standard city critters: golden retriever, various doggies including pit bulls, assorted cats, beta fish
lived in a rather rural area growing up: horses, cows, chickens (assorted varieties), a turkey (he was a jerk), sheep (montadale and hampshire), pigs (American Yorkshire and hampshire; don't underestimate these guys, they get big and can be mean), rabbits (assorted varieties), goat, box turtles, various fishes
Neighbor was a Shriner so we went to the Shriner's circus with fancy passes one year: Indian elephant, camel, shetland pony
Nerdy enough to be in the biology club in high school, we did a volunteer stint at the local exotic animal rescue: emu, tiger, wolf, male lion, coydogs
Friend worked at the aquarium one summer: bull shark, lotsa freshwater fishes, sea turtle
Helped a friend with their thesis on animal geography in town and got to do some stuff with the local wildlife rescue and animal rehabilitation center as a result: opossum, scarlet macaw, assorted snakes (notably a cottonmouth, other various non-poisonous garden snakes), lots of spiders because I was the one without arachnophobia, bald eagle, crow, racoon
Related excursion to the zoo: manta ray (they let you touch these in their tank), standard petting zoo critters (alpaca, camel, horse, goat, etc.), red kangaroo, golden tamaran monkey (our zoo has several "open exhibits" where there are no barriers with the animals and sometimes they think you may have snacks...)
@piyotan what would yours be?
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