Who Wants to Be an Animal Genius?

You’re just 15 animal science and behavior questions away from 1,000,000 doggie-themed postage stamps!

Phoenix Huber
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8 min readJul 2, 2020

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A Jack Russell type dog wearing glasses lays on top of a pile of notebooks with a happy expression
Photo: Iryna Kalamurza via Shutterstock

Meredith Vieira welcomes you. You blush with excitement, barely believing it as you plant your lucky fanny on the infamous game show hot seat.

Here you are, a contestant on Who Wants to Be an Animal Genius. It’s not quite what you once dreamt of as a young nerd. You’d always pictured those bright studio lights, the hard-hitting trivia questions, having to phone-a-friend your wisecracking uncle… and most of all, meeting Meredith.

You just never imagined that the grand prize would be one million doggie-themed postage stamps.

You nearly pass out as Meredith gives you a glowing personal introduction. “You ready to play?” she asks you with a smile.

I’m ready to faint on national television, you think to yourself.

“YES,” you finally say out loud.

The audience roars with applause, the lights move around and some friendly music sounds.

First, the easy questions…

Meredith reads you the first question, for 100 pairs of ant-patterned underwear:

1. Native to Madagascar, Dracula

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Phoenix Huber
Phoenix Huber

Written by Phoenix Huber

Animal rights are human rights. I'm a trans woman on a quest to show that everyone deserves compassion. Tip me at Ko-fi.com/phxhu. Free hugs at uberpath@gmail.

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