Are they animal, vegetable, or mineral? That question implies life within minerals. So, mineral classifications must be for a life-form such as a shape shifter, although their true origin is as yet unknown.
Shape shifters evolved long ago with the eldest of the Earthly inhabitants. Having had several hundreds of millions of years of immortality to adapt to their ever-changing environment, they have become one of the best-adapted forms of life, our distant-yet-close relatives.
They love changing environments, because that is what they are designed to do... change! How wonderful, to be able to turn into a fork, or a spoon! Shape shifters love to meditate on matters such as texture, movement, color, placement, strength, element, size, and weight, as well as looks. Shape shifters really do enjoy being noticed. That’s why they’ll sit on the side of the road shifting, just slightly, or into something odd. They only do this on roads adjacent to the old places, especially ancient still ponds, because they admire water and are purely reliant upon it.
They are quite friendly, and may stalk you as a leaf, or as a miniature automobile. They may make themselves invisible, to say hello, and you’ll only know they’re there because you’ll sense their intelligence watching you. They are always nice. Perhaps they are building memories of you so as to transform into your likeness and take over your identity… but no worries, they’ll only do that to protect you in case you’re in need. :)
You may think ravens are cute and friendly, and they are, but they are also the descendants of dragons. They are the kindest souls, and so, very protective of their own. When threatened, they go after their enemy in a variety of ways. The first is distraction. They’ll manipulate their enemy simply by flapping their wings all around so as to create a distraction. This is their first line of defense, and is generally effective. The second line of defense is to use their body, their grip strength. This is also effective. The most effective defense of a raven, however, is the dragon tongue. They puff up their feathers in the old way and begin speaking the language of dragons. You may think a language couldn’t possibly scare away an enemy, but the truth is that it plucks a chord deep within the ancestral memory, a memory of a time when dragons ruled the skies. 🐉
Yes, spiders have at least two methods of flight. One method they have is to use a spider-silk thread that carries them on the wind. The other, I discovered recently, is to use their legs. I was walking on a newly-paved stretch of path, minding my own business, when I noticed coming up along-side me a strange-looking bug. At first, I thought it was a flying insect, but it didn't look like any flying insect I'd ever seen before. It was just hovering along-side me at eye-level, going just slightly faster than I was walking. I inspected it a little closer... it was a spider! It had the look of a top-heavy flight plane where the wings are fully under the body. The 'wings' were actually the spider's spindly little legs tremulously undulating in the wind. It appeared to be attempting to follow the same pathway I was following and eventually I watched it land a few feet in front of me on the pavement. I was able to say 'hi' and get a closer look. It wasn't timid at all but kept trying to climb up on me. Maybe it thought it would get a free ride! Now I have a new respect for spiders with spindly legs. ❤️
Some people wonder why evolution has occurred more quickly on Earth at sometimes more than others, whether it was from cosmic radiation or in response to extinction level events or something else. Sometimes spontaneous evolution occurs because of the presence of nearby shape shifters. Shape shifters have not only a telepathic connection to the life around them, but also on another level, a connection to the physical or bodily vehicle, such that they can signal life around them to change their form in a similar way to the shape shifters. The natural life around shape shifters begin to be able to change their form as well in proximity to shape shifters, as the shape shifters inspire and ignite the same sparks in life that gave the original shape shifters the ability to change form quickly and easily. To know when spontaneous or enhanced evolution occurs most, you can look at the total population of shape shifters in the area, or generally, on Earth, who were around at the time. Then, as the population of shape shifters moves or decreases, life goes back to being more stagnant, and keeps the form it had for the most part as the shape shifters had left it.
Of course, the Thunderbird had to enjoy the weather, too! Do they just love to enjoy the stormy weather or does the sky love to make weather for them? They climb into the sky relying on nothing but their powerful God-given wings to soar...that's true freedom. 🦅🦅🦅🦅