Animal ASCII art

Owls, bunnies, bears, fish, birds and more, drawn with keyboard characters. Cats and dogs have their own pages, linked at the bottom.

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Fits in

   (\   /)
    \\_//
   ( o o )
  =(  Y  )=
   /     \
  (  ) (  )
 (__)___(__)

Bunny

7 lines, 12 wide

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```
(\_/)
(o.o)
(")(")
```
Tiny bunny
3 lines, 6 wide
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```
   ,-""-.
><(  o  _>
   `-..-'
```
Fish
3 lines, 10 wide
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><(((('>
```
One line fish
1 line, 8 wide
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   /\     /\
  /  \___/  \
 (  (o) (o)  )
 (     v     )
  \  \/ \/  /
   \_______/
     ^^ ^^

Owl

7 lines, 14 wide

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  .-.     .-.
 (   `---'   )
  \  o   o  /
  |    ^    |
   \  \_/  /
    `-----'

Bear face

6 lines, 14 wide

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```
><>   ><>  <><
```
Fish swimming, one line
1 line, 14 wide
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__@/
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Snail, one line
1 line, 4 wide
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<:3 )~~~
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Mouse, one line
1 line, 8 wide
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 \/   \/  \/
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Birds flying, one line
1 line, 12 wide
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~~~~~~~~~:>
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Snake, one line
1 line, 11 wide
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(\(\ (-.-)
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Bunny, one line
1 line, 10 wide
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ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
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Bear face, one line
1 line, 5 wide
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```
^(oo)^
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Pig face, one line
1 line, 6 wide
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/\oo/\
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Spider, one line
1 line, 6 wide
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```
 (\_/)
 (o.o)
 (> <)
```
Small bunny
3 lines, 6 wide
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    .-.
   ( o )>
  /\/\/\/\
  \      /
   \____/

Chick in an egg

5 lines, 10 wide

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      ,~~.
     ( o  )>
      ( _ )___
     (_______)
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Duck on a pond

5 lines, 17 wide

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```
  /\ /\
 ((o)(o))
  ( vv )
   ^  ^
```
Small owl
4 lines, 9 wide
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   @..@
  (----)
 ( >__< )
 ^^ ~~ ^^
```
Frog
4 lines, 9 wide
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     _____
   /\_/_\_/\  __
  |\_/ \_/\_|/ o\
  \/_\_/_\_/\__/
   ||     ||

Turtle

5 lines, 17 wide

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    .-.
   (o o)
  /( V )\
 / /   \ \
   \___/
   ^^ ^^

Penguin

6 lines, 10 wide

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```
     __
  \ (  )
 (_)|||>
     ""
```
Bee
4 lines, 8 wide
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```
 _   _
( \ / )
 \ Y /
 /(_)\
(_/ \_)
```
Butterfly
5 lines, 7 wide
TextPaint

Click a drawing to copy it. Open it to add a speech bubble, flip it, or copy it as a code block for Discord.

Art made for TextEditor.com is free to use under CC BY 4.0. Just name TextEditor.com as the source.

Drawing

Speech bubble

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Last checked October 30, 2026 by the TextEditor.com team

The cow that talks in your terminal

The best known animal in text art may be a cow. A small program called cowsay draws a cow with a speech bubble around any message you give it. Tony Monroe wrote it in 1999. It can also draw other animals, like Tux, the penguin of Linux.

Programmers still use it as a joke in help texts and chat bots. The speech bubble on this page works the same way: press Open on any animal and type your message.

The fish you can type in three keys

Some animals fit on one line. The fish ><> is just three characters. Longer versions like ><(((('> add scales and an eye. Turn the fish around by reading it backwards and swapping each < for a >.

One shape gives each animal away

Each animal in text art has one part that people spot first. An owl has big round eyes, so (O,O) already looks like an owl. A bunny is all about long ears, so (\(\ above a face is enough.

A pig needs a snout, so the nose becomes (oo) between the eyes. A bear has round ears on top, like the face ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ, which borrows letters from other alphabets.

When you change a drawing, keep that one part and change the rest. If the animal gets too wide for a phone, cut the body before you cut the face.

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Frequently asked questions

Which animals are easiest to draw with text?

Animals with a clear outline, like owls, fish and bunnies, need only a few lines. Owls work well because two round eyes in brackets already look like an owl.

Why are cats and dogs not on this page?

They have so many drawings that each one has its own page. You will find the links below this page.

Can I use these drawings in my code?

Yes. Press Open and then "Copy as code comment". Each line gets // in front of it, so you can paste the animal straight into a source file.

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