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Sheriff Octopus

The **Sheriff Octopus** is the seventh octopus in the game. It was released as part of the The Stampede Season 2 event.

## Appearance

The Sheriff Octopus is identical to the Octopus, but is slightly brighter in red, and like the Champion Troodon, it has a cowboy hat with a red badge. It wears a light mustard-coloured bandana and has a white moustache under its eyes. Unlike other octopuses, the Sheriff Octopus's ink when ridden lasts indefinitely and produces ink bubbles rather than plain ink.

## Description

*The Sheriff gets the honor to reward championship to the Cowboys who earned it in the second season.*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Octopus tamed.
* Get 1000 points in The Stampede Season 2.
* Once obtained, ride past 1500m in Ocean.

**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 Sheriff Octopus is based on a sheriff in appearance and description.

## Notes

* The Sheriff Octopus was released in version 2.15.0 on the 17th of February 2023, as a part of The Stampede Season 2 event.
* The rarity of the Sheriff Octopus is Epic, albeit it is not an Epic animal.
* The Sheriff Octopus was the app icon mascot temporarily, in version 2.15.0.

## Gallery

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Ribbon Eel

The **Ribbon Eel** is the second eel that the player can find in the game.

## Appearance

The Ribbon Eel is designed to resemble a typical ribbon eel. It is mostly blue, with a black stripe and a long yellow fin on its back. It also has yellow protrusions from its nose.

## Description

*Striking colors help it blend in with its colorful coral reef surroundings.*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Eel 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 Ribbon Eel is based on a real-life ribbon eel in appearance and description.

## Notes

* The Ribbon Eel was released in version 2.16.0 on the 16th of March 2023 along with all other eels.
War Horse

The **War Horse** is the fifth horse in zoo order. It can be found in the stampede after the player upgrades their horse habitat to level 2 or higher.

## Appearance

The War Horse has a similar appearance to the Horse, except its body is bright red. It has a dark red nose and a bristly crimson coloured mane. It wears a purple saddle and a golden bridle, with a golden fang-shaped charm on its neck. Dark maroon coloured swirled patterns feature on each side of the War Horse's body.

## Requirements

* Great Wall 1 unlocked.
* Horse tamed.
* Horse habitat upgrade to level 2 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 War Horse

* Jump from animals 10% faster
* Bucks are 5% smaller

## Trivia

* The War Horse's name may be a reference to *War Horse*, a novel by Michael Morpurgo that was later made into a film.
* The description is an example of irony, playing on the violent nature of "war" in the name of the animal.

## Notes

* The War Horse was released in version 1.22.0 on the 28th of January 2019 along with Great Wall and the first five Great Wall species.
Sci-fi Squid

The **Sci-fi Squid** is the fifth squid in the game. It could only be obtained by watching 50 ads in the Water World bonus.

## Appearance

The Sci-fi Squid is identical in shape to the Squid, albeit coloured completely white. The exception to this is a purplish-black mask strapped to the top of its head, which has a single white circle in the centre. Its two tentacles are coloured dark purple ribbons, ending at lighter purple cards with a printed circle at the tips.

## Description

*This squid's mask seems to come from a sci-fi game*

## Requirements

Before August 19 2022:

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Squid tamed.
* Watch 50 ads in the Water World bonus.
* Ride past 1500m in Ocean.

After August 19 2022:

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Squid tamed.
* 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 Sci-fi Squid is a reference to Squid Game in appearance and description. The description mentions a "mask" which comes from a "game", which is a reference to the masks that the guards wear in Squid Game.

## Notes

* The Sci-fi Squid was released in version 2.0.0 on the 14th of April 2022, as a part of the Water World bonus.
	+ It was re-released permanently in version 2.5.0 on the 19th of August 2022. The Sci-fi Squid's rarity was changed from Mythic to Uncommon.
* The description is missing a period at the end.
Snowy Owl

The **Snowy Owl** is the first owl in the game.

## Appearance

The Snowy Owl is almost entirely light grey, with a square head and angular face that is lighter in colour; a light cyan. Its square eyes face forward, with a small, long, grey beak situated in the centre. It has a broad wingspan and flaps majestically and smoothly, with dark grey decals on its wingtips. Its tail is shaped in an elongated kite shape.

## Description

*Large white feathered owls that have a wingspan of up to 1.5 meters.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Tundra 3 or greater.
* Ride in Tundra.

## Trivia

* The Snowy Owl is based on a real-life snow owl.
	+ The description details some trivia about real snowy owls.
	+ The Snowy Owl is one of two animals that reference a real life owl, the other being the Horned Owl.
* The Baby Snowy Owl's ability where flying animals swoop 6% slower reflects the adult's flying nature.

## Notes

* The Snowy 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.
Spiny Orb Weaver

The **Spiny Orb Weaver** is the seventh spider by zoo order. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their spider habitat to level 5 or higher.

## Appearance

The Spiny Orb Weaver has a pitch black body, with pitch black legs that each have two brown stripes around the joints. Its distinctive feature is its abdomen, which features a white plate with six red spikes ringed around and a symmetrical, yet random pattern of black dots and marks.

