Treasure Hunters Guild/Lost Pet

= Lost Pet! (Found)=

Posting
My elephant ran away! He claims that I've been neglecting him...

He left me a note, though...please find him.

And there's a caption here that says, "You and I are just too different, so I've gone to find a friend that knows what it's like to stand out. If you really want me back, you'll be able to figure out which one of these animals doesn't belong among the rest. Once you find it, you'll find me. Toot." ~ Fedup Wifu

Contactee
Submissions are closed. This treasure (steel-aqua-tan) was found by Pillagerbil of the Viridian Ocean.

Solution
The Octopus. Dispite the great number of red herrings this puzzle offered, the solution was this: The word "octopus" begins with a vowel, as does the "elephant". No other animal follows this rule. Often puzzles that offer greater prizes will require hunters to go one step (or many more) than the purely obvious. Remember this for other more difficult puzzles.

To be honest, the guild assumed that this puzzle would require a scroll of secrets to aid the hunters. However, we see, that was not the case.

The guild recognizes a few entries that brought up good points and will address them:
 * The octopus can breathe under water...or the parrot could fly...or the turtle is shelled...etc... While many of you came up with very intriguing reasons as to why your selection stood alone amongst the rest, there's only one undatable connection between the elephant and octopus that had them seperated from the rest.