Porter the Golden Retriever

@porter_the_golden

39,600 followers

He’s man’s best friend, all right: This year-old pup enjoys sipping (or at least pretending to) bottles of craft beer.

 

Lily and Eddie Meownster

@the.meownsters

12,500 followers

Comedians Key and Peele are fans of these two hairless cats, affectionately called “gremlins” by their owners.

 

Piggy Chorizo

@charmingchorizo

9,500 followers

This mini pig is a vegetarian who loves pumpkins almost as much as Chicagoans love hot dogs.

 

 

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Camp the Pigeon

@campthepigeon

8,500 followers

This diaper-wearing bird was raised from an egg after window installers destroyed his nest.

 

Samson

@samthebully

7,900 followers

The English bull terrier’s wardrobe of flannels and glasses would make him right at home in Logan Square.

 

 

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Lando Calrissian

@landothehusky

7,900 followers

The energetic 3-year-old Siberian husky splits his time between Chicago and Alabama.

 

Sir Quillbert

@sirquillbert

7,100 followers

This pint-sized hedgehog sleeps in a strawberry-shaped tent. Seriously.

 

 

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Chuck

@chuck.the.duck

4,000 followers

He’s actually a ginger cat whose red-striped Waldo outfit inspired a stuffed-animal version of him.