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I want to get bitten by a capybara and get the superpower of being chill 100% of the time.

The Immortal Jellyfish, taking their transdifferentiation ability in which they can reverse aging and damage at macro and cellular levels.

A housefly so my lifespan is 2 days

Bitten by a radioactive housecat, I gain the ability to sleep deeply and comfortably in a position that by all rights looks like it should be destroying my spine

Like I'll take whatever else you wanna throw on top, night vision or claws or something, but I only really need that first thing

Bats, I want their crazy advanced immune system and interferon production. Bats are tiny mammals with a metabolism even faster than a rat/mouse due to the high energy needs of powered flight. Typically, small mammals with this fast of a metabolism will live like 2-5 years, because cell division is so rapid that after only a few years, the cells' DNA becomes too damaged to continue. However, bats have insane immune systems. They're immune (asymptomatic carriers) to nearly every virus capable of infecting them because their immune systems produce so much interferon that any damage to the DNA (eg from a virus inserting code for its own reproduction into a cell) is corrected almost immediately. This process also partially repairs damage from cell-division, meaning that bats can live up to ~40 YEARS depending on the species. If a human had that ability, it would be like living to 400 or 500 years old, and being immune to nearly every disease (between native viral immunity, and antibiotics for bacterial infections)

a cat. I would like my superpower to be that everybody treats me like a cat

A kitten, and my superpowers are gonna be huge dick and $10k/day.

Next question.

How isn't there one post mentioning Mantis shrimp for the vision and punching power. Or any gorilla for being vegan and jacked. What about a giraffe? You could taste a women's urine to know if she's ovulating. Are these not no the default answers?

An axolotl. I love swimming, less so the idea of SCUBA diving. I'd spend so many hours just chilling in the coral reefs on a sunny day. They're amphibious too so it means I could breathe just fine on land and in the water!

Everyone seems to think the question says you get powers related to the animal that bites you, but it isn't worded that way. I'd get bit by a kitten and have the power of telekinesis, which is really multiple powers. I could fly, create forcefields, create cold or heat by moving atoms, hell, I could create all kinds of things by manipulating atoms.

Bitten by bear. Super power gained: DEATH

Human, so that I can be even humaner. If I can get humaner enough I might bypass superhuman and become hyperhuman. I didn't know if that will give me 5th-dimensional awareness or make me explode, but if superpowers are involved, there's only one way to find out.

Alternatively a mountain goat so I can wall-run through downtown like it's fucking Skyrim.

I'll go with orangutan, and gain the ability to shift how my muscles are attached to my bones so I can adjust fine muscle control vs raw power.

Octopus. I would hope to get the ability to shape shift.

I'm answering in the spirit of the question, but it wasn't specified that the animal has to match the power. In that case, I'd choose basically the smallest thing that could feasibly bite me. A tardigrade for example.

Tardigrade, I'd have extreme resistance to basically all climates and can be dried up and rehydrated back to life effectively allowing me to "travel" through time by waiting in death...so my shows are all finished lol.

I'd also make a great astronaut

Edit: words

Do the superpowers have to correlate to the abilities of the animal that bites me, like Spider-Man?

Probably a grasshopper, if so. Being able to bound to basically anywhere I need to get would be nice, get some wings to course correct in the air. Or a mantis shrimp because then I really would never have to worry about losing a fight.

But if it's any animal/any superpower: mosquito/super speed

An Asian palm civet, giving me the power to crap out exclusive high-priced coffee beans.

Cow

Big tits

Dog.. I just want to be happy.

Dog, so that I could lick my own... belly...

Ladybug bite.

I would like to attain their hard candy shell and ability to fly.

A lizard, then a pig.

Chop off a limb. Eat bacon.

Repeat.

Free bacon forever!

Wombat. The power to take square shits.

I choose to get bitten by a catgirl and gain the power of not actually existing.

A turtle! 🐢

• Great lifespan
• Even better defensive skills
• No need to go to a dentist on the account of not needing teeth anymore
• Great software development skills due to Shell Access

Edit, almost forgot:

• Wider housing options (unless they, I dunno, fill the sewers with concrete or something)
• Possibility of martial arts training

yes I would like to sign up to be bitten by a human woman, ty

wait, I get a free superpower too!?

(I'll take super intelligence cuz maybe it'll cancel out my stupidity then)

A cat so I can lick my own ass

Water bear. I want to live forever and be a cutie.

I would get bit by a cat because i know that's going to happen anyway. I would choose the power to import thoughts into other people.

Even though I'm scared of heights, being able to fly sounds fun. So maybe a bat or something?

Or maybe just a wolf so I can live out elaborate werewolf fantasies.