[ meet one of my essa's ] - featuring scout the red fox :3 (my essay) - pls do NOT steal this :/ [Questions and Answers] Q: what is a cladotherian? A: a cladotherian is someone who identifies and has a deep connection to an entire family/genus of one species. Ex.: instead of identifying as a singular dog breed, they can identify as the whole canine family, or all of the dog breeds. Q: what is a therian? A: A therian is someone who identifies and connects with a certain animal or maybe multiple animals (polytherian). Ex.: Someone could identify and/or connect with a certain type of wolf breed. This could be physical, mental, or just spiritual. Q: what is an ESSA? A: an ESSA is an emotional support stuffed animal. It could be any animal, not just canines, or felines. It could even be a mythical creature of some sort! You don't only need an ESSA for trauma, depression, anxiety, etc. Anyone could have one Ex.: yes it all sounds weird and different but that gives no one any right to hate.