I totally should have @John Funk 

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Rakesh Kambattula May 23, 2023

I never ridden an animal before, but I would like to ride on a camel at least.

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May 23, 2023

Agreed! I think Atlassian should offer camel rides at Team 24!!

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Randy O_Neal
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May 29, 2023

Camel (dromedary) and elephant.  I grew up riding horses.

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John Funk
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May 29, 2023

You have covered the gamete so far! Is there another animal that you would like to try? 

Ankush Bora January 22, 2024

Not as exotic, but it was an elephant for me.

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