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Ostwitch

The **Ostwitch** is the eighth type of ostrich, added as part of the 2016 Halloween update.

## Appearance

The Ostwitch is distinctly coloured with green skin and deep purple clothes, including a gown, a hat and a pair of shoes. The hat also has a yellow ring going around its base, and the shoes also have square yellow buckles attached to black straps around them. Under the hat is a mop of straggly, stringy, black hair characteristic to a stereotypical witch. The most striking feature of the Ostwitch is the broom positioned between its legs, which is coloured like a typical witch's broom, with a dark chestnut brown broomstick and a brownish yellow head. Finally, the tip of its tail and wings are coloured peach.

## Description

*Rides the fastest broom in the Savannah, but has the tendency to fly off the handle.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Savannah 2 or greater.
* Ostrich tamed.
* Ride past 1000m in Savannah.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is low due to it being a tier 4 animal. It will appear randomly but not often, and never before 1000m.

## Trivia

* The Ostwitch is an obvious play on a witch.
* The description plays on a witch's characteristic broom, an ostrich's pace and the phrase "fly off the handle", which could be taken literally as a witch flying off the handle due to losing control, or metaphorically, where 'fly off the handle' means one losing temper, which relates to a witch.
* The Ostwitch could possibly be a play on the witch in *The Wizard of Oz* but there's no exact reference to backup this statement.

## Notes

* The Ostwitch was released in version 1.3.1 on the 20th of October 2016 as part of the 2016 Halloween update as a permanent add-on.
* The in-game description had several errors that have since been fixed, including incorrect spelling for the word "tendency" (spelt with an 'a' between the 'd' and 'n' instead of an 'e'), the lack of a period following the description and the lack of a capital letter in the word "savannah".
	+ The former two were corrected in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018.
	+ The latter was corrected in version 1.15.1 on the 19th of April 2018.
Sabretooth Hippo

The **Sabretooth Hippo** is the eighth hippo the can be discovered. Like all other endangered animals, it can only be found on certain random days. Its match can then be found on certain random days after the player tames it.

## Appearance

The Sabretooth Hippo is mostly a dark amber colour, getting lighter towards the bottom half of its body. It has four black stripes on its back to represent those of a sabretooth tiger. Around its neck, it has a ring of strange petals or spikes, which are square, blunt and coloured maroon. Radiating at a fast rate from its ring around its neck are streaks of fire and random bursts of light.

## Description

*Despite appearances, the most terrifying end of this hippo is the rear.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Jungle 2 or greater.
* Hippo tamed.
* Can only be tamed on a certain random day, and can only be matched on a certain random day after it has been tamed.
	+ Ride past 1200m in Jungle.
* After it is matched it can be found permanently in the stampede.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is extremely low due to it being a tier 5 animal. It will appear randomly but very rarely, and never before 1200m.

## Baby Sabretooth Hippo

* Animals are 10% faster in water
* Bucks are 10% smaller

## Trivia

* The Sabretooth Hippo is a play on a sabretooth tiger.
	+ The Baby Sabretooth Hippo's ability where eating animals is 8% more effective is a reference to the predatory nature of sabretooth tigers.
	+ This animal is one of the four that reference a sabretooth tiger, the others being the Sabretooth Lion, the Saber-toothed tiger and the Sabre Tooth Walrus.
* The description plays on a hippo's in-game behaviour in that hippos sit on the player when angry.

## Notes

* The Sabretooth Hippo was released in version 1.7.0 on the 23rd of March 2017 along with all other original endangered animals.
Plague Doctor Penguin

The **Plague Doctor Penguin** is the third variety of penguin in the stampede.

## Appearance

The Plague Doctor Penguin has a body which is coloured a shiny, smooth black. Its feet and wings are also coloured similarly. On its head is a mask coloured a cool white, with long, thick, and downwards-bending beak. Red lenses with black rims cover each eye. On its head is a black top hat, and attached to its back is a staff that has two points at the top, coloured gold, and a grey handle.

## Description

*Has no idea what it's doing. Thinks the Hippocratic Oath is a type of cereal.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Tundra 1 or greater.
* Penguin tamed.
* Ride past 900m in Tundra.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is medium due to it being a tier 3 animal. It will appear in just over half the runs the player does, and never before 900m.

## Baby Plague Doctor Penguin

* Taming animals is 20% quicker
* Animals handle ice 10% better

## Trivia

* The Plague Doctor Penguin is a reference to plague doctors, notable for their incorrect treatments and dodgy methods to gain extra salary when treating epidemic patients.
	+ This reference may have been chosen because plague doctor costumes made plague doctors look somewhat like penguins.
	+ The description references plague doctors by referencing the Hippocratic Oath, an oath historically taken by physicians, which plague doctors were classified as, and mentioning that plague doctors had "no idea what [they were] doing", referencing how most plague doctors were not qualified to treat patients.
		- The description says "Thinks the Hippocratic Oath is a type of cereal", which could play on how "oath" sounds similar to 'oats'.

## Notes

* The Plague Doctor Penguin was released on the 25th of January 2017 in version 1.5.0, along with Tundra and all other Tundra animals.
* Like most other Tundra descriptions, the description was missing a period at the end.
	+ This was corrected in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018.
Sea Cow

The **Sea Cow** is the second walrus in the game.

