Angelina Jolie: Shiloh Wanted A "Dead Pet"

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Angelina Jolie covers the December issue of Vogue where she gushes about her family life, her hot partner, and the "hilarious" Shiloh who begged mommy to let her keep a "dead pet!"

"She came in and said, 'Can I have a dead pet?’" Jolie tells Vogue. "And I’m ... 'Uh-uh, I don’t think it’s healthy, honey. I think they have to put him in a box,' and I had to run out to find, like, a taxidermy bird. I just worked it out for her." Shiloh isn't familiar with taxidermy, "But I figured that I couldn’t keep the actual dead bird from the yard, so I swayed her toward one that had been cleaned, at least."

And even though this most recent revelation about her first biological child is sure to ruffle some feathers, Jolie doesn't care. "I am sure there's going to be some comment about this, which fortunately I will not read," she said.

Jolie went on to say that Pax is a better cook than she is and that Maddox, her first and eldest child helped "raised" her.

But she left her utmost praise for partner Brad Pitt, whom she calls "extremely handsome and the most sexy."

"When I think about him, I just think of the man who’s such a great friend and such an extraordinary father," Angelina says. "And that's when I fall, you know, when I have my moments of getting -- whoarr! -- caught up in how much I love him ... it’s usually when I see him with the children.”