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

182 replies

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

OP posts:
Hecatoncheires · 21/03/2025 22:20

And jellyfish! How could I forget.

NautilusLionfish · 21/03/2025 22:28

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

Oh goodness. Just the toys

7 dragons, hedgehog, centipede, Bat, 2 several cats, dinosaurs, several varied farm animals, several safari animals, 2 narwhals, a manta ray, at least 2 turtles, bears, squirrels, mole, wombat, parrots, various lizards, crab, bees, flies,
Oh endless. We would open a fantastic zoo with animals from every continent

ErrolTheDragon · 21/03/2025 22:48

My bedroom would include a lion, reindeer, kangaroo, pug, another small dog, a duck, a chamois (model, not a cleaning cloth!) , a seagull, and eight dachshunds.
DDs room - a large and varied menagerie, more than half of which are dogs. (She’s 26 and doesn’t live here but they still do)
Downstairs, quite a few birds and four more dachshunds.

This is excluding those in photos which aren’t on display and loads in books of course. Oh and clothes… I’ve just realised what my PJ bottoms are adorned with.😂

TheNestedIf · 22/03/2025 00:02

Starfish
Seahorse
Sea Snail
Whale
Fox
Snail
Cat
Cat
Cat
Ant
Japanese Murder Hornet

No33 · 22/03/2025 00:05

No idea we have so many squishmallows etc I've forgotten, but I do know we'd be overrun with frogs (thanks daughter) 😆

Printedword · 22/03/2025 00:08

Alpaca, wombat and sheep upstairs and hedgehog in the dining rm. Plus 3 animals representing our Chinese year of birth animals and 2 little birds

NormasArse · 22/03/2025 00:20

I’d have a herd of moose; a horse; a chicken; some ducks; two dragons (do they count?); two bears, and a mole.

Oh, and a flock of birds of indiscriminate breed.

steff13 · 22/03/2025 00:24

So many pigs

ErrolTheDragon · 22/03/2025 00:25

NormasArse · 22/03/2025 00:20

I’d have a herd of moose; a horse; a chicken; some ducks; two dragons (do they count?); two bears, and a mole.

Oh, and a flock of birds of indiscriminate breed.

Are you implying dragons can’t be real?DragonGrin

BobbyBiscuits · 22/03/2025 00:33

A highland cow
An owl
A rabbit
Loads of cats
A badger

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 22/03/2025 03:40

My house would be full of owls and puffins, several pigs and a few giraffes.

Vates · 22/03/2025 05:12

Loads of owls, two giant snails, a penguin, bats, a baby tapir, a sheep and a niffler!

Xanadu58 · 22/03/2025 05:18

3 elephants
1 hare
2 dogs
3 monkeys
1 leopard
2 ducks

boobot1 · 22/03/2025 05:25

God Id be living in jurassic park. DS has tons of dinosaurs a few lions, tigers snakes and a donkey.

CurlewKate · 22/03/2025 05:33

Over 100 elephants…

GingerLiberalFeminist · 22/03/2025 05:46

Have a DD aged 2 so...

6 rabbits
4 camels
3 sheep
Rhino
Plesiosaur
Stegosaurus
Triceratops
Guinea pig
Snowshoe hare
5 bears
Cow
2 Chickens
Pig
Pink elephant
Many, many many ducks
Tawny owl
Barn owl
Pony
Donkey
Lion
Tyrannosaurus rex
marshall from paw patrol x 3
chase from paw patrol
another dog

That's without counting the plastic tat!

Pumpkincozynights · 22/03/2025 05:56

Oh goodness. My bedroom would have a dog, a bear, a turtle and some mythological creature with big ears. Spare bedroom 3 bears and a cat. Lounge 2 owls, a snake, 4 cats, a mouse.
Garden, a hedgehog, a turtle, 4 owls, 2 robins.

CrepuscularCritter · 22/03/2025 06:11

Bears. A veritable sleuth of bears.
A guide dog puppy
A squirrel named Algernon

And my childhood zoo, currently a delight to the godkids when visiting. So lions, tigers, a variety of apes, deer, penguins and assorted marsupials. There's going to need to be some segregation...

Mikart · 22/03/2025 06:47

5 sheep

Tarkan · 22/03/2025 12:41

I realised last night as I snuggled up in bed that if each image was another animal my bedding would lead to dozens of highland cows in my house as well. 🤣

madaffodil · 22/03/2025 12:58

Oh my, this is going to be a long list.

Chameleon
Many MANY cats
Crocodile
Two giraffes
Peacock
Elephant
Giant land snail
A sheep
Dragon
Avocets
Stork
Two hares
An Aberdeen Angus cow
A diplodocus
Several ducks
Horse
Owls
A massive furry black spider
Robins
Koala
Kangaroo
Unicorn
Kookaburra
Puffin
Llama
Crab
Seahorse
Sloth
A quantity of marine molluscs
Ammonite
Rabbit
Ring-tailed lemur

That's just from a quick walk round for 5 minutes. Get me in the loft, and there's no telling what's up there.

LondonFox · 22/03/2025 13:03

Owner of two toddlers...
Full farm including dressed pigs
A medium sized zoo
Around 15 dinosaurs
Four dragons

If I exclude toys it would be egiptian cat, few fishes, few dogs, blue lion, red dragon, pink tiger, baby seal, kangaroo with a baby and three foxes :)

OP this is one of the best threads on MN

Objectionhearsayspeculation · 22/03/2025 13:05

I already own 3 house cats, 1 house hare, 10 lambs (who only visit the house) and 2 dogs. I’d also own if we added in the teddies 12 more hares, a highland cow, an ocelot, parrot a flamingo and a Pokémon catlike thing

Cherrysoup · 22/03/2025 18:23

A stag and a horse. Do fossils count? I have a few! Clangers mouse.

Londonmummy66 · 22/03/2025 18:35

I assumed you meant the actual dead animals in my house - so a lot of calves (shoes and bags), several chickens some salmon cod and bass (stuff in the freezer), an aquarium of tuna and anchovies, a coupe of foxes and bambi sitting in the fridge for tommorrow's dinner...............................