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Cape Buffalo

The **Cape Buffalo** is the first buffalo and the first animal the player can befriend in the game. It is first found and befriended in the Tutorial Ranch, but is mostly found in the Savannah.

## Appearance

The Cape Buffalo looks like a smaller, regular real-life cape buffalo, with white horns curling downwards and then upwards at the tips, a grey body, a dark grey nose, dark grey hooves and a grey tail. Its legs fade to a slightly lighter grey towards the bottom.

## Description

*The African buffalo or Cape buffalo, is a large African bovine.*

## Requirements

* Tamed by default in the tutorial.
	+ The player cannot progress if they do not tame the Cape Buffalo.
* Ride in Savannah.

## Trivia

* The Cape Buffalo is based on a real-life African Buffalo, also known as the Cape buffalo.
	+ This alternative naming is mentioned in the description.
	+ The Cape Buffalo is one of four animals that reference a real-life buffalo, the other three being the Forest Buffalo, the Water Buffalo and the Bison.
* The Cape Buffalo is the mascot of Rodeo Stampede, featuring on the default app icon as well as on the loading screen of the game.
* The Cape Buffalo, alongside the Zebra, is one of two animals in the game to have the breeding time of 30 minutes.

## Notes

* The Cape Buffalo was released in the original release, version 1.0.0, on the 22nd of June 2016, along with Savannah and all other original Savannah animals, Jungle and all original Jungle animals, and the Sky Zoo.
Breeding Pen

The **Breeding Pen** is where all baby animals are bred. There are two breeding pens, one is located in the Sky Zoo which breeds both Sky Zoo and Space Zoo animals, and one in the Ocean Zoo which breeds only Ocean Zoo animals. It is located at the cannon end of both zoos, and can only house one breeding pair at a time. To breed another baby animal, the player must either wait for the current one to finish, complete the breeding process early with , or watch advertisements to skip 2 hours of the total time left. The longer the player has left to breed the animal, the more coins they have to spend. The rarer an animal is, the longer it takes to breed. The breeding pen is unlocked at Savannah 3.

More information on baby animals and how to obtain them in the first place can be seen here.

## Gallery

The notice for the release of the breeding system
Bunny Gator

The **Bunny Gator** is the fourth alligator that the player can find in the stampede.

## Appearance

The Bunny Gator is predominantly pink in colour. It has three major distinct differences to other alligators. It has two long thin rabbit ears which appear to be on a headband, with the left one folding at a 90 degree angle around three-fifths up the ear. Its snout has additional rabbit features, with the nose and the upper part of a rabbit's mouth included. Finally, its tail is rounder but retains some flatness, again similar to that of a rabbit's small, round tail. Additionally, its feet have an odd, rounded shape with small, spiky toes.

## Description

*Uses its cute appearance to lure in its prey.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Jungle 1 or greater.
* Alligator tamed.
* Ride past 1800m in Jungle (always found beside water).

**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 1800m.

## Baby Bunny Gator

* Eating animals is 5% more effective
* Animals are 8% faster in water

## Trivia

* The Bunny Gator is a play on a bunny, another name for a rabbit, particularly an affectionate one.
	+ The description plays on a bunny's cute appearance as well as an alligator's predatory behaviour.

## Notes

* The Bunny Gator 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 Bunny Gator was believed to be a secret animal, largely due to a trusted website providing false information about the Bunny Gator and the H.R. Tiger. The website stated that Bunny Gator could be found by riding a Jungle animal for 2000m, which is incorrect. The Bunny Gator, as stated above, can only be found randomly, from 1800m onwards. The website is here.
Bowler Bear

The **Bowler Bear** is the seventh polar bear in the stampede. It can be unlocked when the player upgrades their polar bear habitat to level 9.

## Appearance

The Bowler Bear is a dark-ish grey variant of the Polar Bear, with accessories including a round bowler hat with a red ribbon around the base, sitting slanted to its right on its head, a black, pointed moustache and a golden handheld monocle seemingly glued around its right eye. Its attire consists of a black garment which does not meet at the centre of its underside, and a large red bow tie.

## Description

*Tries to use large fancy words to match their attire.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Tundra 5.
* Polar Bear tamed.
* Polar Bear habitat upgraded to level 9.
* Ride past 2400m 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 2400m.

## Baby Bowler Bear

* Missions give 25% more coins
* Eating animals is 5% more effective

## Trivia

* The Bowler Bear is a portmanteau of "bowler", referring to bowler hats, a smart, fancy type of hat worn by high-class, wealthy people, and "polar bear".
	+ The description references how upper-class people tend to use sophisticated language in order to maintain their high-standard image.

## Notes

* The Bowler Bear was released on the 25th of January 2017 in version 1.5.0, along with Tundra and all other original 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.
Dhinoceros

The **Dhinoceros** is the sixth rhino. It is a secret animal, requiring the player to complete a hidden mission for it to spawn.

