'''Animals''' have played important roles in the storyline of ''Lost''.
== Storyline occurrences ==
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!Animal
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!Bees
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*A swarm of bees harassed Charlie, Jack, and Kate. {{crossref}}
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!Birds Main article Birds
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*Chickens. {{crossref}} {{crossref}} {{crossref}} and other episodes
*Doves. {{crossref}} {{crossref}} {{crossref}} and other episodes
*Gulls. {{crossref}}
*Hurley Bird. {{crossref}} {{crossref}}
*The Room 23 birds were found dead outside when Walt was in Room 23. {{crossref}}
*Walt's bird hit a window in Australia in Lost. {{crossref}}
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!Cats Main article Cats
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*Amira owns a cat. {{crossref}}
*Mikhail owns a cat named Nadia, after the gymnast Nadia Comaneci, with whom he shares a birthday. {{crossref}}
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!Cattle Main article Cattle
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*Sayid sees a cow outside the Flame. {{crossref}}
*Frank sees a cow on a grassy mound after the helicopter crash. {{crossref}}
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!Dogs
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''Disambiguation page Dog''
*Bpo Bpo was Sun's dog. {{crossref}} {{crossref}}
*Vincent was Walt's dog. {{crossref}} {{crossref}} {{crossref}} and other episodes
*In Jacob's cabin, there is a Jacob's painting of a dog. {{crossref}}
*See main article for a full list of dogs in ''Lost''
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!Horses
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''Disambiguation page Horse''
*Kate sees a Kate's horse in the jungle, which is remarkably similar to one she came across in a flashback. {{crossref}}
*Bea Klugh rode to the Flame on a Others' horse. {{crossref}}
*The Bedouins in Tunisia each ride a Bedouins' horses, one of which is commandeered by Ben after he has defeated the men. {{crossref}}
*Charles Widmore rides a horse into the Others' camp {{crossref}}
* Richard rides a horse between his home and that of the doctor's on Tenerife. {{crossref}}
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!Medusa Spiders Main article Medusa Spider
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*Arzt collects medusa spiders. {{crossref}}{{crossref}}
*Paulo, and then Nikki, are bitten by medusa spiders, causing paralysis. {{crossref}}
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!Moths Main article Moths
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*Locke compares Charlie's journey to quit his drug habit to a moth breaking free of its cocoon. {{crossref}}
*Charlie sees a moth during the cave-in, which leads him to find the way out. {{crossref}}
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!Polar Bears Main article Polar Bears
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*Sawyer shoots a polar bear in the jungle. {{crossref}}
*A polar bear attacks Walt; it is wounded by Michael. {{crossref}}
*When Sawyer acquires a fish biscuit from the contraption in his cage at the Hydra, Tom (Other)"it only took the bears two hours". {{crossref}}
*In Locke's Locke's dreams, a polar bear appears. {{crossref}}
*Eko is found injured in a Polar bear cave. {{crossref}}
*Charlotte finds the skeleton of a polar bear in Tunisia {{crossref}}
In a baby-themed music video that Drive Shaft is shooting, there are stuffed polar bears in the crib. ''(Fire + Water)''
Michael gives young Walt a stuffed animal polar bear on his last meeting with him before he gave up custody.
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!Rabbits Main article Rabbits
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*Ben uses a rabbit with the number 8 on its back to demonstrate to Sawyer how excess stress can cause one's pacemaker to explode. {{crossref}}
*As a child, Ben uses a rabbit to test whether the Sonic fence is still operational. {{crossref}}.
*In the Orchid orientation film for the the Orchid, "Edgar Halliwax" demonstrates how the unique properties of the Island can be harnessed to transport a bunny with the number 15 on its back. {{crossref}}
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!Sea urchin Main article Sea urchin
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*Numerous sea urchins are featured in ''Lost''. {{crossref}} {{crossref}} {{crossref}} and other episodes
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!Sharks Main article Sharks
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*A shark threatens Michael and Sawyer on the remains of the raft; Michael shoots and kills it. {{crossref}}
*Sharks were experimented on by the DHARMA Initiative in the Hydra. {{crossref}}
*A DHARMA shark was seen swimming around the submerged island in the flash-sideways timeline. {{crossref}}
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!Frog Main article Frog
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*Sawyer is awoken one morning by the irritating cries of a frog, and searches the jungle, looking for it. {{crossref}}
*It is inaccurately referred to on the show as a "tree frog."
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!Wild Boar Main article Wild Boar
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*Locke decides that the best way to procure food is to hunt boar, and leads Kate and Michael on a mission to find one. {{crossref}}
*Sawyer's tent is ransacked by a boar, and Sawyer believes that the animal has a vendetta against him. {{crossref}}
*Charlie and Locke come across a dead boar while looking for Eko. {{crossref}}
*Miles finds a dead boar in the jungle. {{crossref}}
* Locke brings a dead boar to the Others before his errand with Richard. {{crossref}}
* Richard sees a boar while he is trapped in chains on the Black Rock {{crossref}}
* Young Jacob and his brother are hunting a boar in the jungle. {{crossref}}
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=== Minor occurrences ===
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* Locke said that when his foster sister Jeannie died, a Golden Retriever appeared, which their mother believed was her daughter reincarnated. It stayed for five years, until the mother died, then disappeared. {{crossref}}
* After Rousseau shot at Hurley and Charlie for the first time, screeches of monkeys could be heard in the background. {{crossref}}
** In the same episode, Hurley suggested that the black smoke is a "pissed off giraffe".
* Fish were depicted in the Mural. {{crossref}}
* Fish were regularly eaten by the survivors, as well as Jacob. {{crossref}}
* Animal-themed decorations were featured in The Staff's nursery, including a lion, zebra, and monkey. {{crossref}}
* Mr. Eko told a story about a boy who killed a dog, then worried about the existence of hell not because he was sorry, but because he was worried the dog he killed would be waiting for him there. {{crossref}}
* Jack was shown the cartoon The Blue Danube, which features animals based on the folk tale "The Ugly Duckling". {{crossref}}
* Juliet managed to impregnate a male field mouse. {{crossref}}
* Pictures of orange fish and insects including a bee were featured in the Room 23. {{crossref}}
* Ben had an insect collection in his home. {{crossref}}
* A hamster was seen being held by a mysterious woman in Ben's painting at his house at the Barracks.
* According to the commentary on the "On location" section of the Season 3 DVD, the tank in the Hydra Station where Jack was being kept prisoner, was used also for sharks and the dolphins that Juliet told Jack about in {{ep}}. A dolphin was also seen in a child's drawing on one of the walls in the school. The dolphin in the picture was swimming with an unidentified girl in a pink swimsuit, along with some smaller fish, and the submarine. The picture was labelled, "Me and my fish".
* There was a stuffed orca in Claire's purse in {{ep}}, the same stuffed orca that Aaron was clutching in {{ep}}. {{crossref}}
* In ancient times, a sea turtle was seen on the beach near young Jacob and the Boy in Black. {{crossref}}
** Several large sea turtles could be seen on daytime beach shots. {{crossref}}
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