Milwaukee is a city full of colorful characters. But, there's no shortage of unique individuals on four legs, either. Here are some of our favorite Milwaukee "animals" – some real, some fictional and some which are animals in name only ...
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- Bucky Badger
- Samson
- Gertie the Duck
- Spunky the Weather Dog
- Bango
- Albert the Alleycat
- The Sprecher bird
- Milwaukee Bears of the Negro League
- Former Brewers' leftie Randy Wolf
- Public Museum snake
- UWM Panther
- Smelt
- State bird: robin
- State insect: mosquito
- Whitefish
- Dearly departed whale wall whale
- The dead Sentinel mascot bulldog Spike
- Alewives
- Mummified Press Club cat
- Peregrine falcons nesting atop US Bank building
- Lakefront Brewery's Snake (and its Charmer)
- Our Downtown seagull neighbors
- County Stadium anti-seagull dog
- Buddy Squirrel
- Milwaukee Mustangs arena football team
- Rhythm Chicken
- Rally Rabbit
- Milwaukee Does women's basketball squad
- Museum T-Rex
- Cow with the see-through stomach at the zoo
- State Fair racing pigs
- Lake Park Lions
- Marquette's Golden Eagle
- Racine Zoo's smoking monkey
- Marina Lee's "snail" sculpture in Snail's Crossing
- Robin Yount
- Massive lobster atop William Ho's delivery vehicle
- Mouse sculptures on chimney visible from Holton Street bridge
- Ladybug Club ladybugs
- Butterflies at Milwaukee Public Museum
- Snake wrapped around freaky woman's neck at Locust Street Festival
- Shorewood's Waxwing shop
- The crab sculpture in front of Twisted Fisherman
- The live lobsters at St. Paul Fish Company inside Milwaukee Public Market
- The dogs of Riverwest residents on the Westbank trails next to the Milwaukee River
- The fish in the tank at Bryant's
- The Octopus Car Wash sign
- Lions at The Oriental
- The Monkey Bar mural / painting of a monkey face inside the bar
- The Dogg Haus
- Former Bucks player Glenn "Big Dog" Robinson
- Palomino
- Blackbird bar
- Polar bear plunge
- Black Bear soda
- Neon fish on building next to the river
- Horny Goat Hideaway
- Dragonfly shop
- Lakefront Brewery's wheat monkey
- Kallas honey bee
- That yellow metal giraffe in the Lincoln Memorial Drive backyard next to Villa Terrace
- Conejito's bunnies
- The Summerfest fox
- Braves' George "Catfish" Metkovich
- "Rat tail" hairstyles at The Fair
- The Comet's bunny logo
- The Odd Duck
- Mahal the orangutan at Milwaukee County Zoo
- Blacksheep Photography
- Lakeshore Chinooks
- Milwaukee Bucks
- TigerBite food truck
- Those poor South Side natatorium dolphins
- Screaming Tuna
- The Salty Dog in Cudahy
- Former Brewers player Frank "Little Cat" Catalanotto
- Barnacle Bud's
- Birds in the Arid Dome
- Three Lions Pub
- Miller Park hawk
- 102.9 The Hog
- Grand Avenue Mall holiday bear orchestra
- Painted Parrot
- Polish Fest Dogs
- Racing Sausages in a previous life
- Beasties
- The Wildbirds
- Harley eagle
- B93 The Bee
- Collections of Colonies of Bees
- Monkey Island
- Squirrel's Cage
- Famous Dave's pig
- Bay View foxes
- Milwaukee Chicks
- Hogs
- Lagoon ducks and geese
- Cows on Parade
- Coyote Ugly
- Cryptosporidium