## Appearance

The Sea Cow has the same basic features as the Walrus, its base counterpart, however, its patterning and features are what sets it apart. It is coloured mostly white with large, randomly spaced and sized brown spots that are the same colour as the Walrus' fur colour. Its tail fades from white at the base to brown at the base. At the side of its head are two small, upwards-curling horns, and just under its neck is a gold bell.

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Tundra 1 or greater.
* Walrus tamed.
* Ride past 500m in Tundra (found jumping out of large holes in the side walls).

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is high but not guaranteed due to it being a tier 2 animal. It will appear often but not necessarily in every run, and never before 500m.

## Baby Sea Cow

* Crates give 25% more coins
* Taming animals is 15% quicker

## Trivia

* The Sea Cow is a play on a sea cow, another name for a dugong, a similar large aquatic mammal to the walrus which lacks large tusks. It plays on it by likening it to a literal cow, which is also referenced in the description.

## Notes

* The Sea Cow was released on the 25th of January 2017 in version 1.5.0, along with Tundra and all other original Tundra animals.
Raptor Challenge

The **Raptor Challenge** was the third and longest competitive event in Rodeo Stampede. It occurred from the 20th of May to the 4th of August 2017.

## About

The Raptor Challenge was held following the YouTuber ThinkNoodles' video on the Raptor Run Challenge (see below), which was run through KTplay. The player had to film themselves completing a run on a single raptor from the beginning, in an attempt to see who could run the furthest. However, the competition was marred by a bug in which players' games would slow down to three or four times less speed, allowing for much easier progression. These videos were masked as they were sped up before submission. In response, the Rodeo Stampede team released an extra 20 Cash Cows to compensate.

## Rules

* Had to start as an raptor and stay on it for the whole time
* Must be in Jurassic
* Must post full compressed video
* Any sidekick allowed

## Posts

* Original KTplay post: https://i.ktplay.com/app/id100533/topic/20483571
* iOS winners: https://i.ktplay.com/app/id100533/topic/20523179

## Gallery

The notice for the Raptor Challenge on KTplayThe top 70 finishers for the Emu Challenge on iOS (part 1)The top 70 finishers for the Emu Challenge on iOS (part 2)The top 70 finishers for the Emu Challenge on iOS (part 3)
Minotaur

The **Minotaur** is the first minotaur in the game, and possibly the first animal the player tames in Olympus.

## Appearance

The Minotaur is a very large, muscular, humanoid with brown fur covering its body. The least humanoid thing about it is its head. The head is that of a bull's, looking a lot like that of the Cape Buffalo's excluding its gold nose ring. It has bracelets on its arms that are the same gold colour as the nose ring.

## Description

*A huge creature that was half man, half bull and very, very angry. King Minos had the minotaur trapped in a labyrinth.*

## Requirements

* Olympus 1 unlocked.
* Ride in Olympus.

## Trivia

* The Minotaur is based on the Minotaur in Greek mythology, a creature with the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man.
	+ The description tells some of the story of the myth.
* The Baby Minotaur's ability "rare animals appear 4% more often" may be based on the fact that the Minotaur is a mythological animal, so by extention rare.

## Notes

* The Minotaur was released on the 18th of August 2017 in version 1.10.0 along with Olympus and the first five Olympus species.
Rodeo Stampede KTplay

**KTplay** is the social service inside Rodeo Stampede. It can be found in the menu in Rodeo Stampede.

## About

KTplay is a social media channel which allows the player to post photos and videos, and view other people's posts. Usually, players post Rodeo Stampede related things. Occasionally, challenges and social events are hosted in KTplay. An "influence" system was implemented at an unknown date to improve the activity in KTplay, which is a points system where points are awarded for likes and follows given to the player who wishes to earn the points. A leaderboard ranking each user based on influence is also included.

KTplay also serves as the main notification service in Rodeo Stampede, as well as the place where players can receive rewards from social events or from compensation.

## How to Access KTplay

* For iOS:
	+ Go to the settings button from either of the zoos.
	+ Below each of the wide blue buttons, there are an array of buttons. Click on the chat icon (shown right) to go to KTplay.
* For Android:
	+ The KTplay button is directly below the settings button. Click on it to go to KTplay.
Pandurian

The **Pandurian** is the third pangolin by order in the zoo.

## Appearance

The Pandurian replaces scales with short, stubby, wide spikes, coloured a golden orange colour and arranged in a grid pattern. They coat olive brown coloured skin. Its face and the very bottom of its toes are coloured a light peach. From the top of its head sprouts a short stem, with a wooden branch and two small dark green leaves, which forms the top of a durian when the Pandurian is angry. When the Pandurian is angry, the stalk can be seen to angle to the Pandurian's right.

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Great Wall 4 or greater.
* Pangolin tamed.
* Ride past 800m in Great Wall.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is medium due to it being a tier 3 animal. It will appear in just over half the runs the player does, and never before 800m.

## Trivia

* The Pandurian's name is a portmanteau of "pangolin" and "durian", a large fruit notoriously known to be very smelly, as alluded to in the description.
	+ The description also plays off the description of the Pangrose.
	+ The appearance of the Pandurian when angry greatly resembles a durian.
	+ The unusually high value of the Baby Pandurian's ability "Ridden animals are 20% faster" may reference how people may run away quickly from durians due to their smell.
* The Pandurian is one of two animals based on a durian, the other being the Durian Beetle.

