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Animals play a role in many Bond films, often as a means to finish off characters. Some of them like Blofeld's cat are now iconic. A few have names, but most don't.

Mammals[]

Cats[]

Blofeld Profile Blofeld's Persian cat (possibly called Solomon) - Blofeld's cat is a white blue-eyed Turkish Angora cat often seen in its owner's lap. Along with Blofeld, the cat made its debut in From Russia with Love and has appeared with the villain in every film appearance since (except for one). Although implied to be loyal to its owner, there have been a few scenes that indicate its loyalty was not absolute. One scene was in You Only Live Twice when the base was discovered to be under attack by ninjas, where the cat is struggling to get out of Blofeld's arms (an unscripted reaction to the sudden explosions). Another was right before Blofeld's presumed death in For Your Eyes Only, where the cat is seen making a run for it when Bond reveals his survival and flies toward Blofeld. It was initially a convention of the films not to show Blofeld's face, only a close-up of him stroking his cat (this is also the basis of the rationale for assuming the unidentified man killed by Bond in the opening sequence of For Your Eyes Only is Blofeld). The cat is also seen in Never Say Never Again. It has a brief appearance in Spectre, where it jumps onto a captive James Bond's lap as the latter's adoptive older brother, Franz Oberhauser, reveals his change of identity. The cat is absent from No Time to Die - the first Bond film in which Blofeld is not seen with a cat. In Diamonds Are Forever, more than one cat appears owing to Blofeld's duplicates each having one. See Blofeld's cat/Gallery for a number of its appearances.
Pussy Pussy - A cat in the 1985 film A View to a Kill. Pussy was Stacey's cat. Pussy is very friendly and hungry cat. She first seen when Bond goes to Stacey's house, and later when Stacey feeds her.

Camels[]

Bond rides a camel in the Sheikh Hosein sequence of The Spy who Loved me.

Dogs[]

Draxs Dobermanns Drax's Dobermans in Moonraker (film). A pair of Dobermann Pinschers which are extremely obedient and highly trained. He later uses them to kill Corinne Dufour in the woods in what is perhaps the darkest scene in the film.
Venice Dog Moonraker Venetian dog In contrast, Moonraker also features a somewhat snooty dog looking at Bond's gondola hovercraft. This is the same comedy sequence in which the double taking pigeon can be seen.
Kincade Kincade's gundogs appear in Skyfall. Kincade is a game keeper at Skyfall Lodge, and these are probably black labradors.

Elephants[]

Appearances:

Horses[]

James Bond (Roger Moore) poncho Unknown - An unnamed horse which Bond rides in Moonraker in Brazil, while wearing a poncho.
Pegasus 2 Pegasus - One of Max Zorin's racehorses in the James Bond film A View to a Kill. Pegasus first seen at the Ascot Racecourse, where he won the race in the last seconds. When Zorin got the chalice, Pegasus went crazy, he want to run away, but May Day soothed. Bond and Tibbett travel to Chantilly, France where Bond poses as St. John Smythe, a horse dealer and he want to buy brother of Pegasus, the Ithacus colt. Bond and Tibbett locate and break into Zorin's secret labs where Tibbett learns that Zorin is using microchips in Pegasus to release a drug in the horse when prompted by a switch concealed in Zorin's riding crop.
Fluke Fluke - a racehorse in the James Bond film A View to a Kill. Fluke seen at the Ascot Racecourse, where he nearly won the race, but suddenly Pegasus (Max Zorin's hourse) has taken the lead and won the first place. He will be the second and Cooper Girl the third. Miss Moneypenny bet on to Fluke.
Unknown - Infobox Cooper Girl - A racehorse in the James Bond film A View to a Kill. Cooper Girl seen at the Ascot Racecourse, where she is in the second place, but suddenly Pegasus (Max Zorin's hourse) has taken the lead and won the first place. She will be the third and Fluke will be the second.
Misty Misty - One of Max Zorin's mentioned racehorse in the James Bond film A View to a Kill. Misty was Max Zorin's one of the racehorse with good bloodline. Inferno is its offspring. Misty is seen on a painting in Zorin's office. It is unclear as to whether it is even an actual horse since it is never seen on screen and is used as a ploy for Zorin to evaluate and identify 007.
Inferno Inferno - One of Max Zorin's racehorse in the James Bond film A View to a Kill. When Zorin suspected of St. John Smythe, Scarpine bringed him to his study. Than they are talking to horses but with a computer and camera he tracked down he is James Bond. Than Zorin selected a fast and sustained horse with good bloodline: Inferno. He is a black stallion. Zorin makes a proposition to Bond. He can got the Ithacus colt for free if he could stay the course. Bond accepted the challenge and the race was began. But after a lot of trap and exercise boys Bond has taken the lead. Than Zorin activated the microchip in Inferno's leg and the deadly gallop has began to Bond. He jumped out of his car which May Day drove. And Bond lost.


  • An unnamed horse appears in the non-Eon Never Say Never Again, where in one of the more infamous sequences, Bond makes it jump over a wall into the sea, with Bond and Domino riding it

Apes[]

Gibraltar Apes In the Living Daylights' pre-title sequence, Gibraltar's famous apes makes a couple of cameos. Firstly when Bond is inspecting an SAS corpse, we see one jumping on him, and then later we see a couple more looking very puzzled as the Land Rover is driven through the chairs with Bond on top of it. Gibraltar is the only part of Europe to have an indigenous (non-human) primate population.