## Description

*Their fearsome appearance belies a short lifespan and a harmless bite.*

## Requirements

* Garden 1 unlocked.
* Spider tamed.
* Spider habitat upgraded to level 5 or higher.
* Ride past 1600m in Garden (must run through web on ground-level animal and be riding an animal slower than a wild spider).

**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 1600m.

## Baby Spiny Orb Weaver

* Jump from animals 8% higher
* Eating animals is 10% more effective

## Trivia

* The Spiny Orb Weaver is based on the real life spiny orb-weaver in appearance, with its description referencing some trivia about spiny orb-weavers.

## Notes

* The Spiny Orb Weaver was released in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018 along with Garden and the first five Garden species.
Reindeer in Training

The **Reindeer in Training** is the ninth moose in the game. It was first released in the 2017 Winter Holiday Event.

## Appearance

The Reindeer in Training is coloured identically to the Alpine Moose, although it is covered with a light dusting of greyish-white snow on its back, head and antlers. Each one of its legs are covered with red, white and green stripes. Its frontal body is coated with a red piece of clothing and a red scarf with white tips. The Reindeer in Training's antlers are its major feature, with red, green and white baubles hanging off the bottom of each antler, and a black wire with green, red, maroon and white coloured balls hanging off of it. This stretches between the antlers three times.

## Description

*Accidentally found a costume by crashing into a Christmas tree.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Mountains 5 or greater.
* Obtain in events:
	+ Purchase for 250 in the 2017 Winter Holiday Event.
	+ Purchase for 40 in the Second Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 40 in the Third Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 200 in the 2019 Winter Holiday Event.
	+ Purchase for 250 in the Fourth Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 130 in the 2020 Winter Holiday Event.
	+ Purchase for 130 in the Fifth Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 280 in the 2021 Winter Holiday Event.
	+ Purchase for 200 in the Summer Party.
	+ Purchase for 200 in the 2022 Winter Holiday Event.
	+ Purchase for 180 in the Badge Shop.
		- Reindeer in Training is tamed immediately upon purchase.
* Ride 1600m in Mountains (Reindeer in Training 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 1600m.

## Baby Reindeer in Training

* Lasso shrinks 5% slower
* Crates give 35% more coins

## Trivia

* The Reindeer in Training plays on how a reindeer in training would yet be able to fly.
* The Baby Reindeer in Training's ability where the player receives 35% more coins from crates reflects the spirit of giving of Christmas.

## Notes

* The Reindeer in Training was first released on the 14th of December 2017 in version 1.13.0 as a part of the 2017 Winter Holiday Event update.
* The Reindeer in Training's name was changed in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018 as a correction of the addition of an incorrect capital letter. "Reindeer In Training" was the original name.
* The Reindeer in Training's XP was changed on the 21st of June 2018 in version 1.18.0. The original XP was 25.
Ostrineer

The **Ostrineer** was formerly the third type of ostrich in the game.

## Appearance

The Ostrineer has the same head, neck and legs as the Ostrich. Its body feathers are coloured cornflower blue, with the leading edge of its wings coloured light grey, and its wingtips and tail orange. On top of its head is a yellow hard hat.

## Description

*An aspiring poet, but it's parents insisted it study hard and get a stable job.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded Savannah 2 or greater.
* Ostrich tamed.
* Ride past 750m 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 750m.

## Trivia

* The Ostrineer's name is a portmanteau of 'ostrich' and 'engineer'. This is reflected in the appearance of the Ostrineer, especially the hard hat.
	+ The description also reiterates the engineer theme.
		- The description is a predecessor to that of the Glam Rockstrich. In fact, the Glam Rockstrich, which replaced the Ostrineer, may have been developed as the opposite of it.
* The Ostrineer had a different description in version 0.1.0. It was "This ostrich wanted to be a poet but it's parents insisted it get a stable job."

## Notes

* The Ostrineer was released in the soft launch of the game only, in versions 0.1.0 and 0.2.0. It was replaced by the Glam Rockstrich in the main release.
* The description contained an error in that the wrong "it's" was used.
* The Ostrineer did not give XP due to being available only before the release of hats.
Turtle Ant

The **Turtle Ant** is the third ant in the game.

## Appearance

The Turtle Ant is coloured entirely in a dark plum colour, with the exception being its thorax, which has a cherry red tinge. Its body structure is identical to that of the Ant's, with the exception of a longer, serrated mandible and a headplate that is flat on top and shaped as an irregular nonagon.

## Description

*These funny looking ants use their head plates to block holes in their nests to keep invaders out.*

## Requirements

* Garden 1 unlocked.
* Ant tamed.
* Ride past 800m in Garden.

**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.

## Baby Turtle Ant

* Ridden animals are 6% slower
* Jump from animals 3% higher

## Trivia

* The Turtle Ant is a representation of a soldier *cephalotes* ant, also known as a turtle ant, with its description stating some trivia about turtle ants.