## Notes

* The Pandurian was released in version 1.24.0 on the 23rd of October 2019 on iOS and the 25th of October on Android, along with all other pangolins, roosters, kirins and VIP animals.
Pegasus in Training

The **Pegasus in Training** is the third type of pegasus in the game.

## Appearance

The Pegasus in Training maintains a similar body proportion to the Pegasus, although it differs in colour and features. Its main body colour is dark brown, and it wears a white helmet with a single blue stripe running down the middle, with its ears visible. Its wings also differ, seeming to be made of several flattened-out cardboard boxes stuck together, with blue lines and arrows pointing forwards.

## Description

*As a student of Pegasus academy, they must endure years of hard training and conditioning before they are granted their wings.*

## Requirements

* Olympus 1 unlocked.
* Pegasus tamed.
* Ride past 125m in Olympus.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is medium due to it being a tier 3 animal. It will appear in just over half the runs the player does, and never before 125m.

## Baby Pegasus in Training

* Bucks are 8% smaller
* *Energy drains 1% slower in the Olympus (passive)*

## Trivia

* The description is an explanation of the joke of whether pegasuses have training or not, and what they would be like if they did.
	+ The Baby Pegasus in Training's abilities may reference how someone/an animal in training may need to take it slower and take smaller steps.

## Notes

* The Pegasus in Training was released on the 18th of August 2017 in version 1.10.0 along with Olympus and the first five Olympus species.
Monarch Butterfly

The **Monarch Butterfly** is the second butterfly in the game by zoo order. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their butterfly habitat to level 2 or higher.

## Appearance

The Monarch Butterfly's body is similar in appearance to the Butterfly, however, its wing patterning is coloured orange, with white spots at the wingtip, as opposed to being completely yellow. Around its neck is a thick, white collar with small black speckles that seems fluffy in appearance, with two gold squares connected by a drooping gold strand. On its head is a gold crown with a purple interior and sky blue jewels on each of the four faces.

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Garden 6 or greater.
* Butterfly tamed.
* Butterfly habitat upgraded to level 2 or higher.
* Ride past 400m in Garden.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is high but not guaranteed due to it being a tier 2 animal. It will appear often but not necessarily in every run, and never before 400m.

## Baby Monarch Butterfly

* Missions give 10% more coins
* Flying animals swoop 4% slower

## Trivia

* The Monarch Butterfly is a play on a monarch butterfly, which, as the in-game appearance suggests, is an orange and black butterfly, known for having very good endurance. The pun is that the Monarch Butterfly has literal features that a monarch, or a person of the royal family, would wear.
	+ This is reiterated in the description.

## Notes

* The Monarch Butterfly was released in version 1.16.0 on the 8th of May 2018 on Android and on the 10th of May 2018 on iOS, along with beetles, centipedes and all other butterflies.
	+ On iOS, all beetles, centipedes and butterflies were bugged, not appearing in the stampede up until version 1.16.1 on the 14th of May 2018.
Savannah 4

**Savannah 4** is the fourth area unlocked in Rodeo Stampede. There are several requirements that must be met before the player can unlock it.

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Savannah 3
* Tame 10 animals
* Upgrade elephant habitat to level 3
* Pay 500

## What is Unlocked

* Vultures and their respective habitat (excludes Volture)
* Boss animals and boss missions (excludes Bosstrich)
* Ocean Zoo
* Ocean
* Trojan Zebra
* Exclusive Cowboy Pack II (includes Garniffe)
Doleaf

The **Doleaf** is the second dolphin that the player can find in the game.

## Appearance

The Doleaf is a light green dolphin with dark green stripes. The tip of its beak is black, and instead of a back fin, it has 3 leaves on its back, and it has leaves as side fins. It has a peach underbelly, and, like the Dolphin, has a pink mouth.

## Description

*Contrary to popular opinion, they won't fall for that.*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Dolphin tamed.
* Ride past 500m in Ocean.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is high but not guaranteed due to it being a tier 2 animal. It will appear often but not necessarily in every run, and never before 500m.

## Trivia

* The Doleaf is a portmanteau of the words "dolphin" and "leaf".

## Notes

* The Doleaf was released in version 2.6.0 on the 22nd of August 2022, along with all original Dolphin species.
* The Doleaf's rarity was changed from Commmon to Uncommon in version 2.8.0 on the 19th of September 2022.
Rothschild Giraffe

The **Rothschild Giraffe** is the former third giraffe that the player could befriend.

## Appearance

The Rothschild Giraffe is a recolouration of the Giraffe, with a colour scheme resembles a Rothschild's giraffe in real life; yellow fur with brown patches all over. Its legs are beige from just over halfway down. Like the Giraffe, it has a long neck and lanky figure, and has two ossicones and a short tail.

## Description

*Despite its posh name, this giraffe is pretty down-to-earth.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Savannah 3 or greater.
* Giraffe tamed.
* Ride past 1500m in Savannah.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is medium due to it being a tier 3 animal. It will appear in just over half the runs the player does, and never before 1500m.

