sharks snakes and lemurs heck i wouldn't be surprised if one of them had a unicorn stashed
away they're looking to sell for just under a cool million dollars way back when this guy
and keanu reeves were making movies like johnny mnemonic ice tea was grabbing headlines all over
the country whether it be for his film career his controversial rap albums or his tendency
to purchase some of nature's greatest oceanic predators to live in his 1.2 million dollar home
during the height of his power before law and order the musician and actor put large sums of
money into renovating his hollywood house in 1994 ice-t dropped 250 grand on a new recording studio
within his home the studio would contain four soundproof rooms and a nice piece of room decor in
the form of an eight foot by three foot baby shark tank ice tea and his family have always loved
ocean creatures with frequent bahamian vacations and a new living coral tank in his house given
that the baby sharks in 1994 are probably much too large to live in his recording studio anymore
former reality tv star kirsty alley let the world know of a secret collection she had back in 2014
some people like to collect stamps or even sports cars but this former actress and jenny craig
spokesperson had a collection of 14 ring-tailed lemurs we're unsure if they like to move but they
definitely cost her a pretty penny while her home may not be as wild as you would think given that
lemurs are surprisingly calm animals they do have a lifespan of 30 years meaning that one lemur is
a huge commitment and responsibility never mind more than a dozen on top of food and medical costs
ally also hired two full-time zookeepers to take care of her precious animals but overall it costs
her about forty thousand dollars per year just to maintain them nicholas cage has always been a man
of unique taste if you thought ice-t's sharks were wild nick cage just saw his shark and raised it
by going all in not only has nick cage owned one certified king of the ocean but he's also dabbled
in other rare pets as well first he spent about a hundred and fifty thousand dollars on an octopus
somehow he claims this octopus helped his acting career which makes me think this
octopus was really an expensive acting coach before nick cage's role in the wicker man
on top of his octopus cage also purchased two deadly king cobras by the names of moby and sheba
these deadly twins cost caves the low price of 276 thousand dollars supposedly cage even had to
carry anti-venom on him at all times in case one of his beloved cobras got a little too friendly
after filing for bankruptcy however cage had to cut back on his expensive pet project
perhaps someone should recommend like a goldfish or something so he can build his way back up
the spanish surrealist painter salvador dali is needless to say an eccentric character in the
pages of history he passed away in the late 80s but not before a series of odd behaviors that at
the time was confusing to say the least first of all he was a fan of exotic pets before it was cool
and own a pet ocelot named babu the medium spotted jungle cat was one of dolly's pride and joys
on top of the ocelot there was a rumor that salvador dali owned his own anteater it's unclear
but the signs point to this being false and dolly simply took the anteater for a walk and photo op
which is honestly so much stranger than him just outright owning an anteater like i have so many
more questions now than i did before i found this out do you by chance have an extra 400 dollars
just sitting in your pocket at this very moment in time well then you my friend could be the
proud new owner of your very own giant tortoise back in 2010 actor leonardo dicaprio bought a
seven-year-old giant tortoise the environmentally conscious actor purchased the exotic animal from
a reptile foundation and asked for the biggest one they had the animal may be the cheapest celebrity
exotic pet ever purchased but he weighed 38 pounds at the time and could grow to be over 200
throughout his 80-year lifespan i imagine dicaprio was just trying to avoid another i'll never let go
situation given that his new friend can float and doesn't need to take up any space on the door
have you ever had your own bring your pet to work day that's when you ask your boss if you
can bring your exotic cockatoo to the office they then say no but you do it anyway that's what we
call the celo green strategy back in 2012 when the singer-songwriter was serving as a judge on the
voice he was asked repeatedly not to bring animals to the set he started with a cat named perfect
which became the voice mascot and was eventually replaced by lady a pink malucan cockatoo
it looked extravagant and ceelo was just trying his absolute hardest to appear as
a bond villain when his chair turned around i always thought that joke in the hangover really
was just a joke but it turns out former boxing champ mike tyson really does own several tigers
while in prison tyson spoke to his car dealer who would often trade cars for rare animals
and this is where this fantastic idea came from mike tyson decided to buy three white
baby bengal tigers for reportedly around seventy thousand dollars at the time
the upkeep and food for the tigers cost the former heavyweight boxing champ over two hundred and ten
thousand dollars per year i know they say dogs are a man's best friend but tigers have definitely
got to be up there since tyson raised them from cubs and treats them like his children i'm just
not even gonna do it look it's impossible not to make a twilight joke here so just bear with me
guess someone should have asked her opinion because she's clearly team jacob in the late
2000s actress kristen stewart became the owner of a wolf dog hybrid and named it the totally
not jacob name of jack she claims that though he may look scary on account of you know being a wolf
he is actually a really sweet animal today jack the wolf is worth about 3.1 million dollars
where exactly did she get jack well her mother who owns four wolves of her own gifted jack to her
daughter for her 24th birthday i got a vacuum for mine but i guess a wolf would have been cool too
actress nicole kidman and country music star keith urban are one of the more well-known successful
celebrity couples they were married in 2006 and have two children as well as a farm in tennessee
home to several alpacas an alpaca is said to cost anywhere between three thousand and ten
thousand dollars and the family of keith urban and nicole kidman owns six of them along with a
bunny and some fish this household is definitely comprised of animal lovers it is also said that
the cost to own an alpaca after their purchase can range anywhere from a couple hundreds of dollars
all the way up to 50 grand per year that makes owning six alpacas a huge commitment but i would
say the joint income of a very successful musician and a very successful actress can handle the
responsibility actress melanie griffith comes from a family whose history involves big cats
one day her mother actress tipi hedren came home with a new furry friend named neil she got the
animal for research purposes as she was going to star in a film involving the regal animals neil
became a family staple starring in numerous family photos but overall griffith and hedren have since
spoken out against owning lions as pets instead the two started a wildlife sanctuary in california
for big cats and have become huge advocates for wildlife preservation so while they are definitely
helping the world's creatures they now have access to the viewing of even more lions than they could
have dreamed everyone knows vanilla ice he's the elvis presley of our generation okay i just made
that up but trust me it's an apt comparison not on their music styles or their legacy but both
icons each owned their very own kangaroo the king of rock and roll was given his as a gift
and eventually donated it to a zoo vanilla ice however has a famous pet walaru named bucky who
has even escaped before and gone on a hopping spree some sources say he bought bucky for over
two thousand dollars but he definitely had to pay a 220 fine when his animal owning permits expired
needless to say on top of feeding costs bucky is an extremely expensive exotic friend let's all be
real though a kangaroo is probably in the top 10 of all of our dream pets lists which exotic animal
would you have as a pet in fact if you're walking around with an extra 8 500 you could very soon be
the proud owner of your own two-toed baby sloth no perhaps an octopus or a cobra is more your speed