## Appearance

The Dhinoceros is mostly warm brownish grey in appearance, with visible horizontal darker stripes running across its body. At its snout it has three dark grey horns, each getting smaller from snout to body. On its back it has six spikes of the same colour which are blunt and cone shaped. The lower part of its body is coloured light grey with slightly darker grey stripes.

## Description

*Like many Rhinosaurs, the Dhinoceros is in grave danger of extinction.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Jungle 4 or greater.
	+ It is unlocked at Jungle 4 because an epic animal, a VIP animal or a non-Jungle (Savannah) animal can make up the seven required animals.
	+ It can also be found before 1000m if the player begins on an animal from another zone or an epic/VIP animal, as the player does not need to ride a tiger to make up the 7 animals. However, it can only be done from Jungle 5.
* Ride seven different animal species uninterrupted in a row in Jungle.
	+ The player can start on any animal from any zone, including epic animals, and the starting animal is included as part of the seven animals. A tip is to start as a rarer animal (e.g. a toucan) and stay on it until a rarer animal which cannot be ridden infinitely is found (e.g. a rhino), before jumping on the remaining animal species.

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

## Baby Dhinoceros

* Crates give 25% more coins
* *Rare animals appear 1% more often (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Dhinoceros is a play on a dinosaur, with the description supporting this, referencing dinosaur extinction.
* The Baby Dhinoceros's passive boost of "Rare animals appear 1% more often" is a reference to the rarity of a dinosaur, as they are extinct.

## Notes

* The Dhinoceros 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.
Bazookan

The **Bazookan** is the eighth toucan in the game, and like all other endangered animals, it can only be found on certain random days. It can then be matched on a certain random day after the player tames it.

## Appearance

The Bazookan is mostly dark green, with dark green wings and a dark green body. On its head it dons a dark green helmet. Its beak is a shiny dark grey with a black tip. The Bazookan has white areas below its eyes and underneath its body. Most recognisably, a dark grey cannon sits on its right shoulder which shoots a fiery orange shot, accompanied by light grey clouds, every five seconds.

## Description

*Lightweight, portable, anti-tank bird of prey.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Jungle 5 or greater.
* Toucan 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 900m 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 900m.

## Baby Bazookan

* Missions give 10% more coins
* Flying animals swoop 8% slower

## Trivia

* The Bazookan plays on a bazooka, a type of explosive shoulder gun used to destroy tanks.
	+ The description is a reference to attributes of a bazooka, with bazookas being lightweight, portable and anti-tank.
* The Baby Bazookan's ability where missions give 10% more coins plays on how a bazooka, a weapon that is part of the military, is involved in military missions.

## Notes

* The Bazookan was released in version 1.7.0 on the 23rd of March 2017 along with all other original endangered animals.
Barn Owl

The **Barn Owl** is the fourth owl in the game by zoo order.

## Appearance

The Barn Owl is has an olive grey face, with a large piece of straw sticking out of its beak. Its body is coated in denim, represented by a moderate blue colour. The Barn Owl's wings feature a checkered pattern, brown squares with light brown gaps. On its head is a hessian coloured straw hat, with a dark brown hat band, and it carries a large pitchfork on the underside of its right wing.

## Description

*Escaped the hustle and bustle of city life to the simpler and more honest life of a farmer.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Tundra 3 or greater.
* Snowy Owl tamed.
* Ride past 1600m 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 1600m.

## Baby Barn Owl

* Taming animals is 20% quicker
* *Animals get angry 1% slower (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Barn Owl is a play on a barn owl, the world's most abundant owl species. 'Barn' in this case is linked to a barn in a farm, hence the Barn Owl's farmer-like appearance.
	+ The description also plays on this, citing a stereotypical reason for people opting to become farmers.

## Notes

* The Barn Owl 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.
* The Barn Owl changed appearance in version 1.24.0 on the 23rd of October 2019. It formerly looked identical to the Snowy Owl, albeit with the hat, straw and pitchfork as accessories.
	+ The current appearance more closely resembles the baby, meaning this could have been a correction.

## Gallery

The former appearance of the Barn OwlAn icon of the former Barn Owl
Anglerosaurus

The **Anglerosaurus** is the sixth ankylosaurus in the game. Being a secret animal, it requires the player to complete a secret mission to discover.

## Appearance

The Anglerosaurus is a cool metallic blue colour, which is darker on its legs, underside of head and body and centre of back. Its back can be seen to embody lighter randomly arranged spots. Its head has several added features: it black eyes with a white iris, unlike other animals, blue fins with beige webs just behind its eyes, a row of hooked teeth protruding from its lower jaw and a white bulb, representing a glowing light, hanging from a stalk which bends from just behind its head. Like all other ankylosauruses, the Anglerosaurus has spikes lining the side of its body, and its tail is shaped as a tailfin this time.