## Trivia

* The Rothschild Giraffe is based on the real life Rothschild's giraffe, a subspecies of the giraffe.

## Notes

* The Rothschild Giraffe was released in the soft launch of the game only, in versions 0.1.0 and 0.2.0. It was replaced by the Taco Jirafa in the official release.
* The Rothschild Giraffe did not give XP due to being available only before the release of hats.
Oarolophus

The **Oarolophus** is the sixth variety of parasaurolophus in the game. It is a boss animal, meaning that it can only be tamed after the player completes a minigame called a boss mission. After successfully taming, it can be found permanently in the stampede.

## Appearance

The Oarolophus is mostly a dull brownish cream or beige colour, with its crest, shaped like a paddle, body and oars attached to its sides being of that colour. Its neck and head are coloured brown with a vortex-style checkered pattern. Along each side, the Oarolophus also has three octagonal brooches, with white rims and a white and orange horizontal stripe pattern. Its tail and legs can be seen to embody a darker dull brown than its back, and its mouth can be seen to be open, with its tongue sticking out at an unusual 90° angle.

## Description

*These fearless Viking dinosaurs from the north would become the scourge of the Jurassic seas.*

## Requirements

* Jurassic 1 unlocked.
* Parasaurolophus tamed.
* Unlock (see how to unlock boss mission here) and complete Oarolophus boss mission (tips for completion are below). From here it can be found in Jurassic permanently.
* To be found in the stampede: Ride past 2200m in Jurassic.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is extremely low due to it being a tier 5 animal. It will appear randomly but very rarely, and never before 2200m.

## Tips for Boss Mission

The player begins the Oarolophus boss mission in a red zone with a similar design to Jurassic past 2000m. Skeletons can be seen in the stampede, along with volcanic rocks bombarding the player, the Oarolophus and many other parasaurolophuses. The player must jump onto the Oarolophus and navigate through bombardments of volcanic rocks while avoiding crashing into other parasaurolophuses. The Oarolophus will remain not angry for the whole mission. A good tip is to predict the path of the wild parasaurolophuses so that they are not run into when attempting to avoid volcanic rocks.

## Trivia

* The Oarolophus is based on a Viking longboat and plays on the word 'oar', a wooden blade used to steer or move boats.
	+ The Baby Oarolophus's ability of the ridden animal being 20% faster in water is a reference to the Oarolophus being based on a form of a boat.
* The Oarolophus is the only parasaurolophus to have an open mouth.

## Notes

* The Oarolophus was released in version 1.8.0 on the 18th of May 2017, along with Jurassic and most Jurassic animals.
* The description contained several errors, however, they were corrected in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018.
Sabretooth Lion

The **Sabretooth Lion** is the third lion that the player can obtain in the game.

## Appearance

The Sabretooth Lion is primarily golden yellow in colour, but has a slightly dimmer coat than the Lion. Its accent colour is a yellow-brown, again dimmer than the Lion, used for its mane, nose, tail tip, and spots. The only features that distinguish it from the Lion are the aforementioned dimmer shade of colour, brown spots speckled on its back and legs, and the eponymous off-white sabre-shaped canine teeth protruding out of its upper jaw. The rest of its features appear identical to the Lion.

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Savannah 5 or greater.
* Lion tamed.
* Ride past 1800m in Savannah.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is medium due to it being a tier 3 animal. It will appear in just over half the runs the player does, and never before 1800m.

## Trivia

* The Sabretooth Lion is a reference to the sabre-toothed tiger, which is an extinct species of cat known for its long sabre-shaped canine teeth. The liberties taken in its appearance here are alluded to in the description.
	+ It is one of the four animals that reference a sabre-toothed tiger, the others being the Sabretooth Hippo, the Saber-toothed tiger and the Sabre Tooth Walrus.
* In version 0.1.0, there was not the word totally. It was "This was a thing, right?".

## Notes

* The Sabretooth Lion was released in the original release, version 1.0.0, on the 22nd of June 2016, along with Savannah and all Savannah animals, Jungle and all other Jungle animals, and the Sky Zoo.
* The Sabretooth Lion's appearance changed slightly from the soft launch, where it was a slightly brighter yellow hue.

## Gallery

The former appearance of the Sabretooth Lion
Revive Raven

The **Revive Raven** is the third epic animal. Like all other epic animals, it can only be obtained through in-app purchase. Its effect can be obtained as a part of the Legendary Lion Subscription, but the animal itself will not be in the zoo if obtained in this way.

## Appearance

The Revive Raven is mostly red, although it has a yellow beak. The underside of its wings are a rich blue colour. Its neck has a frill of red and yellow feathers, and its wingtips fade from yellow to red to blue. Its tail feathers are made of red, yellow and blue feathers as well. The Revive Raven also has a single long trail of fire streaming out from behind.

## Description

*Rarest of the rare. A bird like this comes along once in a lifetime.*

## Ability

The Revive Raven allows the player one free continue per round, called a revive in the Revive Raven's case, so if the player crashes, the player does not need to pay  or watch a video advertisement to have a second chance. The Revive Raven also allows the player to revive before 1000m, which cannot be done normally. When the player dies, the Revive Raven can be summoned through a button with the Revive Raven on it, and the Revive Raven appears flying just ahead before the player begins again.

