Animals

Various minor reoccurring species of **animals** appear throughout the *Little Nightmares* series. Animals include anything that can be found in the Animalia kingdom, which includes mammals, birds, fish, bugs, and many more. Although some animals, such as leeches, appear as enemies in the game, most animals serve as background characters.

## List of Hostile Animals

* Leeches
* Beetles

## List of Miscellaneous Animals

### Rats

 **Role:**
In the first *Little Nightmares* game, there are several rats encountered in the Maw, mainly in its lower parts. Usually, Six encounters rats anytime throughout the game while exploring the Prison and the Lair. After Six escapes the Janitor and enter the Kitchen, she is for the third time stricken with hunger pains. Six satisfies her hunger by devouring a helpless rat trapped in a mouse trap.
In *Secrets of the Maw*, throughout the Runaway Kid's journey in the Depths, he encounters some rats scattering around. If he throws a wrapped head to a basket which may give the player an achievement, several rats will come out of the basket.
In *Little Nightmares II*, although rats don't appear much in the game, Mono can see them in some secret places with Glitching Remains throughout the Wilderness, the School, and the Pale City. After Mono dispatches a bear trap with a twig, he slides down a broken log. He later sees a giant rat with its head caught in a bear trap under the log. While solving the puzzle of *The Nome's Attic* DLC, in a dark room near the entrance to it, you can see a cage in which a rat is sitting. According to the game's files, the skins that the Hunter's shack is filled with are that of giant rats. In addition, a giant unknown rat creature can be seen being skinned when he is encountered. On the table next to this create is a stack of rat bodies. If the game is modded with free camera, the player can see some rats on the table which the Hunter used to tear an unknown animal inside the barn. Mono later finds two dead rats hanging inside a locker with a Glitching Remain in it before entering the Teacher's classroom. In a sewer system, Mono can see a rat standing on a pipe while descending down. Later, in a room with cages, some of the animals inside appear to be rats.
In the first issue of the *Little Nightmares* comic series, a rat was encountered in a barn by the Refugee Boy and his sister. It was cooked and eaten.
 **Gallery:**
* In-game
* In-comic
* Promotional images
* Wallpapers

***Little Nightmares*** (video game):

One of the first rats seen that gets scared and runs into a sink.Scared rat in the prison area.Some rats are seen feasting on a meat inside a cage which will be eaten by Six.Some hanging rats seen in the area where the Janitor captures Six.A rat that was caught in a mouse trap.A rat being eaten by Six.A rat is seen beside a dead Nome in the Kitchen's freezer room.
***Little Nightmares II***:

A giant rat caught in a bear trap.What are confirmed as being the skin of giant rats in the game's files.Two dead hanging rats inside a locker in the School.A rat on the pipes while Mono is climbing down to the sewer.Rats and **Moths** in cages.
***Little Nightmares*** (comic series):

A rat that was found and cooked in a barn in the first issue.
***Little Nightmares Comics***:

A grey rat that was caught in a trap.Ghost carries the injured rat.The rat succumbs to its wounds.
Six about to eat a rat alive.

### Crows

 **Role:**
Crows are non-hostile and will fly away when someone gets too close to them.
Crows were first introduced in Issue #1 of the *Little Nightmares* comic series. While flying around a barn, crows were seen turning into skeletons after coming into close contact with the North Wind.
Crows later returned in *Little Nightmares II*, where they can first be seen in the Wilderness. Crows can be seen here pecking around in patches of grass, flying away when Mono or Six would come into close contact with them. During Mono and Six's encounter with the Hunter, the Hunter would become aware of their position when a crow would fly away after they got too close. Crows continued to appear throughout the Pale City. One notable crow in the city appeared stuffed in a bottle hanging from a rope in a location where a Glitching Remain can be found.
 **Gallery:**
* In-game
* In-comic
* Pre-launch images
* Posters
* Icons

***Little-Nightmares II***:

A crow hunched over in the brush.A crow flying away.A crow (top left) deceased in a bottle.
***Little-Nightmares*** (comic series):

The skeleton of a crow after being incinerated by the North Wind.Flying away from the barn.
A crow seen in a desert in a promotional image for *Little Nightmares III*.A crow flying in the Necropolis.Two crows seen in a Steam screenshot.A crow holding a key while standing on a Dweller's head.

### The Seagull

* In-game

***Little-Nightmares***:

### Fish

 **Role:**
Various fish be seen in the Kitchen, such as on the wooden tables, hanging from the ceiling, and in crates. There is a chance that Six will be stuffed into a fish if caught by one of the Twin Chefs. In order to earn an achievement known as "Kitchen Hand," Six must throw a fish's head into the pot in the first part of the kitchen. Fish can also be seen being eaten by the Guests in the Guest Area.
One of the female television characters appears to have a fish tail at her cooking station.
In *Secrets of the Maw*, particularly The Depths chapter, the Runaway Kid must at a couple of points throw fish limbs into the waters in order to lure the Granny away.
 **Gallery:**
* In-game
* Concept art
* Other

***Little-Nightmares***:

A kitchen fish.Giant fish hanging from the raptors.Fish in the Kitchen.A fish-head in the Guest Area.A large fish in the Guest Area.
A giant fish seen in the *Little Nightmares* concept art.A fish sign from the *Little Nightmares II* concept art.

