Lots of animals have appeared in my videos over the years. Some of them have been real animals and some have been cartoon animals. In fact, four out of my five most viewed videos feature some sort of creature. The real animals definitely have received more views than the cartoon ones, but it's not always very easy to get good video of real animals! Also cartoon animals can be used in contexts which would be almost impossible to use real animals. For instance, my eleventh most popular video features cartoon animals along with a UFO. That's not something I'm likely to be able to get video of in real life.... but you never know!