The Symbolism Of Animals: The Prairie Dog

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As we all know by now, every animal is symbolic by either reflecting a person’s personality or physical aspects or even both. Certain religions believe that each animal represents a person, they call this having a spirit animal. In my case, according to my personality traits and physical aspects i was able to carefully choose an animal that resembles me the most. After doing lengthy research on myself and on the animal i have chosen, i came to the conclusion that the animal that is most similar to me is the prairie dog. Although the prairie dog is not an animal that is as known in this world like a lion or a wolf, this animal is more uncommon and lowkey. Today i will be discussing the major points that prove that the prairie dog represents

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