## Notes

* The Turtle Ant was released in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018 along with Garden and the first five Garden species.
Movie Theatre

The **movie theatre** was a building in the Sky Zoo, appearing temporarily in version 1.27.4 on the 3rd of November 2020, for iOS only.

## About

The movie theatre was in place as an opportunity to show additional print ads in a way that fit in somewhat stylistically in the zoo. It served no other purpose, and could not be interacted with. Players who had made an in-app purchase would not see any advertisement; they would only see a blank screen.

## Controversy

The movie theatre notoriously showed sexually explicit advertisement content, and after fierce backlash from players, it was removed on the 4th of November 2020.
Species: Zebra

The **zebra** is the second animal species that the player can befriend in the game. Zebras are bucking animals. There are 15 different types of zebra. All except two are available from Savannah 1, or as soon as the player completes the first tutorial, the exceptions being the Trojan Zebra and the Zegasus, which are unlocked at Savannah 4 and Savannah 5 respectively.

## Behaviour

* **Wild:** Zebras move slowly in a forward direction, and travel alone before 2000m and in large packs after 2000m.
* **When ridden:** Zebras move at a slightly faster rate.
* **When angry:** Zebras gallop in a pattern involving three short jumps before making one large leap, repeating this until the player jumps off or crashes.
* **In habitat:** They graze the ground similarly to buffalo and sometimes wag their tails.
	+ **Selected in habitat:** Zebras move their body from side to side, with legs stretching and wobbling like jelly.

## Tips

Zebras have several advantages in that zebras will move towards the player when they are in the air once they have upgraded the zebra habitat to level 6 and do not reduce the player's lasso size when they land on one if the habitat has been upgraded to level 3. Zebras also travel in large packs, so if the player has to make a last-ditch jump, it is likely they will be saved by a zebra. Finally, zebras are good money makers for starter players after the habitat has been upgraded to level 7 as they earn coins approximately once every 1.5 gallops when angry.

## Habitat Upgrades

* **Level 1** - Ride for an extra 2s before a zebra gets angry
* **Level 2** - Bucks from a zebra push other animals away
* **Level 3** - Landing on a zebra doesn't reduce your lasso size
* **Level 4** - Gain 50% more ticket money from zebras
* **Level 5** - Angry zebras buck less violently
* **Level 6** - While you are in the air, zebras move towards your lasso
* **Level 7** - Get bonus coins while bucking on zebras
* **Level 8** - 2x more rare zebras in the stampede
* **Level 9** - Add a new rare Zebra to the stampede (Legend of Zebra)

## Notes

* Zebras were 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 Mission Mule was an additional part of the zebra habitat up until version 1.4.0, where it was reclassified as an epic animal.
* The level 3 habitat upgrade contained a mistake in which "doesn't" lacked an apostrophe (written as 'doesnt').
	+ This was corrected in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018.
* The zebra species has the most animals of any species, with eleven.
	+ The zebra species also has the most tier 5 variants in the game, with six.
Small Animals

**Small animals** are animals which are classified as small based on whether seals, hydras or owls can smash them, or pandas can bump them. Seals, owls and pandas all have upgrades only allowing them to be able to smash/bump small animals. They are affected by seals sliding on ice and owls. Usually, small animals can be defined as anything that cannot smash trees, rocks or big animals while on the ground by default.

## Trivia

* Outback is currently the only zone with only small animals.
* Olympus is the zone with the least small animal species, with three.
The Hon. Lady Dropbear

**The Hon. Lady Dropbear** is the seventh drop bear. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their drop bear habitat to level 9.

## Appearance

The Hon. Lady Dropbear dons a deep purple outfit, with its lower half seeming to be made of a velvety texture. Its arms and face are a light cream colour, and its claws and nose are a dirty blonde colour. Its short, stringy hair is coloured a yellowish blonde. On its back and shoulders are red roses, and a cream coloured bowler hat with a line near its base and three roses, coloured red, gold and red again, sits atop its head.

## Description

*Daughter of Lord & Lady Dropbear and a distant relation to Queen Elizabeth Dropbear II.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Outback 1 or greater.
* Drop Bear tamed.
* Drop bear habitat upgraded to level 9.
* Ride past 1800m in Outback (found perched in trees, jumping down towards the player when the player is in range).

**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 The Hon. Lady Dropbear

* Rare animals appear 6% more often
* Fire burns 40% slower

## Trivia

* The Hon. Lady Dropbear is a play on the British royal courtesy title 'The Honourable'.
	+ It may refer more specifically to Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, who is known for wearing purple, and is a very distant relative to Queen Elizabeth II, as mentioned in the description.
	+ The description plays on this and references Queen Elizabeth II, who was the former queen of Britain, and more significantly in this case, Australia.

## Notes

* The Hon. Lady Dropbear was released in version 1.3.0 on the 13th of October 2016 along with Outback and all other Outback species.
Mooncake Crab

The **Mooncake Crab** is the sixth crab in the game. It was first released as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 13 event.