## Behaviour

* **When ridden:** The Revive Raven flies in the air majestically.
* **When angry:** The Revive Raven, like vultures, swoops down towards the ground repeatedly, returning to the original starting height each time.
* **In habitat:** The Revive Raven walks around on its feet with wings folded. It will occasionally twitch its head slightly to the left, before raising its right wing and preening under it.
	+ **Selected in habitat:** The Revive Raven flaps its wings rapidly in two bursts.

## Trivia

* The description, in the line "A bird like this comes along once in a lifetime", is a reference to its ability, in which the player can only see the Revive Raven once before they die for a second time.
	+ It is also a reference to the phrase "rarest of the rare", which is a phrase describing the criteria required to give the death penalty for a crime.
* The name, like most other epic animals, incorporates alliteration.

## Notes

* The Revive Raven was released in version 1.4.0 on the 14th of December 2016.
* The Revive Raven has been available for free in several social media events, including a competition to guess the name of Tundra and a competition in which 5 random people would be selected after submitting a picture of their endangered animal.

## Gallery

The Revive Raven flying overhead when the player uses a reviveThe button presented to the player when they die for the first time
Flapping Fiesta

The **Flapping Fiesta** is the fourth crane in zoo order. It can be found in the stampede after player upgrades their crane habitat to level 5 or higher.

## Appearance

The Flapping Fiesta has a purple head and a black body, with its beak dissolving from black to maroon towards the tip. Its eyes are masked by a pair of pentagonal sunglasses, complete with white reflective lines. Curling from the base of its beak is an extravagant white spiral moustache. Most notably, the Flapping Fiesta wears Mexican style clothing. It wears a puffy hessian-coloured cardigan, with a red collar that has a white stripe running the full way around, and has loose openings at the cuffs and the hem, with a jagged, rugged, rural-style cut. The patterning on its clothing is extensive, comprising of a single dark green and red horizontal bands, disrupted by pixelated white zig-zags, with a white band at the top, and this features on its sleeves and its midsection. On its head the Flapping Fiesta wears a comically large mariachi hat, with a dark green outer edge, red outer rim with dark green decorative dimples, dusty yellow brim, a crown that is coloured with green, yellow and red sections, and white dangling nodes hanging from the edge of the brim.

## Description

*Left his mariachi band in search of new amigos.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Great Wall 3 or greater.
* Crane tamed.
* Crane habitat upgraded to level 5 or higher.
* Ride past 1400m in Great Wall.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is low due to it being a tier 4 animal. It will appear randomly but not often, and never before 1400m.

## Baby Flapping Fiesta

* Eating animals is 10% more effective
* Flying animals swoop 8% slower

## Trivia

* The Flapping Fiesta's name incorporates alliteration, and references a Mexican fiesta.
	+ The description references this, particularly referencing a mariachi band as well as using the Spanish word "amigos" as opposed to 'band members' or 'friends'.
	+ The Flapping Fiesta is one of two animals that references Mexican culture, the other being the T-Mex.

## Notes

* The Flapping Fiesta was released in version 1.22.0 on the 28th of January 2019 along with Great Wall and the first five Great Wall species.
Pilot Penguin

The **Pilot Penguin** is the fourth penguin in the game.

## Appearance

The Pilot Penguin has a yellow beak, and is clothed in a thick brown sweater, with a thick cream neck and similarly coloured cuffs and waist. On its head is a brown aviator's cap, complete with black goggles sporting reflective blue lenses. Its feet are orange and its legs are light grey.

## Description

*Being a flightless bird is too mainstream.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Tundra 1 or greater.
* Penguin tamed.
* Ride past 1400m in Tundra.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is low due to it being a tier 4 animal. It will appear randomly but not often, and never before 1400m.

## Baby Pilot Penguin

* Flying animals swoop 8% slower
* *Animals handle ice 2% better (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Pilot Penguin is a play on a penguin's flightlessness, which the description also pokes fun at.
	+ The description also reverse plays on how most birds can fly, making the description ironic.
	+ The ability "Flying animals swoop 8% slower" also reflects the pilot theme.
* The other animal that references a bird's flightlessness is the Aviator Emu.

## Notes

* The Pilot Penguin was released on the 25th of January 2017 in version 1.5.0, along with Tundra and all other Tundra animals.
* Like most other Tundra descriptions, the description was missing a period at the end.
	+ This was corrected in version 1.15.1 on the 19th of April 2018.
Panda

The **Panda** is the first kind of panda that can be found in the game.

## Appearance

The Panda resembles a blocky panda, with a round, chubby body, a white head with black rings around its eyes, two small round black ears, a black chest area and rear, as well as black legs and paws, and a white section in between. The Panda can also be seen to embody three grey claws on each paw, and has a small, cotton-ball-like tail.

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Great Wall 2 or greater.
* Ride in Great Wall.

## Trivia

* The Panda is based on a real-life giant panda.
* The Panda's description is a reference to *Eats, Shoots & Leaves*, a book published in 2003, being a pun on a panda eating bamboo shoots and leaves.

## Notes

* The Panda was released in 28th of January 2019, in version 1.22.0, along with Great Wall and other animals from Great Wall.
Rescued Eel

The **Rescued Eel** is the eighth eel in the game. It was first released as a part of the Environment Protection Event.

