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It's a tough life being an animal actor. You're on telly every week, people love your show, and yet no one ever recognises you when you're out and about in public. To prove my point, here are ten famous animals alongside ten
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  Which one is Bruno (Gentle Ben)?
In the later TV Movie, Ben was played by Bonkers rather
than Bruno.
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  Which one is Mitzi (Flipper)?
Mitzi was a lady dolphin. For the tail walk scenes, she
had a stunt dolphin called Mr Gipper to stand in for her.
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  Which one is Pal or a descendant (Lassie)?
Before Pal's death, he was bred with a number of bitches,
resulting in hundreds of offspring, Nine direct line descendants of Pal
have performed as Lassie.
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  Which one is Manis (Clyde from Every
Which Way But Loose)?
For the sequel to Every Which Way But Loose, Manis had
to be replaced as he had gotten too big. However, he never grew big enough
to play the king (Kong).
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  Which one is Goldie (off Blue Peter)?
Goldie's first daughter was called Lady Diana. One of
her second litter was called Fergie.
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  Which one is Bamboo Harvester (Mr Ed)?
In 1968, two years after the cancellation of Mr. Ed, Bamboo
began to suffer from a variety of age related ailments, including arthritis.
and was euthanised shortly afterwards without fanfare.
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  Which one is Keiko (Free Willy)?
All-male groups of killer whales often interact with erect
penises. Whether this interaction is part of play or a display of dominance
is not known.
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  Which one is Higgins or a descendant
(Benji)?
As with Lassie, Higgins' progeny have replaced him in
later work. This one is the star of Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince. He
played Benji.
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  Which one is a Skippy?
Three actors played Skippy. None of them were credited
with a name. This one was my favourite.
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  Which one is Bungle?
Despite critical acclaim for his role in Rainbow, Bungle
is yet to achieve another such success.
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