## Appearance

The Mooncake Crab is designed to shape a real mooncake, with its colours being different shades brown and is orange rimmed. Its claws are mostly gold and orange on top. Lastly, the Mooncake Crab's legs are grey.

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Crab tamed.
* Purchase Season 13's Golden Trip.
	+ Given as the 10th reward in the Golden Trip.
* 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 Mooncake Crab is a play on a mooncake, a popular pastry in China during the Moon Festival.
* The description plays paradoxically on the sweetness and softness of a mooncake versus the hard shell of a crab.

## Notes

* The Mooncake Crab was released in version 3.5.0 on the 27th of September 2023, as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 13 event.
Spider's Crucible

The **Spider's Crucible** is the ninth spider in the game. It was first released as a part of the 2023 Halloween Event.

## Appearance

The Spider's Crucible has a body that is coloured dark purple, and legs that are coloured chrome yellow at the top and brown and dark purple at the tip end. Its abdomen has a crucible, or pot, with a visible yellow rim filled with green liquid. As the Spider's Crucible moves, it emits a thick, green smoke decorated with skulls.

## Description

*They are good assistants to witches and help them refine various potions.*

## Requirements

* Garden 1 unlocked.
* Spider tamed.
* Obtain in events:
	+ Purchase for 150 in the 2023 Halloween Event.
		- Spider's Crucible is tamed immediately upon purchase.
* Once obtained, ride past 2000m in Garden (must run through web on ground-level animal and be riding an animal slower than a wild spider).

**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 Spider's Crucible's name is a play on a crucible, which, in association with Halloween, is a large, metal pot typically filled with a green, acidic potion and used by witches.

## Notes

* The Spider's Crucible was released in version 3.6.0 on the 30th of October 2023 as a part of the 2023 Halloween Event.
Dime-metrodon

The **Dime-metrodon** is the fourth dimetrodon in zoo order. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their dimetrodon habitat to level 5 or higher.

## Appearance

The Dime-metrodon has a dark brown, almost black, body, and is dressed in a white shirt that fades at the trim. The Dime-metrodon has three octagonal gold bangles on its tail, each of which being luminous yellow at the top, two square bangles on its front left limb and one on its right. The Dime-metrodon also has a large gold octagonal 'chain' around its neck. A white headband and a red and maroon flat cap make up its headwear. Its sail is replaced by a dull gold coin with the zoo coin symbol, protruding from a red-rimmed slot.

## Description

*Has a successful rap career under the pseudonym "10 Cent."*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Jurassic 7 or greater.
* Dimetrodon tamed.
* Dimetrodon habitat upgraded to level 5 or higher.
* Ride past 1800m 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 1800m.

## Trivia

* The Dime-metrodon is a portmanteau of 'dime', or a ten cent coin, and 'dimetrodon'.
	+ The description plays on the rapper 50 Cent, and more generally, the culture of hip hop and how money is an important part of it. "10 Cent" also references how a dime is worth ten cents.
	+ The Baby Dime-metrodon's abilities regarding money making reference its money theme.
	+ The Dime-metrodon is one of three animals that reference hip hop music, the others being the Hip Hop Hippo and the G-Rex.

## Notes

* The Dime-metrodon was released on the 16th of August 2018 in version 1.19.0 along with all other dimetrodons.
Mi-24 Hind

The **Mi-24 Hind** is the eighth hind in the game. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their hind habitat to level 9.

## Appearance

The Mi-24 Hind is coloured army green on the top half and a leather green on the underside. It has black hooves and a black nose. Many features it has are unique to itself. Replacing conventional horns is a brown Air Force helmet with two black helicopter blades mounted on steel grey beams. It wears a military microphone on its right. Its wings, compared to others of its kind, are far squarer and more regular, reminiscent of a fighter jet. Each is emblazoned with a red star with a white outline, with two dark grey jet engines, which each expel an orange jet stream, and a flashing red blinker on the underside of both wings. Finally, the tail shares the same square jet engine motif and star insignia, with another pair of helicopter blades continuously spinning on its right.

## Description

*The Soviets developed a powerful variant of deer that could eat grass at high altitudes.*

## Requirements

* Olympus 1 unlocked.
* Ceryneian Hind tamed.
* Hind habitat upgraded to level 9.
* Ride past 1800m in Olympus.

**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 Mi-24 Hind

* Jump from animals 15% higher
* *Lasso shrinks 1% slower (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Mi-24 Hind references the Mil Mi-24, a Soviet helicopter gunship, in both appearance and description.
	+ The Mil Mi-24's NATO reporting name is "Hind", furthering said reference.
	+ The ability "Jump from animals 15% higher" reflects how helicopters are able to fly high in the sky.
	+ The only other animal that references a Soviet aircraft is the SU-24 Bearoplane.

