javascript get selected text not value
<p>Is it possible to get the selected text in the <code>select</code> not its value?</p>

<pre><code>&lt;select id="animals"&gt;
   &lt;option value="mammals"&gt;Elephant&lt;/option&gt;
   &lt;option value="reptile"&gt;Snakes&lt;/option&gt;
   &lt;option value="mammals"&gt;Bear&lt;/option&gt;
   &lt;option value="birds"&gt;Ostrich&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;/select&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>I want to know the type of animal that is being selected.</p>

<p>Thank you for all your help.</p>