Animal path (former)

The was the second observed of the bodies in Nagato's Six Paths of Pain. The Legendary Sannin, Jiraiya, incapacitated this body and sends it to Konoha for further investigation before dying, where it proves instrumental in discovering the secret behind Pain and his abilities. This Animal path was destroyed by the Preta path during Pain's invasion while fighting Kiba and Tsume Inuzuka, so as to remove any further evidence of Pain's secrets that could be found by Konoha. This body was replaced with a new Animal path shortly before Pain departed from Amegakure.
 * Name:
 * Type: Kekkei Genkai
 * User: Nagato
 * Hand Seals: None
 * Debut (Anime):
 * Debut (Manga): Chapter 372

Prior to Jiraiya's encounter with Pain, one of the persons that he had interrogated revealed that Pain was considered as a "God" in Amegakure and never revealed himself to public, but noted that some believed Pain to have been from the Fūma clan, referring to the former Animal path. This was because the body was originally that of a man from the Fūma clan, recognized by Jiraiya as a person who had ambushed him in his travels, ending up being horizontally scarred across his forehead in the process.

Appearance
The first Animal path, like every one of the six paths, was different in appearance than the other paths. It possessed Nagato's Rinnegan eyes and sported orange hair, with a long ponytail and a fringe hanging down from the right side of it's head. It had a large bridge piercing through his upper nose which was attached on each cheek with a circular stud, one stud on it's upper nose, six studs around the bottom of it's face, and one stud on each ear. After being incapacitated and examined, the body was shown to have multiple piercings on it's chest as well.

Abilities
The Animal path's main abilities revolved around summoning various animals and creatures to aid it in battle. Each creature served a different purpose in battle, much like every path of Pain was also different from the others. Each animal summon also shared Nagato's Rinnegan eyes and had various body piercings as well, suggesting that they too are under his control.

Jutsu

 * Summoning Technique
 * Giant Drill-Beaked Bird
 * Giant Multi-Headed Dog
 * Giant Panda
 * Giant Ram (Deceased)
 * Giant Rhino (Deceased)
 * Giant Crustacean (Deceased)
 * Giant Centipede (Deceased)
 * Giant Snake-Tailed Chameleon (Deceased)
 * Deva path (incapacitated)
 * Human path (incapacitated)
 * Preta path (incapacitated)
 * Asura path (incapacitated)
 * Naraka path (incapacitated)
 * Konan


 * Summoning abilities
 * Violent Bubble Wave (Crustacean Summon)
 * Amplification Summoning Technique (Dog Summon)
 * Chameleon Camouflage (Chameleon Summon)

Influences
Buddhists believe that this realm is the realm of existence of the non-human animals on Earth.