diff --git a/_data/members.yml b/_data/members.yml
index 1d0f2dfb..4e80d436 100644
--- a/_data/members.yml
+++ b/_data/members.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #                                   # Postdoc, Ph.D/PhD, M.Sc/MSc, Visiting
 #   url: https://example.com        # personal website (makes the name a link)
 #   avatar: /images/people/capitaine-haddock.jpg
+#   pet: /images/people/pets/capitaine-haddock-pet.jpg  # easter egg: photo shown on hover
+#   pet_name: Milou                                      # easter egg: name shown on hover
 #   orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000
 #   github: https://github.com/capitainehaddock
 #   linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/capitainehaddock/
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@
   position: Full Professor
   url: http://www.uu.nl/staff/amjjbonvin
   avatar: /images/people/Bonvin-2020-12.jpg
+  pet: /images/people/pets/Milou.png
+  pet_name: Milou
   github: https://github.com/haddocking
   orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7369-1322
   bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/amjjbonvin.bsky.social
@@ -58,7 +62,7 @@
   linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shantanukhatri/
   github: https://github.com/Comp-era
   x: https://x.com/Shantanu_khtri
-  
+
 - name: Xiaotong Xu
   position: Ph.D Candidate
   avatar: /images/people/Xiaotong-Xu.jpg
diff --git a/_layouts/people.html b/_layouts/people.html
index 05b4cc71..4df6d25f 100644
--- a/_layouts/people.html
+++ b/_layouts/people.html
@@ -77,20 +77,52 @@ <h3>Group picture, July 2025</h3>
     margin-bottom: 0.85rem;
     flex-shrink: 0;
     border: 3px solid #f0f0f0;
+    position: relative;
   }
   .member-photo img {
     width: 100%;
     height: 100%;
     object-fit: cover;
     display: block;
+    transition: opacity 0.35s ease;
+  }
+  .member-photo .photo-pet {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  .member-card.has-pet:hover .member-photo .photo-person {
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  .member-card.has-pet:hover .member-photo .photo-pet {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+  .member-name-wrap {
+    position: relative;
+    margin: 0 0 0.3rem;
   }
   .member-name {
     font-family: 'PT Sans Narrow', sans-serif;
     font-size: 1.15rem;
     font-weight: 700;
     color: #222;
-    margin: 0 0 0.3rem;
+    margin: 0;
     line-height: 1.25;
+    transition: opacity 0.35s ease;
+  }
+  .member-name.pet-name {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    right: 0;
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  .member-card.has-pet:hover .member-name.person-name {
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  .member-card.has-pet:hover .member-name.pet-name {
+    opacity: 1;
   }
   .member-name a {
     color: inherit;
@@ -162,17 +194,25 @@ <h3>Current members</h3>
         {% assign role = 'msc' %}
       {% endif %}
 
-      <li class="member-card" data-role="{{ role }}">
+      <li class="member-card{% if member.pet %} has-pet{% endif %}" data-role="{{ role }}">
         <div class="member-photo">
-          <img src="{{ avatar }}" alt="{{ member.name }}" />
+          <img class="photo-person" src="{{ avatar }}" alt="{{ member.name }}" />
+          {% if member.pet %}
+          <img class="photo-pet" src="{{ member.pet }}" alt="{{ member.name }}'s pet" />
+          {% endif %}
         </div>
-        <p class="member-name">
-          {% if member.url %}
-            <a href="{{ member.url }}" target="_blank">{{ member.name }}</a>
-          {% else %}
-            {{ member.name }}
+        <div class="member-name-wrap">
+          <p class="member-name person-name">
+            {% if member.url %}
+              <a href="{{ member.url }}" target="_blank">{{ member.name }}</a>
+            {% else %}
+              {{ member.name }}
+            {% endif %}
+          </p>
+          {% if member.pet_name %}
+          <p class="member-name pet-name">{{ member.pet_name }}</p>
           {% endif %}
-        </p>
+        </div>
         <p class="member-position">{{ member.position }}</p>
         {% if member.orcid or member.github or member.linkedin or member.bluesky or member.x %}
         <div class="member-links">
diff --git a/images/people/pets/Milou.png b/images/people/pets/Milou.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a230406
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