Animals Please

Research papers aren't exactly thought of as fun things.  When I first read the introduction of Ballenger's writing on research papers it just made me think of how there is not way a research paper could be any different then another one. In high school most of my research papers involved topics that I wanted nothing to do with especially not ones that I would want to write a ten page paper on. I would have to read over whatever I was trying to get research from a million times because I wasn't interested in the subject.  I would just keep thinking about other things that I could be doing or what my friends would be doing at the time. Not only could I not focus on it, but I would always put it off till the last day. So by the time I would turn my paper in I would have not slept the night before and wasn't even sure about what I had written. I definitely think that if my teacher would have given me a choice on what I wanted to write about writing a research paper wouldn't even seem like work. It would allow me to actually like what i'm writing about and enjoy it.  If I could pick anything to write about it would probably be something with animals. I have always had a really strong love for them ever since I was little. Even before I could read I remember looking through books with animal breeds and picking out the ones that I wanted. No matter how much I learn about animals I feel like there is still so much more that I could know. My question is are we going to be able to have a paper where we get to write about a topic of our choice?