## Appearance

The Rescued Eel has the same body as the Eel, albeit coloured completely red, and with an extra pair of orange side fins.

During the Environment Protection Event, the Rescued Eel could be found in the Ocean affected by pollution, being caught in a long, hooked rope with a can, bottle, and tin can lid caught with it, and a cross, possibly a bandage, on the Rescued Eel's left side.

## Description

*Tangled in randomly discarded garbage and dying, it was saved by cowboys.*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Eel tamed.
* Obtain in events:
	+ Purchase for 50 in the Environment Protection Event.
		- Rescued Eel is tamed immediately upon purchase.
* Ride in Ocean.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is low due to it being a tier 4 animal. It will appear randomly but not often, and never before 0m.

## Trivia

* The Rescued Eel is based on the endangered red eel, and plays on its rareness with the "Rescued" in its name.

## Notes

* The Rescued Eel was released in version 3.7.0 on the 15th of November 2023, as a part of the Environment Protection Event.

## Gallery

The Rescued Eel during the EP Event before depolluting.
Prof. Draco

The **Prof. Draco** is the ninth dragon in the game. It was first released as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 5 event.

## Appearance

The Prof. Draco is identical in body shape in colour to the Dragon, however, lacking the webbed crests and fins on its head and back. It wears a brown coat with oversized sleeves that reach the middle of its wings and an orange collar, and beneath the coat it wears a blue sweater vest over a white shirt and a red-and-blue tie. Finally, the Prof. Draco wears black glasses on its eyes.

## Description

*He knows so much that at times it seems like he can do magic.*

## Requirements

* Olympus 4 unlocked.
* Dragon tamed.
* Purchase Season 5's Golden Trip.
	+ Given as the 25th reward in the Golden Trip.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is extremely low due to it being a tier 5 animal. It will appear randomly but very rarely, and never before 2000m.

## Trivia

* The Prof. Draco's description plays on how much knowledge a teacher can have.
* The Prof. Draco may also reference Draco Malfoy, a student in Hogwarts School from the popular series *Harry Potter*.
	+ This is further supported in the description by mentioning magic.

## Notes

* The Prof. Draco was released on version 2.7.0 on the 8th of September 2022, as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 5 event.
* Upon release, the description was missing a period at the end.
	+ This was fixed at an unknown date.
Mountain Gorilla

The **Mountain Gorilla** is the second gorilla in the game.

## Appearance

The Mountain Gorilla is extremely similar to the Western Gorilla, with its only differences being that its fur is a dark grey in colour, and the hairless areas of its body are a more muted yellow. Its head has grey hair styled in a coif pattern, so that it almost resembles a mountain.

## Description

*An increasingly rare breed. Some say a good coif makes for an even greater ape.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Jungle 1 or greater.
* Western Gorilla tamed.
* Ride past 500m in Jungle.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is high but not guaranteed due to it being a tier 2 animal. It will appear often but not necessarily in every run, and never before 500m.

## Baby Mountain Gorilla

* Jump from animals 3% higher
* Mating animals appear 6% more often

## Trivia

* The description is a reference to the real-life mountain gorilla's critically endangered status. It does not hint that the Mountain Gorilla is becoming increasingly rare in-game.
	+ It is also a play on a real-life mountain gorilla's increased amount of hair, particularly on its head, and the Western Gorilla's description, stating that its hair is what makes it an "even greater ape".
* The Mountain Gorilla is one of two animals that reference a real life gorilla, the other being the Western Gorilla.

## Notes

* The Mountain Gorilla was released in the original release, version 1.0.0, on the 22nd of June 2016, along with Savannah and all original Savannah animals, Jungle and all other original Jungle animals, and the Sky Zoo.
* The Mountain Gorilla's description was different in the soft launch. It once read "Found in the mountains of Central Africa."
Quarterback Gorilla

The **Quarterback Gorilla** is the third type of gorilla that can be found.

## Appearance

The Quarterback Gorilla has dark brown hair which is richer in colour compared to the Western Gorilla. It wears an American football uniform consisting of a dull red, bulky gridiron helmet, largely covering its eyes, with two cream white stripes running down the middle, a shirt, a pair of shorts, socks and shoes. The shirt is a faded red in colour with the number '00' in a block font on its front and back, outlined thickly in black. It also has three stripes down the sides of its body and arms, coloured maroon, light red and maroon again. Its shorts are coloured pale blue, also with three stripes running down each side and connecting at its bottom, coloured intense ice and white. Its socks go up to its shorts, and are coloured light dusty brown, brown and black from the foot up. Finally, its shoes are coloured black.

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Jungle 1 or greater.
* Western Gorilla tamed.
* Ride past 900m in Jungle.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is medium due to it being a tier 3 animal. It will appear in just over half the runs the player does, and never before 900m.

## Baby Quarterback Gorilla

* Jump from animals 5% faster
* Jump from animals 5% higher

## Trivia

* The Quarterback Gorilla is a reference to a quarterback, the leading and most important position in American football.
	+ This plays on the fact that gorillas have strong arms, which is also mentioned in the description.
		- The description also might relate to how gorillas throw the player when they’re angry.
* The Quarterback Gorilla is also a pun on a silverback gorilla, an adult male gorilla distinguished by the namesake silver hair on its back.
* The Quarterback Gorilla is one of two animals that is based on a quarterback, the other being the Quarter-Yak.