## Notes

* The Mi-24 Hind was released on the 18th of August 2017 in version 1.10.0 along with Olympus and the first five Olympus species.
* The description formerly contained an error in that "soviets" was not capitalised.
	+ This was fixed at an unknown date.
One-eyed Wolfbeard

The **One-eyed Wolfbeard** is the sixth wolf in the stampede. Like all other boss animals, the player is required to complete a minigame or mini-mission called a boss mission to find and befriend it for the first time. After the player befriends the One-eyed Wolfbeard, it can then be found permanently in the stampede, and its match can be found.

## Appearance

The One-eyed Wolfbeard is coloured with brown fur barring its light tan head, covered by numerous aspects of clothing. On its head is a hat that is purple and wider at the top than it is at the bottom. Around the base of the hat is a red bandana. Its eye is covered by a black eyepatch. It wears a white shirt with wide brown cuffs, and on top of that it wears a black vest. The One-eyed Wolfbeard has a pair of brown straps running down the length of its body. It has loose fitting pants that are wine red with darker stripes, and a pair of brown stereotypical pirate boots with gold buckles.

## Description

*The most notorious pirate in the wolf pen! Also, the only pirate in the wolf pen.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Mountains 2 or greater.
* Gray Wolf tamed.
* Unlock (see how to unlock boss mission here) and complete One-eyed Wolfbeard boss mission (tips for completion are below). From here it can be found in Mountains permanently.
* Ride past 2000m in Mountains.

**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 One-eyed Wolfbeard boss mission is not very difficult technically, with the player being required to navigate an angry One-eyed Wolfbeard through narrow sections where a tree blocks one half of it, clusters of trees with small gaps which the One-eyed Wolfbeard can fit through and mazes of small rocks and trees where there are some routes blocked off. The difficulty is the random nature of the paths that are blocked off, meaning that the player must have some kind of luck to be able to pass through successfully and tame the One-eyed Wolfbeard. It is recommended to keep a steady hand and make sure that the movements are precise to make it through small gaps, and look ahead to see which paths are blocked off in the maze sections.

## Baby One-eyed Wolfbeard

* Crates give 35% more coins
* Taming animals is 7% quicker

## Trivia

* The One-eyed Wolfbeard plays on a pirate name, which often consists of "Wolfbeard".
* The Baby One-eyed Wolfbeard's ability where crates give 35% more coins is a reference to how pirates steal loot and treasure from others.
* The Sea Lion, Anne Bunny, Peglegasus, and Captain Bananarrrrr also reflect pirates.

## Notes

* The One-eyed Wolfbeard was released in version 1.1.0 on the 26th of July 2016 along with Mountains and all other Mountains species.
Octopus

The **Octopus** is the first octopus that the player can find in the game.

## Appearance

The Octopus is designed to resemble a typical octopus. It is entirely red, it has eight tentacles, two siphons on its face and mollusc-like eyes.

## Description

*Camouflage, ink, and the ability to squeeze through the smallest of gaps, the octopus has many tricks up its many sleeves!*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Ride in Ocean.

## Trivia

* The Octopus is based on a real-life octopus.
	+ The description states some facts about octopi and plays on an octopus's many arms.

## Notes

* The Octopus was released in version 2.14.0 on the 14th of January 2023.
* Like all other octopus babies, the Baby Octopus was bugged in that its colours were dull and muted.
	+ This was fixed in version 2.15.0 on the 17th of February 2023.
Species: Manta Ray

**Manta rays** are the fourth species of animal available in the Ocean Zoo. Manta rays are flying animals. There are 8 different types of manta ray.

## Behaviour

* **Wild:** Manta rays move relatively slowly slightly above the ground.
* **When ridden:** Manta rays swim up and fly at a fast pace above the stampede.
* **When angry:** Manta rays swoop repeatedly in an attempt to throw the player off, returning to their original height every swoop.
* **In habitat:** Manta rays swim around and hop once from time to time.
* **Selected in habitat:** Manta rays fly up and swim downwards from side to side to their original position, like a falling leaf.

## Tips

Manta rays are a very useful animal in the game. Their ability to fly briefly allows them to glide over most obstacles and other animals is highly useful as they are pretty much invulnerable in the air. However, when in the air, the player cannot get oxygen bubbles, so they cannot extend their oxygen timer when the manta ray is in the air. At level 7, manta rays give the player an extra 2 seconds of oxygen when ridden, which can somewhat compensate the cost of being above the oxygen bubbles.

## Habitat Upgrades

* **Level 1** - Ride for an extra 1s before a manta ray gets angry
* **Level 2** - Get bonus coins for diving on manta rays
* **Level 3** - 2x more manta rays in the stampede
* **Level 4** - Takes longer for manta rays to dive at full speed
* **Level 5** - Gain 50% more ticket money from manta rays
* **Level 6** - Gets 2s of bonus oxygen when landing on manta rays
* **Level 7** - Ride for an extra 1s before a manta ray gets angry
* **Level 8** - Jumping from a manta ray temporarily increases lasso size by 20%
* **Level 9** - 1x more rare manta rays in the stampede

## Trivia

* Giraffes,  eels and manta rays are the only animals that don't make sounds when they are tapped.