## Description

*Give it a fish, feed it for a day. Teach it to fish, be utterly terrified.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Jurassic 4 or greater.
* Smash a wild tyrannosaurus rex with an ankylosaurus in Jurassic.
	+ The player's ankylosaurus habitat must be upgraded to level 3, allowing them to smash animals and obstacles.
	+ The player must be riding a different animal, wait for a tyrannosaurus rex to run past and jump on an ankylosaurus to smash the tyrannosaurus rex.

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

## Baby Anglerosaurus

* Jump from animals 6% higher
* Animals are 8% faster in water

## Trivia

* The Anglerosaurus is a play on an anglerfish, a deep sea creature famously misconceived to have a lantern hanging from its head to see hundreds or even thousands of metres below sea level.
	+ The Baby Anglerosaurus' ability in which the player's ridden animal is 8% faster in water when it is sidekicked reflects an anglerfish's underwater nature.
* The description references an anglerfish's predatory nature, as well as the Chinese proverb "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.".

## Notes

1. ↑ The Anglerosaurus can only be found from Jurassic 5 onwards as the ankylosaurus habitat cannot possibly be upgraded to level 3 before this.

* The Anglerosaurus was released in version 1.8.0 on the 18th of May 2017, along with Jurassic and most Jurassic animals.
* The Anglerosaurus's XP changed in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March. The original XP value was 12.
Candle-labradon

The **Candle-labradon** is the eighth type of dimetrodon. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their dimetrodon habitat to level 9.

## Appearance

The Candle-labradon has many attributes that give it a witch-like appearance. It has purple skin, with a navy blue witch's hat that has a brown belt around the base, with a golden belt buckle. Its clothing consists of a witch's coat with a skinny light coffee brown belt around its waist. Each of its feet are also coloured navy blue, and its teeth and claws are coloured a blood orange. Its sail, when raised, resembles a Jack-o'-lantern, with an orange arch with red vertical stirpes, and a luminous yellow spooky face on either side, similar to the face found on Jack-o'-lanterns. On top of the arch are five candles with candle holders at the base and flames at the top, that each glow slightly. Finally, the Candle-labradon has a broomstick end replacing the tip of its tail.

## Description

*Every dinner is a romantic candlelit dinner when you're a Candle-labradon.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Jurassic 7 or greater.
* Dimetrodon tamed.
* Dimetrodon habitat upgraded to level 9.
* 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.

## Baby Candle-labradon

* Crates give 24% more coins
* *Energy drains 1% slower in the Jurassic (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Candle-labradon is a play on a candelabra, a candlestick that holds multiple candles.
	+ The description also reflects this.

## Notes

* The Candle-labradon was released on the 16th of August 2018 in version 1.19.0 along with all other dimetrodons.
Animal Depot

The **Animal Depot** is a feature in the game introduced in version 2.10.0.

## Overview

The Animal Depot is a place to store animals that the player has unlocked but has not unlocked their respective species or zone. Event animals can now be bought or unlocked from events, but won't show up in the habitat until the respective species habitat is unlocked or the base animal is tamed.

The Animal Depot can work on regular animals too. They can be given out by developers as gifts, and will remain in the Animal Depot until you perform the latter tasks.
Common Seal

The **Common Seal** is the first seal that can be seen in the game.

## Appearance

The Common Seal is completely grey, fading to a slightly lighter shade of grey at the bottom from a darker shade at the top. It has an elongated body with two flippers, behaving like arms, at the front, and a single tail flipper, with a small slit in the middle. It has a small, dark grey nose on its slightly raised upper mouth piece.

## Description

*Semiaquatic marine mammals, also known as Pinnipeds.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Tundra 1 or greater.
* Ride in Tundra.

## Trivia

* The Common Seal is based on a real-life Harbour seal, also known as the common seal.
* The description references the seal's alternate name, the pinniped.
* The Baby Common Seal's abilities reflect those of the adult.

## Notes

* The Common Seal was released on the 25th of January 2017 in version 1.5.0, along with Tundra and all other Tundra animals.
* Like all other Tundra descriptions, the description was missing a period.
	+ This was corrected in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018.
Diplojokus

The **Diplojokus** is the third brontosaurus evident in the game by zoo order.

## Appearance

The Diplojokus has the same general body shape as the Brontosaurus, although its colours are completely different, being loud and vibrant. Its head is coated in white clown's make-up, with evident light red blush marks on each cheek. A jester's hat, coloured red, yellow and blue with white balls hanging off each horn, sits atop its head. Its neck is lime green. Arranged in a circular manner around the base of its neck are red, yellow and blue triangles bending backwards, each also featuring a white ball attached to the end. From frontal body down to the tip of its tail is a single garment, colored in pink and teal stripes which run parallel to the Diplojokus's body. Finally, its legs can be seen to employ a yellow and green striped colouring, with stripes running vertically, or along the length of each leg.

