“Sea monkeys. I had to grow them out of eggs. They're funny looking; that's all I know.”

— Marquez White, fifth grade, Deerfield School

“I've had a ferret. It was sort of fun, but it slept a lot, and it tried to bite me.”

— Tre Sexton, sixth grade, Pinckney School

“No, just a dog and 14 fish. I'd like to get a catfish for my tank.”

— Avery Hughes, sixth grade, Woodlawn School

“No. I just have a cat. I used to have two more cats, but they died.”

— Lacey Long, sixth grade, Woodlawn School

“I had a weird-looking fish, but now I just have a dog, a cat and two horses.”

— David Lemon, sixth grade, Woodlawn School

“Sort of. I've had an iguana, dogs, cats, gerbils and tons of fish.”

— Ryan Givens, sixth grade, Woodlawn School