The Animal In You Analysis

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The meaning behind the animals designated after completion of the wild animal personality quiz relate to the specific traits of animals associated with the test taker’s answers. The popular online quiz originally appeared in a book, “The Animal in You” by Roy Feinson and divides into carnivores, herbivores, rodents, insects and birds.
Feinson area of expertise, zoology, inspired the test; his passion for the inter relationship between animals and humans shaped the 9 question quiz that uses mathematical principals based on personal data that produces connections between those tested and specific animals.
An example is the fox, whose fussy eating habits, quick wits, cunning and competitiveness lend themselves to people in the law, health, and

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