You can’t identify as an animal in any more meaningful way than an animal can identify itself as a human

How do you know what animals identify as? Cats who grew up surrounded by dogs often time behave like them and see themselves as a part of the pack. What you identity as is up to you, on itself it’s not really a claim about biology.

Now, if you believe in past lives and stuff you are being silly IMO, but I also believe in weird shit that makes living more comfortable so who am I to judge.