## Description

*Reusing the same jokes for 65 million years.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Jurassic 3 or greater.
* Brontosaurus tamed.
* Ride past 1150m in Jurassic.

**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 1150m.

## Baby Diplojokus

* Taming animals is 12% quicker
* *Lasso starts 1% larger (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Diplojokus is a portmanteau of 'diplodocus' and 'joke', which references its appearance being similar to that of a jester.
	+ The description plays on the date of extinction of the dinosaurs: approximately 65 million years ago, however, it can be noted that brontosauruses lived around 150 million years ago.
* The Diplojokus is one of two brontosauruses to have its name play on a diplodocus, which comes from the same family as a brontosaurus.
* It is one of six animals that reference a clown or a jester, the other five being the Cryin' Lion, Pennywise the Koala, Funny Bunny, Clown Ant-eater, and Jester-Fish.

## Notes

* The Diplojokus was released in version 1.8.0 on the 18th of May 2017, along with Jurassic and most Jurassic animals.
Alarm Cluck

The **Alarm Cluck** is the fourth rooster that the player can find. It can be found in the stampede after the player upgrades their rooster habitat to level 5 or higher.

## Appearance

The Alarm Cluck has a navy wings with black feathers on the trailing edge. On each wing, it wears two analogue watches. On its left, it wears a larger watch with a blue clock-face rim, with a purple strap, and a smaller watch with a red rim and a dull orange strap. On its right, it wears the same, albeit the straps have their colours inverted, with the larger watch having a dull orange strap and the smaller watch having a purple one. Its head is a light red colour, encased by a comical alarm clock with a red ring. The remainder of the Alarm Cluck's body is identical to the Rooster.

## Description

*Guaranteed to wake you up in the morning.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Great Wall 5 or greater.
* Rooster tamed.
* Rooster habitat upgrade 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 Alarm Cluck

* Taming animals is 20% quicker
* Taming mating animals is 20% quicker

## Trivia

* The Alarm Cluck directly plays on the fact that roosters are known for their 'cock-a-doodle-doo' call that is regarded as a farmer's 'alarm clock'.
	+ The Alarm Cluck's name is a pun on "alarm clock", incorporating "cluck", the sound a chicken stereotypically makes.
	+ The description plays on how an alarm clock, in combination with the call of a rooster, serves as two alarm clocks in one.
	+ The Baby Alarm Cluck abilities boosting taming of both animals and mating animals by 20% may reference how alarm clocks trigger people to wake up quickly and do things with urgency.

## Notes

* The Alarm Cluck 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 pangolins, other roosters, kirins and VIP animals.
Alpaca Cracker

The **Alpaca Cracker** is the eighth llama that can be found in the game. It could initially be obtained by purchasing it in the 2017 Chinese New Year event for 250, and after purchase it can be found permanently in the stampede. After the 18th of May 2017, in update 1.8.0, it was re-released and reclassified as an endangered animal, meaning that it can only be found on random days. Its match can then be found on random days after the player tames it.

## Appearance

The Alpaca Cracker is a firecracker-shaped llama, with its ears, body and tail all resembling the shape of firecrackers. Most of its body is either red or yellow, which are traditional lucky colours in Chinese culture, as well as orange. Its ears are made up of two square firecrackers with a black fuse on top of each. Its body consists of a large red firework, and its tail has a small firecracker with a pointed end, white and red stripes and a fuse hanging off the end.

## Requirements

Before May 18 2017:

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Mountains 1 or greater.
* Llama tamed.
* Purchase for 250 during 2017 Chinese New Year Event.
* Ride past 1300m in Mountains (Alpaca Cracker match can be tamed).

After May 18 2017:

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Mountains 1 or greater.
* Llama 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 800m in Mountains.
* 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 800m.

## Trivia

* The Alpaca Cracker is a play on a firecracker, reflected in its name and appearance, as well as a rhyme, as "alpaca" and "cracker" sound somewhat similar. This relates to Chinese New Year in that fireworks or firecrackers are a feature of Chinese New Year celebrations.
* The description is a lyric from the song 'Firework' by Katy Perry. The song can be heard here.
* The Baby Alpaca Cracker's abilities play on how a firecracker or firework goes fast and high.
	+ The 8% boost for both specifically references how 8 is considered a lucky number in China.
* The Alpaca Cracker is the only llama whose name plays on an alpaca, an animal that comes from the same family as llamas.

## Notes

* The Alpaca Cracker was first released on the 25th of January 2017 in version 1.5.0 to celebrate Chinese New Year, expiring in version 1.6.0 on the 8th of February 2017.
	+ It was re-released permanently on the 18th of May 2017 in version 1.8.0 as an endangered animal, where its tier, XP value and breeding time changed from 4, 12 and 8hrs respectively to what it currently is.
Belleociraptor

The **Belleociraptor** is the fifth raptor in the game. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their raptor habitat to level 2 or higher.