## Notes

* The Quarterback Gorilla was released in the original release, version 1.0.0, on the 22nd of June 2016, along with Savannah and all original Savannah animals, Jungle and all other original Jungle animals, and the Sky Zoo.
* The Quarterback Gorilla had an error in that the 'b' shouldn't have been capitalised.
	+ This was fixed in version 1.12.1 on the 14th of November 2017.
Piney the Star-Sworded Swordfish

The **Piney the Star-Sworded Swordfish** is the sixth swordfish in the game. It was first released as a part of the 2022 Winter Holiday Event.

## Appearance

The Piney the Star-Sworded Swordfish has a body that resembles a Christmas tree mixed with a swordfish. It has a green body shaped like a sideways Christmas tree, adorned with gold tinsel and colorful lights from bill to tail. Attached to the end of its bill features a bright yellow, glowing star. Its fins resemble holly leaves, being brambled and dark green in colour, while its tailfin is coloured in red and white stripes, like a typical candy cane.

## Description

*She's sparkle and light and everything nice!*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Swordfish tamed.
* Obtain in events:
	+ Purchase for 800 in the 2022 Winter Holiday Event.
	+ Purchase for 130 in the Dreamy Trip Season 13.
	+ Purchase for 200 in the 2023 Winter Holiday Event.
		- Piney the Star-Sworded Swordfish is tamed immediately upon purchase.
* Once obtained, ride past 1500m in Ocean.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is low due to it being a tier 4 animal. It will appear randomly but not often, and never before 1500m.

## Trivia

* The Piney the Star-Sworded Swordfish's name is a play on a pine tree, which is used to make Christmas trees. "Star-Sworded" indicates the star tree toppers that are placed at the tip of the tree.

## Notes

* The Piney the Star-Sworded Swordfish was released in version 2.13.0 on the 23rd of December 2022, as a part of the 2022 Winter Holiday Event.
Opera Bunny

The **Opera Bunny** is the ninth rabbit that can be discovered in the game. It was first released as a part of the 2018 Chinese New Year Event.

## Appearance

The Opera Bunny wears a red mask which has six whiskers, a green nose, a yellow-rimmed square lapping over the edge of each side of its head, with a black mark right on the edge and wider ears covering a large part of its original ears. On each leg is a yellow band with a green stripe, and its feet are each dull red and have two hooked claws at the front and three at the back. On its back is a red-rimmed yellow cover with several jade green stripes, which bends up, somewhat resembling a chair. Bent stalks stick out from the top of the vertical section of this 'cover'.

## Description

*This bunny decided to dress up as a tiger to celebrate the New Year.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Tundra 2 or greater.
* Obtain in events:
	+ Purchase for 30 in the Second Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 30 in the 2019 Chinese New Year Event.
	+ Purchase for 30 in the Third Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 250 in the Fourth Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 70 in the 2021 Chinese New Year Event.
	+ Purchase for 80 in the Fifth Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 220 in the 2022 Chinese New Year Event.
	+ Purchase for 200 in the Summer Party.
	+ Purchase for ? in the Badge Shop.
		- Opera Bunny is tamed immediately upon purchase.
* Once obtained, ride past 1900m in Tundra (Opera Bunny match can be tamed).

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is extremely low due to it being a tier 5 animal. It will appear randomly but very rarely, and never before 1900m.

## Baby Opera Bunny

* Taming mating animals is 16% quicker
* Missions give 10% more coins
* *Animals get angry 1% slower (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Opera Bunny references the Peking opera, a form of arts performance which is a cultural treasure of China.
	+ The Opera Bunny is one of three animals that reference opera, the other two being the Sydney Operasaurus and the Beijing Opera Panda.

## Notes

* The Opera Bunny was first released on the 8th of February 2018 in version 1.14.0, as a part of the 2018 Chinese New Year Event.
* The Baby Opera Bunny, like all 2018 Chinese New Year event animals, didn’t exist upon release, however the match could be tamed. The possibility to tame it was removed in 1.14.1 on the 14th of February 2018.
	+ It was added in version 1.15.1 on the 19th of April 2018.
* The Opera Bunny's XP was changed on the 21st of June 2018 in version 1.18.0. The original XP was 30.
Olympus 1

**Olympus 1** is the eighth area unlocked in the Space Zoo, and the first in Olympus. There are requirements that must be met before the player can unlock it.

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Mountains 3

**or:**

* Purchase from Shop

## What is Unlocked

* Pegasuses and their respective habitat
* Hinds and their respective habitat
* Minotaurs and their respective habitat (excludes Mine-o-taur)
Rod's Crocodile

The **Rod's Crocodile** is the tenth alligator. It was released as a part of the 2021 Halloween Event.

## Appearance

The Rod's Crocodile is an olive-green coloured alligator, with its only other notable features being the small white hat on its head, complete with blue decals, and a grey collar with red and yellow panels.

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo unlocked to Jungle 1 or greater.
* Obtain in events:
	+ Purchase for 180 in the 2021 Halloween Event.
		- Rod's Crocodile is tamed immediately upon purchase.
* Once obtained, ride past 1500m in Jungle (always found beside water).

