Miyajima had actual Japanese wildlife. Sort of. These sika deer were pathologically friendly. Below, one waits for a table at a restaurant.
Category: undocumented species
Spent a few weeks hanging out in Sydney while my wife prepped for a marathon. . .
Flamingos at the Flamingo. They stayed warm under a propane heater.
Mutant fish in the CAP. It was over two feet long and had a big gash in it. No clue how it survived in there.
penguin on a fake rock… and a smug puffin in background… a situation that can only happen in a zoo in nebraska since puffins live in the northern hemisphere and penguins in the southern hemisphere…
the elusive snow leopard is much less elusive… in front of a slate wall
a platoon of cicada carapaces…
Wild horses are considered an invasive species at Mesa Verde (here is one we saw above Mug House). According to the Denver Post,
Besides damaging water lines and ice machines outside tourist facilities, they [horses] have collided with vehicles and torn up wires at a weather station. They have also compacted the ground over some unexcavated archaeological sites.