I haven't had exactly this experience but the non-smut version is having several friends/acquaintances who you know purely because you have the same niche fursona species.
"Omg sheep"
"Omg hi."
"Baa"
"Baa!"

Pronounced "kƦmÉmil"
Large sheep the size of a small sheep! Likes tea, DIY, and nerd stuff. Sysadmin, release engineer and programmer by trade.
I haven't had exactly this experience but the non-smut version is having several friends/acquaintances who you know purely because you have the same niche fursona species.
"Omg sheep"
"Omg hi."
"Baa"
"Baa!"
I have certainly had people recognize me from my commissions and I'm always like ??!???