It never dawned on us to take them...we took pictures instead. There didn't really seem to be a point. I mean, where in the world would you keep them? 
It's not like you can move them around like stuffed animals. We just looked at it as a fleeting moment of Disney Magic. 
Actually, you
can move the real towel animals around like stuffed animals.
I wonder if I could take a towel instead. I mean, essentially it's the same thing no? I could always use extra towels at home.
Uhh, no. Not the same thing.
Why would I ask if we could keep the towel animals? I wouldn't ask if I could take home the bath towels or wash cloths. It just never crossed our minds to even think about it.
You don't have kids, right? Or else you totally grew up, unlike some of us.
It seems to me that some people are mistaking the rolled up Mickey Heads (and similar items left more laid-out on the bed in a design), for the actual towel animals that are bound with rubber bands or tightly folded and tucked into shapes. I certainly wouldn't even think about taking something that was just twisted into position... But as I vacuumed, yes
vacuumed with the crevice tool attachment, our towel bear and swan today, I realized that there lies some of the difference of opinion. (Mind you, they
have lost two sticky eyes this way...) If you are taking towels that you'd never be able to move while retaining the "animal", then yeah, you
are stealing towels. Thinking you can shape it into a Mickey Head on the bed at home won't fly. But as noted, we aren't talking simple towels here, they are animals/creations and yes, even gifts if so many of us who were told my numerous WDW sources first-hand can be believed.
Again, to demonstrate towel animals...
These guys survived the better part of a week at WDW, a 1400 mile ride home in a Disney shopping bag in the bag of a loaded Yukon and now nearly a whole year of being loved. And vacuumed occasionally.
Made of towels? Yes.
Just towels? No.
I was given a life size gator made of towels on the floor in our WL room once. LOL! I couldn't fit it in my suitcase. 
I don't think I'd take one (if we're lucky enough to get one!) as I'd much rather have the room for something else in my suitcase 
Cute to look at though!
