Motorists with pesky animals feature prominently in U.K. homeand auto insurer Admiral's recently released list of its mostbizarre claims from the last two years.

“We asked our claims handlers to tell us about any unusualclaims they had dealt with that really stood out for them and foundthat animals feature in the most memorable ones,” says DaveHalliday, managing director at Admiral. “From territorial peacocks,creepy crawlies and cute puppies, it seems it's not just other roadusers motorists should be aware of.”

Click “next” to read some unusual animal-related autoclaims.

A leather interior is often included in luxury packages and iscoveted by car owners. However, the driver of one vehicle wasn'tthe only one who loved its leather interior—so did a nest of micethat managed to destroy the stylish inside.

Similarly, another vehicle was damaged by rats that entered theengine compartment of the car and chewed through internalparts.

It isn't uncommon for dog owners to take their friends for a carride, but having man's best friend along for the ride wasn't such agood idea for two motorists. One filed a claim after colliding witha bollard after the front passenger pulled up the handbrake,mistaking it for the puppy that had jumped down from their lap.Another customer crashed his car when he leaned over to pet hisdog.

One driver crashed into a telephone pole while trying to swat afly inside the vehicle. Another motorist caused a multi-car crashafter being startled by a spider dangling from the rear viewmirror.

Sometimes outside animals can cause accidents as well. Onedriver was distracted by a camel and an elephant tethered at theside of the road, causing him to collide with a post.

Beware of peacocks! One driver's car was clawed after a peacocksaw its reflection in the paintwork. Another car was damaged by aflock of peacocks that had escaped from a neighbor's garden.

One car was damaged at a village festival when a miniature ponybroke loose and climbed over the hood of the vehicle.