Question: What do monkeys, peacocks and snakes have in common?

Answer: They all freak me out.

Also, they've all been used as emotional-support animals.

Emotional-support animals, or therapy pets, have gone up in popularity in recent years. There are no statistics on how many there are out there, probably because unlike guide animals, support animals don't have to be registered (or even trained!). Someone just needs to get a letter from a doctor saying the animal provides them with emotional support. And the animal could be pretty much anything.

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