Choice: share first name?, locality? careful with personal details,.

born 2015 (age is helpful for context, but it changes, and is easy to forget to update)

I have liked animals since before I can remember. Apparently my first word was "ta" for "cat" pointing at our downstairs neighbour's ginger kittens.

Bed time stories were from the Reptile Encyclopedia and for a long time my favourite animal was the eyelash palm pit viper.