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Naming your family pet is always a fun experience; less serious and with more room for creativity than naming a child, the pet names can be meaningful but still a bit silly. Because after all, the other animals aren't making fun of little Moonpie for his ridiculous name. Or are they?

Your local vet has an incredibly challenging, rewarding and often heartbreaking job, but hearing all the hilariously inventive and funny names that people have chosen for their furry friends must provide a welcome bit of light relief. This viral Twitter thread began at the vet where Caskie Mushens literary agent Juliet Mushens was waiting, and she overheard some of the unique pet names as they came and went. “I have two British Shorthair cats, Neville and Luna, and they were there having their jabs,” Juliet explained to Bored Panda. “Funny pet names are clearly a universally popular theme! I am a fan of old man names for pets, but I also enjoyed the incongruous names like ‘Tinkerbell’ for a Rottweiler.”

What about you? Scroll down below to check out some of the best tweets of funny puns in animal names below, and share your own stories in the comments!

Juliet started a twitter thread sharing the funniest animal names she's heard at the vet

Image credits: mushenska

Soon, many people joined in:

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Maya Bélanger
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One of my cat is named Ned and the other one Flanders. I thought it was funny 13 years ago...

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A chicken shaming post? Where are these found, and why am I just learning about them now?

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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I never watched star wars(never had the time) but this is adorable---------Turns out people are freaking out over me never watch star wars. I can't sit still long enough I have like 4 TV shows I have to finish (Lucifer, sex education,re-watching the office and criminal minds) OH and the lead singer of My chemical romance has a new tv show coming to Netflix sometime this month and I gotta support my baby Gerard Way!

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can sympathise with your kids. I still couldn't get used to calling a friend's fur baby by the name Chicken while she is a dog by gene lol

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My wife named all of our chickens, some of the names include: Elinore, Beatrice, Florencia b. Chicken, Victoria, and more. She gave them all proper English names except for the one I named. Which is a black chicken by the name of Morticia.

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Renee Gauthier
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have 2 cats. One black one named Ninja & a tortoiseshell one named Turtle.

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Charles Watkins
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My tortoise is named Zippy. I wanted her to have a positive self image. You can call her Missus Zippy.

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Pj Amper
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

is it just me or the kitten on the upper left looks like Adam Driver?

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glowworm2
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh my gosh, I love all of these guys. Their videos are hilarious--especially the ones with Teddy--who honks.

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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did anybody else think of Freddie Mercury when they saw Stache?

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Abby Rexroth
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would have named them Harpo, Zeppo, Chico or Gummo, and of course Groucho...LOL

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Danielle Rux
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i watch this person on youtube i love her cats because they honk instead of meowing

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trix
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dear lord, the one with the mustache kinda reminds me of my uncle.

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Ricardo Martin
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a fan of old-school comedians, I would have named them Jimmy Durante, Groucho Marx, Henry Gibson, and the black one Eddie Murphy.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Plot twist: the one on the bottom right is actually Stache.

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Marnee DeRider
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

2500 AD: And here was the earliest photo showing the start of breeding the noble housecat away from its original wild form, which had allowed them to remain healthy (and able to care for themselves if abandoned, unlike dogs) for thousands of years after joining with humans. Nowadays the housecat species is virtually extinct. All remaining breeds have deformities and health problems and require a lot of human care to survive. Our ancestors caused this tragedy.

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Bettye McKee
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Perfect names, and I love the little mark on top of Bindi's head. I'll bet if their ears were bigger, they could fly!

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I bet stache is his nickname and Adolf is his real one

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Robert Thornburrow
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reminds me of the three little French kittens, une, deux and trois, who went for a walk on the ice, but the ice was too thin and the kittens fell in, and une, deux, trois cat sank.

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