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If all the animal related things in your home became real animals, what animals would you own?

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ThisPlumShark · 21/03/2025 18:12

For if you had a toy zebra you would now have a real zebra
I would have
3 gekkos
1 elephants
1 rabbit

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UnaOfStormhold · 21/03/2025 19:14

What a nice udea for a thread! Leaving out my son's toys, I can think of

Three swamp dragons and an orangutan.
A parade of elephants of various sizes.
7 crazy camels.

TroysMammy · 21/03/2025 19:15

About 6 giant pandas, a red panda, a ringtailed lemur, a tabby cat, a raccoon and Balooo the Bear.

Knickknacketty · 21/03/2025 19:16

Three dogs so I would basically have a zoo from all their toys

TroysMammy · 21/03/2025 19:17

I don't have children so they are all my animals.

EmiliaRuusuvuori · 21/03/2025 19:19

A copybara, a husky, a penguin,a polar bear and a pigeon eating a doughnut.

NewYearNewDietAgain · 21/03/2025 19:23

A giraffe, a fox, 2 elephants and 3 sheep. Not even counting DC stuffed toys!

FamingolosForDays · 21/03/2025 19:23

Several dogs
Several lemurs
A lion
6 giraffes
An ape
2 octopuses
Several Helan coos
Polar bear
Squirrel
Starfish
I'm sure I've forgotten some!

Longsleepneeded · 21/03/2025 19:30

Several elephants, a dinosaur, some penguins, a puffin, squid, octopus, shark, lion, monkeys, polar bear and a water bear!

Jeezitneverends · 21/03/2025 19:34

3 monkeys-1 of which cant’t speak, 1 can’t hear and 1 can’t see 🤣
squirrel
deer
trout
horse

mathanxiety · 21/03/2025 19:35

Birds ...

LunaNorth · 21/03/2025 19:37

A few hares.
A tabby cat.

MargaretThursday · 21/03/2025 19:38

onwardandupwards · 21/03/2025 18:15

79 dogs (ds soft dog collection)
12 sharks
1 highland cow
3 cats
2 penguins
1 lion
And a flamingo

I think ds has a similar number of soft dogs.
Unfortunately he has a dust mite allergy so they live in the wardrobe. They are all placed carefully so they look out on you when you go to get clothes out.

Or they would if he could fit any clothes in to get out. The dogs take up most of the space. I suggested maybe he could get rid of a few, and he was horrified. He is 17yo.

We also have between us lots of bears, birds (budgies and parrots - again ds') and a elephant or three (ds'), cats (dd2), ring-tailed lemurs (dd1) and a fair number of Puffles (for those who remember Club Penguin) if those count as animals.

Manzana · 21/03/2025 19:38

a hare
Capybara
horse
donkey
frog
several cats
a stripy dog
two parrots
a snake

DilemmaDelilah · 21/03/2025 19:40

Several hares. The cat we already have. A load of farm animals, a couple of lions, a tiger, a monkey, a couple of beers and a scary amount of dinosaurs! All had the hares and the cat belong to my grandsons.

TimeForBedSaidZebadee · 21/03/2025 19:40

Do dinosaurs count? If so loads. Ds is studying palaeontology so has hundreds of bones and fossil related stuff.
Dd 17 is currently obsessed with whale sharks.
Lots of elephants, a few highland cows, a reindeer and loads of cats to join the three real ones.

TessTickle0 · 21/03/2025 19:42

2 Owls
3 Stags
Highland Cow
5 Foxes
Hare
Rocking Horse
3 Bears
3 Dogs
3 Ducks
Bird
parrot
Rabbit
Squirrel
3 Mice

OakleyStreetisnotinChelsea · 21/03/2025 19:43

I have no idea. A lot. Various kinds. But would have a fuck tonne of dinosaurs so I would be unlikely to live long enough to properly take stock of the situation.

Tarkan · 21/03/2025 19:50

I wouldn’t have space to move in my house. We have a large back garden but I’m still not sure it would be big enough for this zoo.

Almost 100 ducks
4 giraffes
2 elephants
6 penguins
1 sheep
Many cats and dogs
Half a dozen bears
2 lions
3 dinosaurs
A few horses
A tiger
A badger
A warthog
A fox
A couple of rabbits
A couple of tortoises
A few dozen unicorns if they count

That’s probably not even anywhere near all of them. My DC are older now so I can’t even really blame them. I collect rubber duckies and have quite a few animal based mugs and ornaments it seems. Oh and the dogs have a massive toy box that is responsible for quite a few of these. Blush

BrennieGirl · 21/03/2025 19:53

I’d have loads of robins and an okapi.

MidnightGloria · 21/03/2025 19:57

Several bears, mice, fish. a moose, an owl, two dragons and a bunch of ducks. Also a (relatively) giant coronavirus.

Barleycat · 21/03/2025 20:03

Not including cuddly toys. Lots of cats, an elephant, a bear, a moose, two stags, spiders. Various birds including a dodo!

StopStartStop · 21/03/2025 20:07

A bear. A rhinoceros. Two seals ('The Seal of Approval' and 'The Seal's Mummy')
Archie and Amelia Alpaca and their two children (who are llamas but we don't ask any questions).
Tits, cocks and shags (on teatowels). Sheep and highland cattle. Robins. Elephants.

vivideye · 21/03/2025 20:08

Love this thread so much! An owl, a hedgehog, a doggy, a mouse, 2 Dalmatians, some geese and a lot of fish. I do not have children.

scrambledeggsandbeans · 21/03/2025 20:13

4 elephants 🐘
3 camels 🐫
2 cats 🐈‍⬛
2 love birds 🐦
1 very strange looking duck 🦆

plominoagain · 21/03/2025 20:14

About 101 Dalmatians .

Similar number of horses .
4 penguins , about a dozen owls, 3 kangaroos , two rabbits , many lambs . A gigantic ladybird , some polar bears and an otter or ten . Plus some meerkats .

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