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This artist creates adorable animals based on foods and vegetables. Known on Instagram as PonkichiM, the artist uses their skills to make cute and lovable concepts of what would happen if vegetables suddenly started barking or meowing.

The designs look amazing and very creative—like the creatures came straight out of a fantasy book or alien planet. The text next to the drawings explains why eating certain foods is good for you and some facts about them, which is a good way for children to learn about food and its nutrients.

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Shiitake Mushroom Weasel

Illustration of a weasel combined with a shiitake mushroom by Japanese artist exploring animals as vegetables concept.

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The artist has almost 93k followers on Twitter and creates many amazing artworks. They were previously featured on Bored Panda when they reimagined dogs and cats as noble knights. So if you want to see that click on the link and enjoy! Maybe you'll even find your pet and see how they would look like as a warrior.

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    Spinach Owl

    Illustration of an owl transformed into a cute vegetable creature made of spinach leaves, blending animals and vegetables art style.

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    Chinese Cabbage Dog

    Illustration of a dog transformed with Japanese cabbage leaves blending animals and vegetables creatively.

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    PonkichiM's drawings are very detailed and intricate. There are even little comics featuring the animal-vegetable characters with adorable depictions of them being hugged, snuggled, or tickled. Their style heavily resembles anime and manga, which are very popular in Japan and became well liked in the rest of the world not so long ago. It's hard to find someone who doesn't know what Dragon Ball or Sailor Moon is.

    #4

    Garlic Cat

    Cute digital illustration of an animal-vegetable hybrid, featuring a cat shaped like a garlic bulb, showcasing creative vegetable art.

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    #5

    Coriander Chinchilla

    Illustration of chinchillas merged with vegetables like coriander, exploring creative animal and vegetable art by Japanese artist.

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    On their Instagram account, the artist says that they create one character a week and share them every Sunday on their Twitter. People seem to love these, some even saying they look like a new generation of Pokemon.

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    #6

    Cauliflower Llama

    Illustration of animals reimagined as vegetables by a Japanese artist, featuring a cauliflower llama and creative veggie designs.

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    Lotus Root Fox

    Illustration of animals fused with vegetables, featuring a lotus root-inspired fox and whimsical vegetable-animal hybrids by a Japanese artist.

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    What do you think of these reimaginations? Would you like to have one as a pet? Tell us in the comments and vote for your favorite one! Don't forget to show some love to the artist on their social media.

    #8

    Eggplant Cat

    Illustration of animals as vegetables, showing a cat shaped like an eggplant and a garlic bulb with animal features.

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    #9

    Cabbage Tasmanian Devil

    Illustration of animals transformed into vegetables by Japanese artist, featuring a lettuce Tasmanian devil and cauliflower characters.

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    #10

    Peanut Walrus

    Illustration of a walrus made from a peanut showing what if animals were vegetables by a Japanese artist.

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    #11

    Daikon Radish Fox

    Japanese artist’s illustration of animals transformed into vegetables, featuring a daikon radish dog and a vegetable fox concept.

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    #12

    Broccoli Squirrel

    Illustration of a squirrel combined with broccoli, showcasing creative animal and vegetable art by a Japanese artist.

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    #13

    Melon Turtle

    Illustration of a turtle-like creature with a melon body, showcasing unique animal vegetable art by a Japanese artist.

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    #14

    Chinese Chive Honey Badger

    Cute animals merged with vegetables in a whimsical Japanese art style answering what if animals were vegetables concept.

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    #15

    Potato Cow

    Illustration of a potato-shaped animal with a person meditating, exploring animals as vegetables by Japanese artist.

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    #16

    Pumpkin Cat

    Whimsical illustration of a cat as a pumpkin vegetable, blending animal and vegetable art by Japanese artist.

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    #17

    Sweet Potato Newt

    Illustration of a sweet potato-inspired newt animal merging vegetable and animal concepts by a Japanese artist.

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    #18

    Soybean Panda

    Illustration of a Japanese artist with cute panda-shaped vegetables, exploring the concept of animals as vegetables.

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    #19

    Celery Slow Loris

    Cute green slow loris character made of celery, blending animals and vegetables in Japanese artist’s creative artwork.

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    #20

    Watermelon Cuttlefish

    Illustration of animals as vegetables featuring a cuttlefish merged with a watermelon, highlighting creative vegetable animal art.

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    #21

    Vegetable Sparrow

    Illustration of sparrow with green leafy vegetables as feathers, blending animals and vegetables in creative artwork.

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    #22

    Mushroom Mouse

    Illustration of a girl with mushroom mouse fairy characters depicting animals as vegetables in Japanese art style.

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    #23

    Whale Shark Carrot

    Japanese artist illustrates imaginative animals as vegetables, blending carrot and fairytale elements in a creative vegetable-animal concept.

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    #24

    Asparagus Crow

    Illustration of a crow creatively reimagined as an asparagus vegetable in Japanese artist’s vegetable-animal series.

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    #25

    Vegetable Pig

    Illustration of animals merged with vegetables featuring a fairy turnip pig by a Japanese artist answering the what if question.

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    #26

    Tomato Pigeon

    Illustration of a tomato shaped like a pigeon with heart details, blending vegetables and animals creatively by a Japanese artist.

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    #27

    Spring Onion Eel

    Illustration of animals merged with vegetables featuring a character holding giant spring onions and eel-shaped vegetable art.

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    #28

    Vegetable Koala

    Green koala animal blended with vegetable leaves, showing a creative Japanese artist’s vegetable-animal concept.

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    #29

    Ginger Duck

    Illustration of animals transformed into vegetables, featuring a ginger duck fairy in a whimsical Japanese art style.

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    #30

    Octopus Onion

    Illustration showing an octopus with an onion head blending animals and vegetables by a Japanese artist.

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    #31

    Chinese Onion Muntjac

    Illustration of animals transformed into vegetables by a Japanese artist blending nature and creativity in surreal art.

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    #32

    Bell Pepper Cat

    Cat blended with yellow bell pepper, garlic, and eggplant in a creative Japanese animal vegetable art series.

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    #33

    Bitter Gourd Cat

    Green bitter gourd transformed into a cat with textured vegetable skin, illustrating animals as vegetables by Japanese artist.

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    #34

    Kelp Octopus And Corn Deer

    Illustration of animals transformed into vegetables including a kelp octopus, corn baby deer, and cauliflower person.

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    #35

    Wasabi Beaver

    Illustration of a vegetable-inspired beaver and wasabi, showcasing creative animal and vegetable fusion by a Japanese artist.

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    #36

    Mushroom Bird

    Illustration of animals transformed into vegetables by Japanese artist, featuring creative vegetable-animal hybrids.

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    #37

    Cucumber Myna

    Illustration of a cucumber bird and characters, depicting what if animals were vegetables in Japanese art style.

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    #38

    Bamboo Shoot Chicken

    Illustration of an animal blended with vegetables, showing creative art from Japanese artist imagining animals as vegetables.

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    #39

    Tomato Cat

    Whimsical animal and vegetable hybrid illustrations by Japanese artist imagining animals as vegetables.

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    #40

    Okra Jellyfish

    Illustration of animals transformed into vegetables by a Japanese artist exploring creative vegetable animal concepts.

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