## Notes

* Manta rays were released in version 2.3.0 on the 16th of June 2022.
* Several level upgrades have errors, where the word "Manta" is not supposed to be capitalised.
	+ This was corrected on version 2.8.0 on the 19th of September 2022.
* The level 9 manta ray habitat upgrade is an error, with its effect being trivial.
Viva Las Vulture

The **Viva Las Vulture** is the third vulture that can be found in the game.

## Appearance

The Viva Las Vulture features Elvis style dark grey hair, a dusty orange beak, a light pink head, a white upper back, blue, red and yellow confetti on its white lower wing, with the rest of the wing being red, grey and dark grey. Its lower back is also grey.

## Description

*The Savannah Strip's premier Elvis impersonator.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded Savannah 4 or greater.
* Vulture tamed.
* Ride past 1000m in Savannah (always found perched on rocks).

**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 Viva Las Vulture is a play on the musical film Viva Las Vegas.
	+ The description is a reference to how Elvis Presley was the feature of Viva Las Vegas.
		- It also references Elvis impersonators, someone who copies how Elvis looked and sounded, often performing tribute acts and working as entertainers.
	+ The Baby Viva Las Vulture's ability "Mating animals appear 9% more often" may reference how the movie has a strong romance plot.

## Notes

* The Viva Las Vulture 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.
* The description contained a punctuation error in that "elvis" was not capitalised.
	+ This was amended in version 1.21.1 on the 11th of January 2019.
	+ Interestingly, the description was written correctly in the soft launch, in version 0.2.0.
		- In version 0.1.0 it was written without a capitalised 'E'.
Velvet Ant

The **Velvet Ant** is the second ant. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their ant habitat to level 2 or higher.

## Appearance

The Velvet Ant is entirely black, with the exception of the tips of its limbs and antennae, coloured a more brown colour, and its two large red patches, one on its abdomen and one of its head.

## Description

*Not an ant but a wasp in disguise. The females do not have wings but instead have bright orange hair.*

## Requirements

* Garden 1 unlocked.
* Ant tamed.
* Ant 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.

## Trivia

* The Velvet Ant references trivia about real life mutillidae, commonly known as velvet ants.

## Notes

* The Velvet Ant was released in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018 along with Garden and the first five Garden species.
Species: Alligator

**Alligators** are the tenth species of animal in the game, and possibly the first that the player finds and obtains in Jungle. Alligators are eating animals. There are 11 different types of alligator. Alligators can be found when the player upgrades their ship to Jungle 1.

## Behaviour

* **Wild:** Alligators wait beside patches of water, and as the player comes nearer to them, they will pounce toward the player and attempt to eat them.
* **When ridden:** Alligators move extremely slowly, and can eat animals (bigger animals can be eaten as the player upgrades the alligator habitat). When in contact with water, alligators speed up drastically compared to their normal speed.
* **When angry:** Alligators buck the player up and eat them before falling asleep with a bulge in their belly.
* **In habitat:** They walk rather slowly in a lizard-like way, almost crawling, and occasionally snap suddenly at random times.
	+ **Selected in habitat:** They snap their jaw very quickly.

## Tips

The effectiveness of wild alligators can be reduced when the player upgrades the alligator habitat to level 3. When the player finally latches onto one, they seem like an upgrade on lions due to their effectiveness in water. Lions are still a better option though, for several cons outlined below. That being said, alligators have the ability to eat any ground-level animal when the player upgrades the habitat to level 6, and move significantly faster in water. On land, though, they are extremely slow, and combined with the fact that animals in Jungle don't appear in large packs, makes it easy for the alligator to get angry from not eating many animals, where the alligator will slow down and throw the player in the air before eating them.

## Habitat Upgrades

* **Level 1** - Ride faster through water on alligators
* **Level 2** - Allow alligators to eat other alligators
* **Level 3** - When riding other animals, alligators will be slower to attack you
* **Level 4** - Gain 50% more ticket money from alligators
* **Level 5** - Eating animals keeps alligators happy for longer
* **Level 6** - Allows alligators to eat anything
* **Level 7** - Get bonus coins for eating other animals on alligators
* **Level 8** - 2x more rare alligators in the stampede
* **Level 9** - Add a new rare Alligator to the stampede (Crookodile)

## Trivia

* Alligators are currently the only reptiles in the Sky Zoo.

## Notes

* Alligators were 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.
Species: Polar Bear

**Polar Bears**, not to be confused with bears or drop bears, are the thirty-fifth animal species in the Sky Zoo, and the seventh in Tundra. Polar Bears are eating animals. There are 11 different types of polar bears. They can be unlocked when the player upgrades their ship to Tundra 5, and are found past 1000m.

## Polar Bears

**\* Note:** All boss animals can only be found in the stampede and give XP after the player has initially befriended it in a boss mission.

