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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

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mamaduckbone · 22/03/2025 19:09

Umm, as a bare minimum there would be an owl and a couple of bears including a polar bear, which would be a bit of a squeeze. Countless cuddly toys in the loft (dc are teens now) including a rabbit, a meerkat and a mole amongst others.

OSU · 22/03/2025 19:11

Several dolphins, a hare, quite a few different breeds of dog including a blood hound. Seagulls, a puffin, a polar bear, some fish, rabbits, a moose, a mountain goat, a rat and a brown bear.

OneUmberJoker · 23/08/2025 18:31

Pigeons

Glitchymn1 · 23/08/2025 18:32

Everything- literally everything including dinosaurs! 😆

ginasevern · 23/08/2025 18:36

A gibbon, a cheetah, a bear, a T Rex and a panda.

MaryBerrysFannyHammock · 23/08/2025 18:37

Multiple bears
A vast amount and variance of dinosaurs
A whale
An octopus
Various species of fish
Two penguins
Two lambs
A dolphin
An orangutan
A kangaroo
Several rabbits
A couple of turtles

Pretty sure there would be more.

BlackeyedSusan · 23/08/2025 21:41

Bears, panda, zebra, polar bear, dog, cat, mouse, giraffe, several dinosaurs, moose, lion, tiger, hippo, fox, bat, hedgehog, dolphin, koala, rabbits, ocelots, killer whale, monkeys, owl, bee, elephant (soft toys/puppets)
Pigs, horses, cows, geese, ducks, sheep, goats, turkey possibly (farm set)
donkey, camels (Nativity set)
Peacock.
Crab, starfish, clown fish,lobster, whales dolphins, octopus, stingray
Crocodile, shark, snakes(Lego) (plus some of the above)

I don't think we have a rhino but ex does.

There's probably a few I have forgotten, especially amongst the Lego.

Moonflower12 · 23/08/2025 21:58

A whole herd of various horses, if we’re including DDs Sleisch (sp?) collection, numerous hares, and a very furry troll/sasquatch thing. The (real) dog will be besides herself!

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 23/08/2025 22:13

A set of (eviscerated) rabbits,raccoons,bears,a skunk,a pheasant. A pack of wirehaired fox terriers, two whippets and an Andean spectacled bear.

Winterymix · 23/08/2025 22:20

Without even leaving the sofa I can see an elephant, a cow, a giraffe, at least 3 assorted birds, a tiger and two sharks so we'd be part way to a zooquarium.

HereForTheFreeLunch · 23/08/2025 22:31

A flamingo, a deer, highland cow, 2 rabbits, a gazillion bears of all sorts.
A sheep, a tiger, bumblebee, penguin, giraffe, 2 robins, a pheasant - there's a lot more - but this is all I can remember.

VikingLady · 23/08/2025 22:43

Do you get a separate cow for each leather shoe or belt? I don’t have the space for a herd!

merryhouse · 23/08/2025 22:45

About 6 elephants
5 donkeys (4 colourfully harnessed ones and one plain grumpy one)
two rabbits, a monkey and a dog
six pigs, six frogs, six ducks
a(nother) pig, a(nother) dog, a squirrel, a mouse, two (more) rabbits, a tortoise, a giraffe
a penguin, an owl
a cat, another owl, another dog, a blue whale, a seahorse, a swift
oh, a seal a whale and what on earth is the other one

merryhouse · 23/08/2025 22:48

oh I forgot the Christmas decorations... four robins, a reindeer
and I've just looked up and seen a turtle (it belonged to S2 and got hung on the hook of the broken picture)

Oneweekoff · 23/08/2025 22:55

Oh my Gosh we’d have absolutely everything but especially cats! Am quite fond of taxidermy and would love that little collection to come alive.

Friendlygingercat · 23/08/2025 23:07

Tortoises, snakes, lizards. elephants, winged insects of various kinds and dragons. I should mention that I have a lot of carved antique furniture.

spicemaiden · 23/08/2025 23:10

A raid few but the most important ones wouod he my gorgeous pony, gone way before his time, and my lovely cat I acquired bia the cat distribution system whi was run over only 18 months later.

SerafinasGoose · 23/08/2025 23:20

Eight egrets, a dragon and an antelope.

That’s without all the stuffed animals and assorted dinosaurs owned by DC.

Ormally · 23/08/2025 23:23

Excitingly, we'd have a dragon. One with the colouring of a Welsh dragon and a long draft excluder tail.

Also we would be fairly confident of being able to save the panda as a species.

ladygindiva · 23/08/2025 23:31

Hundreds of unicorns

NoBinturongsHereMate · 23/08/2025 23:56

Excluding books about animals, which would get utterlybrodiculous, just in the room I'm currently in I would have:
2 guinea pigs,
2 domestic cats,
1 terrier,
2 lion-dogs,
2 dragons,
a tiger,
2 Highland cows,
an otter,
a mouse,
2 swallows,
a penguin,
a lobster,
2 owls,
2 butterflies,
and an elephant.

XenoBitch · 24/08/2025 00:02

Lots of cats and dogs. But I am a fan of the Alien films and have a lot of alien action figures. So RIP me.

ConstantlyFuriosa · 24/08/2025 02:14

XenoBitch · 24/08/2025 00:02

Lots of cats and dogs. But I am a fan of the Alien films and have a lot of alien action figures. So RIP me.

Surely that should be RIPley you.

ConstantlyFuriosa · 24/08/2025 02:17

In my bookshelves alone, and I’m not counting the books. There abides:

a golden cat who waves, a polar bear, a panda, a tiger, an elephant, another tiger, a white cat who also waves, a sleeping cat (😞), and an owl.

Flomingho · 24/08/2025 02:21

A seagull, two lions, a meerkat, a warthog, two dogs (snoopys) and three bears (Paddingtons) and a mouse (Mickey)