_ODE TO SPOT_
   Commander Data, Star Trek, The Next Generation

€Felis Catus is your taxonomic nomenclature, 
an endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature.
€Your visual, olfactory and auditory senses
Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses.
€I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations,
A singular development of cat communications
€That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection
for rhythmic stroking of your fur, to demonstrate affection.
€A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents.
You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance.
€And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion,
It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.
€Oh Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display
Connote a fairly well developed cognitive array.
€And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,
I none the less consider you a true and valued friend.
        
	Data (Star Trek)