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is extremely low due to it being a tier 5 animal. It will appear randomly but very rarely, and never before 1500m.

## Trivia

* The Rod's Crocodile was released as a collaboration with the well-known horror mobile game *Ice Scream*. In the game, the main antagonist Rod actually does own a pet crocodile, which this animal is a reference to.
* The Rod's Crocodile was released with an affiliated hat, the Rod.

## Notes

* The Rod's Crocodile was first released on the 22nd of October 2021 in version 1.51.0 as a part of the 2021 Halloween Event update.
* There was a bug in that the Baby Rod's Crocodile did not actually exist upon release, despite the player being able to match the Rod's Crocodile.
Outback 3

**Outback 3** is the eighteenth area unlocked in the Sky Zoo, and the third in Outback. There are requirements that must be met before the player can unlock it.

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Outback 2
* Upgrade Outback habitats 15 times
* Complete 22 missions
* Pay 45,000

## What is Unlocked

* Emus and their respective habitat
* Garden 1
Pizzadon

The **Pizzadon** is the sixth dimetrodon. It is a secret animal. Like all secret animals, the player must first complete a hidden mission in order to find and then tame it.

## Appearance

The Pizzadon has a body coloured in a lime and orange gradient, and dons a mostly white chef's uniform, with black blending at the top, and fuzzy red bands running around its waist and ankles. Its sail is composed of a single disc, coloured with a motley of unfocused red, white and light green textures, resembling a pizza. The Pizzadon's neck has three distinguishing features: its chef hat, with a base that is made up of green and dull red bands, a prominent black moustache and a dull red bow tie around its neck.

## Description

*This big pizza pie will make you say "that's amore!"*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Jurassic 7 or greater.
* Ride ten different animals in one run in Jurassic.
	+ The player must start on a non-Jurassic animal to complete this.
	+ Animal species can be ridden more than once, they don’t have to be ridden in a row.
	+ The player can revive if they crash and still have all animal species previously ridden remain counted, meaning the player does not have to ride them again.
	+ The player may be required to upgrade the dimetrodon habitat to level 3 to be able to ride the Pizzadon long enough to tame it.

**Note:** Due to it being a secret animal, it will appear **every time** the player completes the above requirements.

## Baby Pizzadon

* Crates give 15% more coins
* Eating animals is 12% more effective

## Trivia

* The Pizzadon is a play on pizza.
	+ Its appearance represents that of a stereotypical Italian pizza chef.
	+ The description references the phrase "that's amore", with amore meaning 'love' in Italian. It is commonly associated with fine Italian foods, and was popularised by the Dean Martin song That's Amore.
	+ The Baby Pizzadon's ability where eating animals becomes 12% more effective reflects how pizza is a food.

## Notes

* The Pizzadon was released on the 16th of August 2018 in version 1.19.0 along with all other dimetrodons.
Parks

**Parks** are in-game sections of the Sky Zoo, which like the Breeding Pen and habitats such as the elephant and rhino habitat, take up a double block. They were released in version 1.13.0 on the 14th of December 2017. They are merely a decorative feature, with each park having 5 upgrades, each upgrade having something added on from the previous one. The player can earn some  from parks when opening their zoo, as well as change the theme of their Sky Zoo to that of the respective zone. They are unlocked at Tundra 5.

The main incentive to upgrade parks is that they **count to overall progress**. This means that the player cannot get 100% completion without upgrading all parks.

## Cost and Earning

 Level 2
 Level 3
 Level 4
 Level 5

## Park Levels

### Savannah

*A suave water feature for your Savannah creatures*

Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5
### Jungle

*The very first pyramid scheme*

Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5
### Mountains

*An Alpine sauna to warm up your Alpine fauna*

Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5
### Outback

*Nothing is more outback than using a dunny out back*

Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5
### Tundra

*Add some culture with a nice ice sculpture*

Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5
## Notes

* There has been significant backlash over how expensive the parks are, with all 5 parks fully upgraded requiring the player to spend a whopping 37,500,000.
* The Jungle Park description is the only description of the parks that does not include a rhyming phrase.
Picarus

The **Picarus** is the fourth pegasus in the game. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their pegasus habitat to level 5 or higher.

## Appearance

Compared to the Pegasus, the Picarus more closely resembles a conventional horse, with auburn fur, and a deep brown mane, hooves and tail. Its wings appear brown at the base, fading into a waxy grey.

## Description

*Unlike Icarus, Picarus' wings weren't made of wax and did not melt from the Sun… Unfortunately the Sun was still really, really hot.*

## Requirements

* Olympus 1 unlocked.
* Pegasus tamed.
* Pegasus habitat upgraded to level 5 or higher.
* Ride past 1300m in Olympus.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is low due to it being a tier 4 animal. It will appear randomly but not often, and never before 1300m.

## Baby Picarus

* Missions give 12% more coins
* Fire burns 20% slower

## Trivia

* The name "Picarus" is a portmanteau of the words "pegasus" and "Icarus".
	+ The Picarus's description references the myth of Icarus.
* One of the Baby Picarus' attributes references its connection to fire.

## Notes

* The Picarus was released on the 18th of August 2017 in version 1.10.0 along with Olympus and the first five Olympus species.