## Appearance

The Belleociraptor has the same gradients as the Velociraptor but its body colour is a pale pink colour instead of a cyan. It has brown hair which continues all the way down its neck, styled in a hair bun with a yellow hair tie. Most of the body is covered in a yellow dress with different tones of yellow running across the dress. At the end of the dress it has a white frill pattern. The tail, legs and arms still show.

## Description

*Doesn't want to be your wife; wants more than this Jurassic life.*

## Requirements

* Jurassic 1 unlocked.
* Velociraptor tamed.
* Raptor habitat upgraded to level 2 or higher.
* Ride past 1300m in Jurassic.

**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 Belleociraptor

* Rare animals appear 4% more often
* Taming mating animals is 12% quicker

## Trivia

* The Belleociraptor is a reference to Belle from Beauty and the Beast, made clear by its name and the dress that it wears.
* The description references the lyrics from "Belle", a song from the film Beauty and the Beast, in particular "There must be more than this provincial life", said by Belle, and "Just watch, I'm going to make Belle my wife!", followed by a proposal by Gaston, which Belle rejects.

## Notes

* The Belleociraptor was released in version 1.8.0 on the 18th of May 2017, along with Jurassic and most Jurassic animals.
* At an unknown date, the description was modified. The 'J' in "Jurassic" was capitalised as an error fix.
Birthdaysaurus

The **Birthdaysaurus** is the ninth stegosaurus. It was first released as a part of the Third Anniversary Event.

## Appearance

The Birthdaysaurus has a pink body, and wears a white party hat complete with a white star on top, a pink triangle pattern and a yellow chinstrap. On its back is an enormous two-layered yellow sponge cake with white icing. Its decorations include three birthday candles, coloured red, cyan and yellow, three cherries, several smaller purple berries, green leaves and white chocolate chips sprinkled throughout. Its tail spikes are also coloured a creamy white.

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Jurassic 6 or greater.
* Stegosaurus tamed.
* Obtain in events:
	+ Purchase for 50 in the Third Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 250 in the Fourth Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 230 in the Fifth Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 200 in the Summer Party.
	+ Purchase for 200 in the 2022 Winter Holiday Event.
	+ Purchase for 200 in the 2023 Winter Holiday Event.
	+ Purchase for 300 in the Badge Shop.
		- Birthdaysaurus is tamed immediately upon purchase.
* Once obtained, ride past 1300m in Jurassic (Birthdaysaurus match can be tamed).

**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 1300m.

## Baby Birthdaysaurus

* Crates give 30% more coins
* Missions give 10% more coins

## Trivia

* The Birthdaysaurus references how it was released to commemorate the third birthday of Rodeo Stampede: Sky Zoo Safari.
	+ The birthday cake appearance of the Birthdaysaurus also reflects this, especially the three birthday candles.
	+ The Birthdaysaurus's abilities relating to earning more coins also reflects the birthday theme, referencing birthday gifts and how they may come in the form of money.

## Notes

* The Birthdaysaurus was first released on the 19th of June 2019 as part of the Third Anniversary Event.
* The Birthdaysaurus was the first Space Zoo event animal to be released.
* The Birthdaysaurus, along with the BuffaloBQ and the Bumper Car Hippo, was among the first event animals to have a breeding time of 6hrs and be a part of tier 3.
* The description was corrected in version 1.24.0 on the 23rd of October 2019. The previous description, "Hip Hip Hooray!" had the capital letters of "Hip" and "Hooray" changed to lowercase.
Afro Dizzy Yak

The **Afro Dizzy Yak** is the seventh type of yak in the game. It requires the player to upgrade the yak habitat to level 9 in order for it to appear in the stampede.

## Appearance

The Afro Dizzy Yak has black legs and a body coloured burgundy and white. Attached to its behind is a pair of angel or Cupid wings, coloured white but tinted pink around the edges. Its head sports a bright red afro, and its bright purple horns twist back towards its head to represent a crudely shaped, blocky style heart.

## Description

*To fall in love, is to witness the bovine.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Mountains 3 or greater.
* Yak tamed.
* Yak habitat upgraded to level 9.
* Ride past 1300m in Mountains.

**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 Afro Dizzy Yak

* Mating animals appear 10% more often
* *Taming mating animals is 1% quicker (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Afro Dizzy Yak is a play on the word aphrodisiac, which is a substance which increases love, attraction and desire. "Afro Dizzy Yak", when read phonetically, sounds similar to 'aphrodisiac'. The description also supports this.
	+ The Afro Dizzy Yak's appearance features a red afro, which is the "Afro" part of the name. The rest of its appearance is largely based on Cupid, including the wings and bow and arrow. This references back to aphrodisiac in that it relates to love.
	+ The Baby Afro Dizzy Yak's abilities relating to mating also reference love and fertility.

