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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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SammyScrounge · 24/08/2025 02:29

23 owls

  1. cats
1 lion
SammyScrounge · 24/08/2025 02:29

23 owls

  1. cats
1 lion
Plantatreetoday · 24/08/2025 02:33

Gosh wracking my brain to even think
Zebras
Elephants
Wolves
Fox
Peacocks
monkeys
Flamingo
Parrot
Donkey
Tiger
About 12 Australian birds
Woodlice
Variety of dinosaurs
Cats
Chinese dragons
Parrot with snakes for hair ( ie a medicine dragon )

Then there’s all the books about animals. So there wouldnt be enough room for me 🥴

Plantatreetoday · 24/08/2025 02:35

Aussiegold · 21/03/2025 20:32

Cats......A LOT of cats......and a womble!

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Yay

Toddlerteaplease · 24/08/2025 02:54

Ducks, cats, moose, bears, sheep, lions, rabbits. The real animal, the cat would be horrified!

Kevinbaconsrealwife · 24/08/2025 03:26

A squirrel , a fox, 3 elephants, 3 tiny black cats , a big cream wire cat and a glass sausage dog

marriednotdead · 24/08/2025 03:33

Brilliant idea for a thread!
Bearing in mind we have no children at home.
Squirrels, everything you would find in a traditional farmyard, scorpions, bulls, a crocodile and a huge tortoise that DP brought home yesterday.
Upstairs there is an octopus, rabbits and many bears.

PlayingDevilsAdvocateisinteresting · 24/08/2025 03:39

Dogs
Cats
Gorillas
Frogs
Deer
Elephants
Penguins
Polar Bears
Brown Bears
Butterfly's
Mice
Rabbits
Dolphins
Robinson
Birds
Foxes
Duck - at least one...
Cows - Highland
Pigs
Swans - white ones and black ones

I'm sure there are more, but with my apologies to them, I just can't recall what they are at the moment.

Oh, do the ones in my fridge ready to be eaten count - only joking, I am a vegetarian 😛

turkeyboots · 24/08/2025 06:48

Four hippos, more elephants than I can count and an estimated three blue whales.
There would be nothing left of the house and any smaller animals won't make it!

Mintyt · 24/08/2025 08:03

A mouse and a very colourful highland cow

K0OLA1D · 24/08/2025 08:04

It would be an ark. Over run with foxes and we'd all get eaten by dinosaurs

Tumbleweed101 · 24/08/2025 08:12

A herd of horses, a monkey, a giraffe, a shark and a dog.

There would have been many more a few years ago!

Gettingbysomehow · 24/08/2025 08:20

I don't have any animal related things in the house other than photos of previous pets. I have lots of actual animals though including a wild rat that Im trying to catch and put outside that one of my cats brought in.

Justcashnosweets · 24/08/2025 08:37

Not counting DD massive soft toy collection,as that would be impossible, I'd own,
1 Kingfisher
1 Scottish Wildcat
1Red Squirrel
2 Hares
Several Deer
1 Spaniel
Numerous small birds
10 foxes
1 small Dragon.

Southlondonbynature · 24/08/2025 08:41

A variety of dinosaurs, hedgehogs, owl, penguin, frog and my very real cat

YouOughtToSeeADoctorAboutThat · 24/08/2025 08:44

5 elephants, a leopard, 5 meerkats, several parrots, a few other wild birds, a fox, lots of cats, a dog and a bear

MrTiddlesTheCat · 24/08/2025 08:49

It'd be absolute pandemonium with all the lions, tigers and bears. And a whole army of pigs and cats and t-rex or two.

SexAndCakes · 24/08/2025 17:36

2 foxes (coat hooks), 2 bees (cushion covers), 4 horses (knights in a chess set), 1 bear (a teddy).

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 24/08/2025 18:10

We’d be overrun with owls, pigs and tortoises, also with a polar bear.

CrushingOnRubies · 24/08/2025 19:44

Flamingo, cow, bear, lion, elephant, gecko, pig, duck… all
dog toys. We would have quite the zoo. Does a unicorn count?

spiderlight · 24/08/2025 20:49

I would be absolutely overrun with hares. Seriously like a hundred hares. I would also have an owl, a crow, and a flamingo in my living room, all my old dogs and cats back, a hell of a lot of sloths, and a Mari Lwyd.

pointythings · 24/08/2025 20:57

Even more cats already - probably north of 40. About 80 owls - I have a lot of owl earrings. Two whale sharks, about 6 other sharks, a couple of octopuses, a highland cow and a couple of dozen dragons.

namechanged221 · 24/08/2025 20:58

A giant fly

GentleSheep · 24/08/2025 21:04

I'd have several small bears, a duck-billed platypus, a wombat, another cat and a fox! Oh and a moose! 😂

Sprogonthetyne · 24/08/2025 21:25

My DS is autistic and has been collecting animal and dinosaur figures for 8 years. I'd be terrified to go in my house, as it would be like every zoo on earth and jurassic world combined.

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