My favourite (unconventional) animal

This is my entry to the April 2026 Grizzly Gazette Carnival on the topic “Your favourite unconventional animal". My favourite animals are cats, undoubtedly [1] [2]. This month’s Grizzly Gazette Carnival invites participants to think beyond cats, however, to “unconventional” animals. The first thought that popped into my head when I read the prompt was “pandas!” The exclamation mark is representative of the excitement with which I thought about pandas. My earliest memory of thinking about p...