## Notes

* The Afro Dizzy Yak was released on the 8th of September 2016 in version 1.2.0, along with all other Savannah, Jungle and Mountains level 9 animals.
Animal Types

There are 10 different animal types. Most of these animal types are not officially stated in the game, but are distinguished by the method they behave during the run and they get angry and also by some baby animal abilities. More information about each animal type is available on each individual page below.

## Types

* Bucking Animals
* Flying Animals
* Eating Animals
* Speeding Animals
* Smashing Animals
* Throwing Animals
* Vaulting Animals
* Bouncing Animals
* Wobbling Animals
* Charging Animals

## Special Types

### Wombats

Wombats are unique animals with a special ability that no animal else has it. Wombats are able to dig through the ground and move underearth which is an ability only doable by wombats, consequently naming them Digging Animals.
*See also: Drillbat*

### Dimetrodons

Dimetrodons are the only animals that can disallow the player to ride on them. Dimetrodons have a special "sail" that when raised, the player cannot ride on them, and when retracted, it allows the player to lasso it.

### Pandas

Pandas are Bumping Animals where they can bump into other  small animals without smashing them and without crashing. Though other animals can bump, like sheep and ants, pandas fully depend on bumping other animals which makes them special.
*See also: Mecha Panda*

### Trout

Trout are considered Darting Animals as their angry behaviour is unique. Trout dart forward every one-third of a second when angry, consequently naming them Darting Animals.
Centipede

The **Centipede** is the first centipede that the player can befriend in Garden.

## Appearance

The Centipede is comprised of a long, flat, segmented body of six parts. Its main body theme colour is a vibrant orange, with nine pairs of dusty gold legs. Its head is burgundy in colour, as is its final 'tail' segment, which also hosts its final pair of legs. Stemming from its head are two long, unevenly proportioned antennae, with its right being longer than its left, as well as two curved spikes pointing forwards from the sides of its head.

## Description

*A highly venomous arthropod. Despite the name, no centipede has exactly 100 legs.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Garden 5 or greater.
* Ride in Garden.

## Trivia

* The Centipede is based on a real-life centipede.
* The description references trivia about real life centipedes, with the fact being true due to no centipede having an even number of pairs of legs, even though the prefix 'centi-' means 'one hundred'.
* One of the baby centipede's attributes is a reference of the predatory nature of real life centipedes, as well as their behaviour in-game.

## Notes

* The Centipede 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, all other centipedes and butterflies.
	+ Like all beetles, other centipedes and butterflies, the Centipede was bugged on iOS and would not appear up until the release of version 1.16.1 on the 14th of May 2018.
Chinese New Year Event 2019

The **2019 Chinese New Year event** is a limited time event in the game that occurred from the 4th to the 26th of February 2019.

## About

The event featured only one change to regular gameplay, being the inclusion of a separate currency being lanterns (). Lanterns could only be earned by riding animals which had a floating lantern (right). As soon as the player landed on the animal, a  would be earned. The player could accumulate  to purchase animals and hats from the limited time shop, including the previous year's stock. The player could also redeem Great Wall before reaching Tundra 3 in the event, for 300.

Lanterns could also be earned via collecting lantern collectables in Great Wall, where players who had played Great Wall before the event received the total amount of lanterns they had already collected.

Other than this, the Sky Zoo entrance, Shop and cannon area were decorated with Chinese New Year related decorations, and each zone had firecracker shrubs, releasing sparkles when smashed.

While these hats and animals have expired, the player can still obtain them in the future events.
Class: Boss

**Boss animals** are special animals which as of version 1.6.0 can only be found in the stampede after the player has obtained the specific animal for the first time. They are available permanently in the game. The player is required to complete a mini-quest to obtain these animals, with some of them being fairly challenging. **Boss missions are given in any order**. Boss missions and animals are unlocked at Savannah 4, excluding the Bosstrich, which is unlocked from Savannah 2.

## Taming

In order to obtain them for the first time, the player must complete a certain amount of **Sky Zoo missions** which the player is frequently reminded of, and then complete a boss mission, which is a minigame in which the final goal is to find, lasso and befriend the boss animal. To unlock Space Zoo boss missions, the player must also complete **Sky Zoo missions.** Some boss missions may also require the player to upgrade their respective habitat to a certain level to unlock.

To enter the boss mission, the player must go to the Sky Zoo and go to the "Missions" section in the menu, and tap on the skull symbol. Boss animals take a much longer time to befriend from the time the player lands on the animal to the time it is befriended. They give the player mastery XP when found in the stampede, but not in boss missions.

