Most young kids will pick up and drag anything around...but I see your point about your husband. Boys play with dolls, too, but you're supposed to call them action figures to be politically correct. I think it's a male thing.
Hmmm, I hadn't thought of that...imagine those Tasmanian devils trying to eat the poor guy who's bringing those eBay widgets I sniped.... But maybe they won't be hungry by the time he makes his rounds. Not with all these cats. Oh, well. The dog barks at him. What's a few more?
They do have show and tell around here, but I don't have kids. The school might get a little cranky about a pet Tasmanian devil in class, but then, show and tell is supposed to be about seeing new things, so they'd have nothing to complain about.
Besides, the little critters are kind of cute.