Birds[]

Double taking pigeon Double taking pigeon - An unnamed pigeon which can be seen doing a double take in Moonraker as James Bond goes past in his Gondola Hovercraft. Its presence has divided Bond fans - some, such as Calvin Dyson, think it represents a low point in the series. A puzzled dog can be seen in the same sequence.
Screenshot 2015-07-09 15.58.41 Max - A parrot in the 1981 film For Your Eyes Only. Max's first owner is Sir Timothy Havelock. He is a very clever parrot. He remembers every sentence and he repeat it. He likes pistachios. His favorite sentence is "Give Us a Kiss". After Timothy's death her daughter Melina Havelock will be his owner. When Kristatos stole the ATAC Max remember the sentence "ATAC to St. Cyrils." It helps Bond to find Kristatos. He also has a conversation with the Prime Minister at the end of the movie. Bond is sent a Phone Call from MI6 directly to Margaret Thatcher who wishes to personally speak to Bond and thank him for completing his mission however when she thinks she's speaking to Bond he had cunningly given Q's watch to Max and the PM was tricked into thinking she's was speaking to Bond especially when the he Squawks "Bond, Bond!!!" and "Give Us a Kiss" but actually Bond was busy Skinny - dipping with Melina Havelock.
Screenshot 2015-07-09 15.58.41 Unidentified parrot - A parrot in the 1987 film The Living Daylights. The parrot is present in the kitchen of Blayden House, as assassin Necros attempts to murder the cook and security officer. Although intended to be a different bird, the avian actor is actually the same parrot which was used in For Your Eyes Only.

Reptiles[]

Albert (Crocodile) - Profile Albert - A fictional American crocodile which appears in the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die. The reptile was one of numerous American crocodiles along with American alligators owned by farm owner Ross Kananga.[1] Albert is one of the oldest American crocodiles in Dr. Kananga's farm. In the past he had bitten off Tee Hee's arm, which was replaced by a mechanical one. In a bid to dispose of Bond, Tee Hee strands him on a tiny island in the middle of the crocodile/alligator enclosure. 007 escapes by leaping across the creatures and opens the enclosure gate, luring one of them being an American alligator into the adjacent drug lab with chunks of meat. Subsequently, the building was set alight and the crocodiles' fate remains unknown.
Screen Shot 2017-03-15 at 9.58.48 AM Snakes: Baron Samedi works with a selection of snakes in Live and Let Die. Baines is killed by one.
Franz Sanchez Profile Franz Sanchez's iguana - A fictional unnamed iguana which appears in the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill.

Aquatic animals[]

Octopussy Octopussy - A fictional blue-ringed octopus (genus Hapalochlaena) which appears in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy. Produces a venom that's invariably fatal in seconds. After Smythe became a jewel smuggler all around Asia, he lived in wealthy. He then devoted himself to the study of octopi. He named his daughter after his favourite pet, Octopussy, whom he taught the arts of jewel smuggling. After his death, Octopussy became the owner of the pet. When the hired assassin want to kill Bond, one of them smashed the aquarium and the octopus attacked his face. Octopussy killed the assassin.
Mmm dinner Blofeld's piranhas- Predatory fish kept in Blofeld's volcano lair in the film You Only Live Twice. Blofeld uses them to dispose of employees who displease him, such as Helga Brandt. They can reportedly strip a man to the bone in minutes. Bond later throw Blofeld's bodyguard Hans into the pool and jokes "Bon Appetit" to the Piranhas.
Maxresdefault-1 Largo's sharks - Largo's sharks are Golden Grotto sharks that are kept in a pool by his headquarters. They are often used as a method of execution for those who displease him. According to Largo, they are very perceptive and know "when it is time for them to be fed." They make their only appearance in the film Thunderball.
Kananga's shark - Dr. Kanaga utilized a shark in Live and Let Die (film) as a means to dispose of people, usually by lowering his victims via a crane as a means to ensure they were fed while still living. He summoned the shark in his last moments against Bond in an attempt at dispatching Bond and Solitare. Despite the shark swimming around, it did not get any prey, as Bond escaped at the last minute, Solitaire was rescued by Bond, and Kananga ended up inflating to death courtesy of Bond's gas-fillet shark pellet being force-fed to him after falling in with Bond. Aside from the shark itself, remora were swimming near its pectoral fins whenever it was nearby.

Invertebrates[]

James Bond spider encounter Tarantula: James Bond makes an eight legged acquaintance in Dr. No
Diamonds are Forever - Wint and Kidd kill the dentist Scorpion: Dr. Tynan is killed by one employed by Mr. Wint in Diamonds are Forever
BillEatenByMaggots Maggots: Bill encounters a maggot incubator in Licence to Kill
  • Poisonous centipede: This is used in the novel of Dr. No rather than a spider.

Mutants[]

Mutant pig (Silverfin - Graphic Novel) Mutant pigs - Pigs mutated by the experimental SilverFin serum, developed by Randolph Hellebore. Seen in the Young Bond novel SilverFin, and its graphic novel and video game adaptations.

References[]

  1. (2000). Inside Live and Let Die: Live and Let Die Ultimate Edition, Disc 2 (NTSC, Widescreen, Closed-captioned) [DVD]. MGM/UA Home Video. Retrieved on 22 March 2008. ASIN: B000LY209E.
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