### Pigeons

* In-game
* Models
* Photos

***Very Little-Nightmares***:

Secret room with pigeons and pigeon eggs.
Pigeon model from *Very Little Nightmares*.Model for the pigeon hatchling in the secret room.

### Flies

 **Role:**
Flies are a species of insect that can be seen throughout *Little Nightmares II* feasting on corpses, garbage, and rotting food. Flies do not have their own 3D model, rather they exist as particle effects. The pretense of flies is also alluded to by the loud buzzing sound they make.
 **Gallery:**
* In-game
* Pre-launch images

***Little Nightmares II***:

Flies flying around a bag of rotting corpses.Flies flying around the Hunter while he skins an animal.Flies swarming a corpse in a tub.
***Little Nightmares III***:

### Frogs

* In-game
* Pictures
* Models
* Concept art

***Little-Nightmares II***:

The Teacher shoving frogs into a jar; frog anatomy poster in the back of the room.A Bully using a key to toy with a frog's corpse.
A diagram of a frog's dissected stomach.
A deceased frog with its exposed insides.

### Moths

* In-game
* Photos and drawings

***Little-Nightmares II***:

The caged moth room.

### Grubs

* In-game
* Other

***Little-Nightmares II***:

Grubs in a jar.

### Mites

* Models

### Moose

* In-game
* Photos
* Models
* Concept art

***Little-Nightmares II***:

A moose's head hung in the Hunter's cabin.
Photo of a moose.Taxidermy moose at top of photo.
Head model.

### Pigs

 **Role:**
In the first *Little Nightmares* game, a portrait of a pig, bear and a shark can be seen. In addition, a pig's head can be seen on a mantle in a magazine. A scrapped portrait of a humanoid pig can be seen in the games files among other scrapped portraits. In *Secrets of the Maw*, a portrait of a pig is hung amongst other various portraits.
 **Gallery:**
* Portraits, newspapers, and labels
* Models
* Concept art
* Other

Portrait featuring a pig at the bottom.Newspapers showcasing a pig's head on a mantle and a picture of a dog.Scrapped portrait of a humanoid pig.Portrait of a pig.A pig on a cereal package.
Models for toys in *Very Little Nightmares*, one of which being a humanoid pig.
Concept art for a cut pig sign.Concept art of the Wilderness containing a pig and piglets.A pig's head in a jar (bottom right).

### Factory Bugs

* In-game

### Referenced Animals

* In-comic
* Portraits
* Models
* Concept art
* Toys
* Other

***Little-Nightmares*** (comic series):

A kitten seen stuck in a tree in the Boy who got Tall's fantasy.The Boy who got Strong throwing bugs he found under a rock at children.
A humanoid wearing a rabbit head or mask.A cut portrait of a giant walrus from *Little Nightmares*.
Models for toys in *Very Little Nightmares*.
Whales seen in concept art for the Maw.Pig and clam signs from the *Little Nightmares II* concept art.Concepts for toys that depict various animals.Concept Art featuring an octopus, an owl, a fox, a shell, and a rabbit.
Toy monkey with cymbals from *Little Nightmares*A bear-based stuffed animal.A toy based on a duck.An icon of a toy bear.Another toy based on a duck.

## Trivia

* Like many of the humans in this universe, some of the animals seem to have been affected by the universes strange forces, causing them to grow into giant versions of themselves. Unlike the humanoids of this universe, most of their appearances were not altered aside from their change in size.
	+ An example of an animal that had its appearance altered beyond its change in size would be the grubs, who also grew humanoid mouths at the front of their bodies.

* It was revealed from data mines in the first *Little Nightmares* game that some portraits that portrayed humanoid characters were created, but these were later scrapped from the final game. These include an anthropomorphic pig dressed in old-fashioned royal attire and a blue rat-like creature with sharp fangs dressed in white sheet-like clothing (seen at the right).
* The presence of spiders was alluded to in *Very Little Nightmares*. While crawling in the walls of the Nest, the Girl in the Yellow Raincoat comes across what appears to be the corpses of children wrapped in purple webs. At one point, she falls and a giant spiderweb breaks her fall.

Noone • The Counsellor • The Candleman • The Workers • The Prisoners • The Tall Woman • The Child with Gooey Hair • Cici • The Bathers • Jester • The Merchants • The Shopping Mall • The Counsellor's Professor • The Performing Children (Rusty) • The Man in the Purple Suit • The Carnival People • The Dummy • Nomes • The Naughty Kids • The Balloon-Headed Man • The Puppet
**Animals** • Children • Unidentified Characters