Well, it's happened twice in this thread so far, and, when you include the Nexus Freeform, I've seen it happen 3 times so far over there, so that's 5 recently.


For a ranged non-fantastical animal, you could have the Spitting Cobra, the Bombardier beetle, a monkey who likes to throw rocks and banana peels, or even a bird who poops on people.

Of the ideas that you've had, they all look pretty cool. They would be fun in a fight.