- African Wild Dog
- Palette surgeonfish
- Stingray
- Clownfish
- Cownose ray
- Sturgeon
- Leopard shark
- Hyena [added later]
- Flamingo
- Hermit crab
- Walrus
- Kangaroo
- Polar bear
- Elephant, Giraffe, Wallaby, Golden Eagle, Seahorse [added later]
[names: Picasso, Ilsa, Starla (marbled ribbontail), Tango (only one whose plush didn't come from the charity), Bess, Tom Sturgeron, Leopold, Jasiri, Rick, Kessie, Chumley, Reuben, Snocap, Eloise, Gerard, Rocko or Wally B. except it appears to be a female-so how 'bout, Melba. Or Claudette? xD Samantha. Seabiscuit.]
I keep most of their posters, photos, certificates, etc. In a Lisa Frank box, natch.
LADY ELEPHANTS: Elsa, Elle, Electra, Elisa, Elise (lice), Eloise, Elodie, Elaine, Eldora, Eleanor, Elena, Elata, Ellamay, Elmyra, Elga, Elrica, Eldrida, Elfrida, Elysia, Elissa, Elberta, Ella, Ellie, Eliza, Elsie, Elma, Elna, Elnora, Ellen, Elvina, Elva/via/vie/fie, Elvira/vire/vera, Elizabeth/Elizabetta/Elisabet/Elspeth. [BOYS PG. 163-64, ELBERT-ELWOOD (+"ELY" VARIATION.)]
Other favorite species @ WWF:
- Hyena (love the BROWN as well as the spotted you always see)
- Macaw*
- Pangolin*
- Honey badger (though I prefer regular badger, badger, badger, mushroom mushroom, snake ahh snake oohh it's a snake)
- California condor
- seahorse*
- tree frog*
- octopus*
- bighorn sheep*
- [bactrian] camel*
- sockeye salmon [ELLA 💚]
- rockhopper
- hammerhead
- anaconda
- prairie chicken
- cheetah*
- serval
- snowy owl
- pronghorn
- capybara
- arctic hare
- spotted turtle
- wolverine
- koala
- arctic fox
- fennec
- great white shark
- zebra
- okapi
- red-tailed hawk
- woodpecker
- barn owl
- emerald hummingbird
- tarantula
- monarch butterfly
- whale shark
- warthog
- red fox
- gray wolf
- leopard
- jaguar
- lion(ess)
- golden lion tamarin
- llama
- beluga
- red maned wolf [/143] {SEE MORE=11/13/22 COMMENT BELOW}
Fave bucket animals: Spotted eagle ray*, pink river dolphin, bonnethead shark; dart frogs* (esp. red/blue+red/black)
Other favorites @ NWF:
- horseshoe crab*
- blue crab*
- western diamondback
- northern cardinal
- great blue heron
- peregrine falcon
- roadrunner
- sandhill crane
- great horned/gray owls
- mallard
- eastern bluebird
- american goldfinch/robin
- redheaded woodpecker
- ruby-throated hummingbird
- armadillo
- horned lizard
- red-eyed tree frog
- mountain goat
- red wolf
- whitetailed deer
- snowshoe hare
- desert tortoise [/88] {SEE MORE=11/13/22 COMMENT BELOW}
*my plush/plastic/ceramic/metal/glass/whatever versions came from elsewhere (Rio, June, Preston, Gabi, Dagger, Cha-Cha, Maya, Dreamy, Rocky, Raymond, Royce, Renny, Leroy, Armor, Cyril, etc. etc. etc.)
Of course the more I think about it, we've got waaayyy more than I'd initially asterisked. At least 30 that come to mind quickly, and many versions of many--especially the favorite species, or more common ones. Ultimately got every livin' bean & thin in some form. x~} I'd probably been considering the ones most similar to the adoption gifts, most unique, faves that leap to mind first, whatever.
How I miss my yellow IKEA camels with the one-red/one-blue humps and animal cracker-like poked-in eyes! ;; And Connie the koala, & Pawla the "Komputer" Gigapet one. (And Gloria the grape...Joe's owl & watermelon, Fred's moose & lemon [Fajita made the realistic trio w/ the owl & moose], my white happy face--for some reason we only retained Fred's red & Joe's yellow...Turkey the turquoise doggo, Valentina Poodle...etc., etc...)
Ofc I've many rays, sharks, other fish, flamingos, crabs...
Would probably pick a hyena next (& use either Jasiri or Shenzi as the name!) {Which I did indeed--Jasiri, adopted in honor of Carice's bday 2019}