After completing a boss mission, the player can find the boss animal in the appropriate habitat and in the stampede, where a match can then be found to obtain the baby.

There are also boss missions that can be completed in limited time events. These missions serve as a part of a limited time event, as a medium through which the player can obtain event animals. For this reason, the animals found through boss missions in events aren't actually boss animals, they are event animals instead.

For tips with each boss animal, check out each individual page below.

## Soundtrack

* **Note:** The Bosstritch *(sic)* soundtrack only plays if the player enters the boss mission from one of the zones. If the player enters the boss mission directly from the stampede, the boss mission will instead play the regular zone soundtrack.
Corvus

The **Corvus** is the second phoenix in the game. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their phoenix habitat to level 2 or higher.

## Appearance

The Corvus is almost identical to the Phoenix, although all of its features, sans eyes, have been coloured pitch black. It is also the smallest phoenix.

## Description

*A crow that was a servant to the god Apollo, who cursed the bird with unquenchable thirst as punishment for lying to him.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Olympus 3 or greater.
* Phoenix tamed.
* Phoenix habitat upgraded to level 2 or higher.
* Ride past 200m in Olympus.

**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 200m.

## Baby Corvus

* Crates give 15% more coins
* Flying animals swoop 4% slower

## Trivia

* The Corvus is a reference in name and description to the Greek myth of Corvus.

## Notes

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

The **Bananarama** is the third squid in the game.

## Appearance

The Bananarama resembles an half unpeeled banana, being yellow in colour with brown spots on its head and its tentacles. Each of its tentacles, representing the skin, ends with a distinct slightly darker section. Between each of the tentacles is the unpeeled banana itself. On the tip of its head is a stem similar to the broken stem of a banana.

## Description

*Hates monkeying around; they don't get what's so appealing about it.*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Squid tamed.
* Ride past 1000m in Ocean.

**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 1000m.

## Trivia

* The Bananarama's name is based on the pop group Bananarama, with its banana theme taking the name very literally.
	+ The Bananarama may have been chosen to be a squid for several reasons:
		- A half-peeled banana somewhat resembles a squid, with the skin resembling tentacles and the banana resembling a torso.
		- The pop group Bananarama's debut album is *Deep Sea Skiving*, with Squid Palmer being the name of one of the sound engineers for the album.
	+ The Bananarama's banana theme is extended on in the description. It references "monkeying around", meaning to mess or fool around, which in turn alludes to how monkeys like to eat bananas. The description implies that because of this, the Bananarama would be eaten by a monkey and hence not like it.

## Notes

* The Bananarama was released in version 2.0.0 on the 14th of April 2022, along with Ocean and all other original Ocean animals and the Ocean Zoo.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xzeRDR
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep\_Sea\_Skiving#Personnel
Conchstrich

The **Conchstrich** is the fourteenth ostrich in the game. It was first released as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 3 event.

## Appearance

The Conchstrich has sandy, beige legs, and the same colour for the underside of its neck and body. It has a yellow beak, and a body that changes in gradient from red to orange to yellow, to orange again. Tiny beige specks can be observed on its neck and wings. On its back, is a large white round shell with red thin-triangle patterns pointing towards the center. The shell also features some curved spikes, which are white at the base, and red at the tip.

## Description

*I can travel whenever I want! After all, I carry my own home*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Savannah 2 or greater.
* Purchase Season 3's Golden Trip.
	+ Given as the 15th reward in the Golden Trip.
* Once obtained, ride past 2000m in Savannah.

**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 Conchstrich is a portmanteau of "conch" and "ostrich".
	+ The description references how many crustaceans live in shells that they carry on their back.

## Notes

* The Conchstrich was released in version 2.2.0 on the 26th of May 2022, as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 3 event.
* Upon release, the description contained an error in that there was no full stop or punctuation at the end.
Beaker

The **Beaker** is the second rooster that the player can find. It can be found in the stampede after the player upgrades their rooster habitat to level 2 or higher.

## Appearance

The Beaker is identical to the Rooster, with the exception of its accessories. It wears a white laboratory coat, a green tie with diagonal yellow stripes and blue pants. In its beak it holds a test tube, filled with a green liquid (that does not conform to gravity). Balancing on its beak are a pair of black rimmed glasses, taped in the centre with white tape

## Description

*Why did the chicken cross the road? This rooster is trying to find out.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Great Wall 5 or greater.
* Rooster tamed.
* Rooster habitat upgrade to level 2 or higher.
* Ride past 400m in Great Wall.

**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 Beaker

* Rare animals appear 5% more often
* Mating animals appear 5% more often

## Trivia

* The Beaker is a pun on a beaker, a wide-ish cylindrical glass container used largely in laboratory experiments. This relates to a rooster in alluding to a rooster's beak.
	+ The appearance of the Beaker reflects that of a chemist performing an experiment, particularly the laboratory coat, glasses (reflecting nerdiness) and test tube.
	+ The description references the joke "Why did the chicken cross the road?", widely regarded as the most overused and corny joke. It also relates to the theme of a chemistry 'beaker', alluding that the Beaker is performing an experiment to test said question.

