Do you ever wonder, why are furries?
Like, why do people enjoy imagining themselves as anthropomorphic animals (of various degrees of anthropomorphism)?
Is it like... The final stage of anthropomorphism? When we humanize animals (and ascribe human qualities to them) so much, we start actually relating to those qualities and associating ourselves with various animals?
Is it joy of playing pretend for a little? "Hey, look at me, I'm a big dog with bappy paws"? Not in a denigrating fashion really, because it me. Sometimes, I am a big goofy dog with bappy paws and waggy tail.
Or is there something deeper, some part of strange connection we feel, perhaps not even to the animals themselves (I am mostly afraid of animals, I have met some unfriendly dogs and cows and chicks), but to concepts of those animals?