## Behaviour

* **Wild:** Polar bears lumber in the stampede.
* **When ridden:** Polar bears start slow and can eat any animal (level 5). As they get closer to becoming angry, they speed up.
* **When angry:** Polar bears slow down, buck the player up and eat them.
* **In habitat:** Polar bears occasionally walk around. However, they mostly remain curled up on the ground, yawning every now and then.
	+ **Selected in habitat:** Polar bears spring up to their feet and roar from right to left.

## Tips

Polar bears offer what most eating animals do, allowing the player to travel a decent distance on them before forcing the player to jump off. Polar bears are slow to begin with, but their increased speed later on when ridden is more useful and more fun to play with. Like bears, they can smash trees.

## Habitat Upgrades

* **Level 1** - 3x more polar bears in the stampede
* **Level 2** - Eating animals keeps polar bears happy for longer
* **Level 3** - Increased riding speed on polar bears
* **Level 4** - Gain 50% more ticket money from polar bears
* **Level 5** - Allows polar bears to eat anything
* **Level 6** - More control on ice when riding a polar bear
* **Level 7** - Get bonus coins for eating other animals on polar bears
* **Level 8** - 2x more rare polar bears in the stampede
* **Level 9** - Add a new rare Polar Bear to the stampede (Bowler Bear)

## Notes

* Polar bears were released on the 25th of January 2017 in version 1.5.0, along with Tundra and all other Tundra animals.
* Currently, Polar bears are the only species that have more than one endangered animal.
Smashing Animals

**Smashing animals**, also called **smashers** or **big animals**, are animals which are classified as smashing based on their normal ability to smash obstacles and small animals. Most smashing animals have a special angry behaviour. When angry, the smashing animal will buck the player off and hurl them forward. Additionally, all smashing animals are big animals. There are currently 12 smashing animals.

## Habitat Upgrades

Most smashing animals share similar habitat upgrades which helps in identifying the smashing animals. These are:

* Allows (species) to smash through trees / Allows (species) to smash through rocks
* Get bonus coins by smashing through obstacles on (species)

## Trivia

* Outback is the only zone with no smashing animals.
Squid

The **Squid** is the first squid that the player can find in the game.

## Appearance

The Squid resembles a real-life squid, but its colors resemble cartoonish squids, being embodied with a hot purple color. It has eight arms and two very skinny tentacles. Its eyes are on the sides of its head and has a fin on top of its trunk.

## Description

*Keeps getting pulled over by strangers because they love their ink.*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Ride in Ocean.

## Trivia

* The Squid is based on a real-life squid.
* The Baby Squid's ability where animals are 10% faster reflects the adult's accelerating behaviour when angry.

## Notes

* The Squid 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.
* The Squid was the app icon mascot temporarily, in version 2.0.0.
Prowler

The **Prowler** is the third owl in the Tundra zone.

## Appearance

The Prowler is mostly black, with its head, body and front edge of wing all being coloured in black. On each wing, the black murkily blends with very light grey, with some random darker patches still being present in the light grey area. Its legs and wingtips are also coloured so. As the name suggests, its head contains some cat-like features, including pointy ears with pink indexes and three short whiskers sticking out from each side of its face. A red collar with a shiny gold tag is also tied around its neck.

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Tundra 3 or greater.
* Snowy Owl tamed.
* Ride past 1100m 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 1100m.

## Baby Prowler

* Missions give 8% more coins
* Flying animals swoop 9% slower

## Trivia

* The Prowler is a play on the word "prowler", chosen due to the word 'owl' being inside "prowler". A prowler is a cat that is swift in hunting and is always on the lookout for prey.
	+ This may allude to the fact that many owls are good predators.
* The Prowler is one of three animals that reference a cat, the others being the Womcat and Feline'o.

## Notes

* The Prowler 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.
Kumo Tiger

The Kumo Tiger is the thirteenth tiger in the game. It was first released as a part of the Sixth Anniversary Event.

## Appearance

The Kumo Tiger looks quite similar to the Tilver, being coloured silver-grey and the stripes are a darker tone of grey. At the end of each of its feet is a cherry-red cloud that leaves a trail of petals as the Kumo Tiger runs. The clouds are also present on its cheeks, and its eyes are coloured red to match the cherry-red clouds.

## Description

*The clouds on its feet let out petals. This animal descends with grace*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Jungle 4 or greater.
* Tiger tamed.
* Obtain in events:
	+ Purchase for 1500 in the Seventh Anniversary Event.
		- Kumo Tiger is tamed immediately upon purchase.
	+ Collect 42  in the Sixth Anniversary Event.
* Once obtained, ride past 2000m in Jungle.

**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 word "Kumo" is a Japanese word that means "cloud," hence its appearance and description.
* The Kumo Tiger was released with an affiliated hat, the Kumo Tiger.

