Some examples are Mammals: Bears, Marmots, squirrels, seals.

Others: Bee, Ant, and Termite queens. The Honeypot Ant species [Larders].

For women their bodies store calories, nutrients for sustaining through pregnancy, and years of breastfeeding. After the first pregnancy, the female body can try to hold on to these reserves. This can represent fertility to others.

As a sexual fetish that derives sexual pleasure from fat bodies and their features, weight gain, and the effects of weight gain. The act of intentionally putting on weight to satisfy a fat fetish is known as '''gaining'''.