## Notes

* The Beaker 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 pangolins, other roosters, kirins and VIP animals.
Construction Crane

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

## Appearance

The Construction Crane has a white body, with its neck, wing and tail feathers being orange. The main part of its wings are coloured yellow, with diagonal black stripes on them. It wears a yellow construction vest on its torso, and a yellow hard hat on its head. The head and beak of the Construction Crane resemble the arm of a construction crane: the head being a yellow block with black stripes running diagonally accross, and the beak being orange and blocky, with a hook that is also coloured yellow with black stripes attached to the end of the beak. From the top of the head sprouts a small metallic rope that connect the head with the yellow hook.

## Description

*Loves picking things up and putting them down.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Great Wall 3 or greater.
* Crane tamed.
* Crane habitat upgraded to level 5 or higher.
* Ride past 1800m in Great Wall.

**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 1800m.

## Baby Construction Crane

* Jump from animals 10% higher
* *Lasso starts 1% larger (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Construction Crane's name references both real-life construction cranes and the animal 'crane' simultaneously, being a pun on a crane.
	+ The description references real-life construction cranes and how they move things, as well as how cranes "pick things up" in their beak when hunting for fish.

## Notes

* The Construction Crane was released in version 1.22.0 on the 28th of January 2019 along with Great Wall and the first five Great Wall species.
Clockwork Fox

The **Clockwork Fox** is the sixth type of fox that can be befriended by the player in the game. It is a secret animal, requiring the player to complete a hidden objective to find.

## Appearance

The Clockwork Fox has a maroon top of head, fading into a light bronze-orange at its snout. Bronze stripes run across its body all the way down to its tail, including its legs, with bronze orange being its major theme colour on its body. Its tail, while maintaining a similar shape to that of other foxes, is comprised of several thick irregular rings separated by thin diagonal gaps, each ring coloured a reflective light bronze orange. Down the centre of its back is an opening with a grey rim, with three cogs, coloured yellow, orange and yellow respectively poking out. Its left side has another yellow cog similar in shape to the other yellow cogs poking out from the opening, while its right side has a metal winding key attached to a thin cog with many teeth.

## Description

*A marvel of steampunk ingenuity, though its usefulness is not entirely clear.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Tundra 4 or greater.
* White Fox tamed.
* Ride a single fox for 1500m in Tundra.

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

## Baby Clockwork Fox

* Ridden animals are 7% faster
* Crates give 35% more coins

## Trivia

* The Clockwork Fox is a reference to the inner mechanics of mechanical clocks, known as clockwork. The description references its time of invention and popular use.
	+ The Clockwork Fox may have been selected to be a type of fox due to 'clock' and 'fox' containing the same vowel rhyme.
	+ The Clockwork Fox is one of six animals that reference gears, other old mechanisms or the steampunk era, the others being the Gearpunk Yak, Antique Penguin, Last Walrus, Gear Bug and Gearin'.

## Notes

* The Clockwork Fox 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.
BoarBQ

The **BoarBQ** is the eighth boar in the game, and like all other endangered animals, it can only be found on certain random single days. Its match can then be found on random days after the day the player tames it.

## Appearance

The BoarBQ is coloured identically to a Wild Boar, although its accessories are very different. Its back has three small dark brown brick-like objects running down the centre, resembling a barbecue. It has an apple stuffed in its mouth as is typical of roasted pigs, and purple olives for eyes, with dark crosses where the pit has presumably been removed. It has a vegetable bouquet on its head, consisting of what appears to be (from the center outwards) chopped up onions, spinach, tomato and lettuce. The underside of its belly is covered by a single large piece of lettuce through which its legs poke through. It has two animated auras: stylised sparks or flames which look like autumn leaves streaming from its vegetable bouquet and bright red flickering lighting resembling fire originating from its mouth.

## Description

*It's as if bacon, ham and pork all come from one magical animal...*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Jungle 1 or greater.
* Wild Boar 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 900m 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 900m.

## Baby BoarBQ

* Eating animals is 10% more effective
* *Taming animals is 1% quicker (passive)*

## Trivia

* The BoarBQ is a clear play on a barbecue, or BBQ.
	+ The description is a reference to how bacon, ham and pork all come from a pig, which is similar to a boar.
	+ The BoarBQ is one of two animals referencing this, the other being the BuffaloBQ.
* The Baby BoarBQ's ability where eating animals is 10% more effective references meat being eaten, in this case barbecue meat.

## Notes

* The BoarBQ was released in version 1.7.0 on the 23rd of March 2017 along with all other original endangered animals.