## Notes

* The Kumo Tiger was released in version 2.3.0 on the 16th of June 2022, as a part of the Sixth Anniversary Event.
* The Kumo Tiger was designed by the user ✧Altervex✧ as a part of the Sixth Anniversary Animal Design Competition. The post is here.
* Upon release, the description was missing a period at the end.
Wobbling Animals

**Wobbling animals**, also called **waving animals**, are animals which are classified as wobbling based on their angry behaviour. Wobbling animals have a special angry behaviour where the animal will start wobbling left and right making the ridden animal nearly impossible to control. There are currently 3 wobbling animals.
Species: Spider

**Spiders** are the third species of animal available in the Garden zone, and the twentieth in the Space Zoo. Spiders are primarily eating animals, but are also smashing animals. There are 9 different types of spider. Like all Space Zoo animals, more spiders are unlocked progressively as the player upgrades the spider habitat. They can be unlocked when the player upgrades their ship to Garden 1.

## Behaviour

* **Wild:** When the player runs through a web on a ground level animal, spiders appear directly behind like tyrannosaurus rexes, running faster than the player and aggressively moving towards any evasive manoeuvres the player makes, eating or smashing the player. Only one spider can only appear at a time.
* **When ridden:** Spiders run fast, and can eat animals to stay happy. At level 4, Spiders can smash trees.
* **When angry:** Spiders slow down, buck the player up, eat the player and fall asleep.
* **In habitat:** Spiders walk and stand around in the habitat, while occasionally bobbing up slightly and pulsing their jaws.
	+ **Selected in habitat:** Spiders aggressively shake their abdomen and its jaws. They extend their front legs so they're straight in the shape of a V, and, like a clock, periodically 'tick' their arms in 4 different positions, each one being closer to the ground.

## Tips

Spiders are good for a short burst, due to being able to smash trees (level 4) and eat all animals. They can be difficult to tame at first, especially when jumping from ants, however they do become easier to tame with practice. A preferred method to taming spiders is to use upgraded grasshoppers to run through webs and immediately jump forward, relying on the fast moving spider to run up from behind to lasso. However, tyrannosaurus rexes are better since they can smash everything without upgrades, while spider can only can smash trees when fully upgraded.

## Habitat Upgrades

* **Level 1** - When riding other animals, spiders chase less aggressively
* **Level 2** - Add two new rare spiders to the stampede (Redback Spider, Golden Orbweaver Spider)
* **Level 3** - Increase riding speed on spiders
* **Level 4** - Allow spiders to smash through trees
* **Level 5** - Add two new rare spiders to the stampede (8 Spotted Crab Spider, Spiny Orb Weaver)
* **Level 6** - Get bonus coins for eating other animals on spiders
* **Level 7** - Ride for an extra 1s before a spider gets angry
* **Level 8** - 2x more rare spiders in the stampede
* **Level 9** - Add a new rare Spider to the stampede (Web Developer)

## Trivia

* Spiders' selected in habitat behaviour is a reference to a peacock spider’s courtship ritual. This is especially fitting since the Peacock Spider itself appears as one of the spider subspecies in-game.

## Notes

* Spiders were released in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018 along with Garden and other original Garden species.
* All spiders in the game (excluding the Web Developer) are representations of real life spiders.
Vermillion Phoenix

The **Vermillion Phoenix** is the twelfth phoenix in the game. It was first released as a part of The Love of our Fans event.

## Appearance

The Vermillion Phoenix has multiple colourful features, including a bright red face, an orange ruff behind it, a yellow beak, a fiery, punk hairstyle, a yellow body with orange feathers on the top, red wings which fade to lower opacity at the wingtips, a yellow line running near the end of the wings, a white shape on the top of its wings, and orangey-red legs. Additionally, the Vermillion Phoenix has five decorated feathers at its end, with blue, orange, and violet for the larger three feathers, and green and yellow for the smaller ones. The Vermillion Phoenix also emits five different colours of light which correspond with its feathers.

## Description

*If you see cloud iridescende, a Vermillion Phoenix is probably nearby*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Olympus 3 or greater.
* Phoenix tamed.
* Obtain in events:
	+ Collect 28  in The Love of our Fans event.
* Once obtained, ride past 2000m in Olympus.

**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 Vermillion Phoenix is a reference to the Vermilion Bird, a mythological creature and one of the four symbols of Chinese constellations.
* The description also mentions cloud iridescence, the state when clouds appear chromatic due to iridescence, the phenomenon of when a surface appears to change colour as the angle of view changes.

## Notes

* The Vermillion Phoenix was released in version 2.19.0 on the 15th of May 2023, as a part of The Love of our Fans Event.
* The Vermillion Phoenix was designed by the user Hungrysushi as a part of the Animal Design Competition. The post is here.
* The 'Vermillion' in "Vermillion Phoenix" is spelt incorrectly, as the mythological bird's name is spelt with a single 'l'.
	+ A common misconception is that 'vermilion' can be also spelt as 'vermillion'. However, it is not conceptualised or stated that the creature itself can be spelled both spellings, hence why it is an error.
	+ Additionally, in the original design (can be seen below), the Vermillion Phoenix is called 'Vermilion'.
* The description contains two errors, where 'iridescende' is misspelled, and should be 'iridescence', and a period is missing at the end. Additionally, like the name, 'Vermilion' is spelt incorrectly.