What were the animals you first found weird as a kid but ended up finding cute because of cartoons/comics/games ?

It's night at my place lol
and I'm bored af so here's my own list:
- hyena
- bat
- racoon
- rat
- wolf
- tasmanian devil (lol)
- fox
- red panda
- lemur
- platypus
- tarsier
- squirrel
- mole
- owl
- koala
- octopus
- shark
- cockroach (yes insects count)
- spider
- frog
- crow

yea mine's pretty basic lmao