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Captain Dave

The **Captain Dave** is the fourth octopus in the game.

## Appearance

The Captain Dave is coloured royal blue. It has a thick brown beard and moustache. It also has an eyepatch on its right eye with almost the same color as the beard. On its front right tentacle, it holds a golden hook. On top of its head is a black hat with a skull embedded on each of its sides. The Captain Dave also seems to be wearing clothes striped with white and blue underneath its eyes, indicating a sailor's uniform.

## Description

*His tentacles can grow back, he just enjoys putting a hook on it.*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Octopus 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 Captain Dave is a play on a pirate, hence the appearance and name, though its name may be a reference to several characters:
	+ Captain David Williams, a Welsh sailor who became a pirate.
		- The Captain Dave seems to be wearing sailor clothes on its body, which may support this reference.
	+ Captain Davy Jones, a fictional pirate in the well-known series *Pirates of the Caribbean*.
		- Captain Davy Jones has numerous octopus tentacles as his beard, which also supports this reference.
	+ Dave, an octopus and the main antagonist of the film *Penguins of Madagascar*.
* The Jean Lafishe, Crabtopher Condent, Caliblow Jack, and Blackfin are the other Ocean animals that reference pirates.

## Notes

* The Captain Dave was released in version 2.14.0 on the 14th of January 2023.
* Like all other octopus babies, the Baby Captain Dave was bugged in that its colours were dull and muted.
	+ This was fixed in version 2.15.0 on the 17th of February 2023.
* Upon release, the Baby Captain Dave and the Baby Takoyaki models were swapped.
	+ This was fixed in version 2.15.0 on the 17th of February 2023. However, this change did not only swap the Baby models, but also the abilities of the babies, resulting in a new error.
Class: Level 9

**Level 9 animals** are animals which, like regular animals are not the base animal, or the normal species of that animal, but can only be found in the stampede through normal play, provided that the **player upgrades the respective habitat to level 9**. All level 9 animals give animal mastery XP, and are classified under tier 4.

The Level 9 classification **only applies to** Sky Zoo **animals**, due to the way that animals are released in the Space Zoo. In the Space Zoo, 'level 9' animals are unlocked by upgrading a habitat to level 9, the same way as unlocking other regular animals, just at a higher level. This means that regular and 'level 9' animals are the same in the Space Zoo, meaning there are **no level 9 animals in the Space Zoo**.

The defining characteristic to classify level 9 animals is that level 9 animals **require  to unlock**. The full list of level 9 animals is below.
ARBRex

The **ARBRex** is the tenth tyrannosaurus rex in the game. It was first released in the Awaken the Beast event.

## Appearance

The ARBRex has the same body as the Tyrannosaurus Rex, albeit the colour and the armour are different. The ARBRex is mineral green colour at the top of each part of its body and its feet, which fades into a greyish teal colour. It has blue spikes fading into cyan along its head and tail. Unlike other tyrannosaurus rexes though, it does not have claws on its hands and feet. A large white shield is on its torsos, with oranges edges and an orange fleur-de-lis centring the shield. At the top of its neck is a coffee-brown, four-holed rocket launcher suggesting a battle theme.

## Description

*A powerful ARBS attacker with its crushing, grabing, and headbutt.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Jurassic 2 or greater.
* Tyrannosaurus Rex tamed.
* Claim for free in the Awaken the Beast event.
* Once obtained, ride past 2000m 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 2000m.

## Trivia

* The ARBRex is a play on ARBS, with "Rex" and "S" sharing assonance.

## Notes

* The ARBRex was released in version 1.56.1 on the 1st of March 2022, as a part of the Awaken the Beast event.
* The description contains an error, in which "grabbing" is misspelled as "grabing".
Class: VIP

**VIP animals** are animals that are an extra reward for supporting the developers by making in-app purchases. They do not count towards progress, earn XP, have matches, babies, or have any special ability.

Despite being skins of different animal species, having the same behaviour as some animal species, they live in their own separate VIP habitat. This means that they are not counted as part of the species they resemble, and are unaffected by a species' habitat upgrades. From version 1.26.1, VIP animals were compensated by being given the same abilities as the species they resemble, or even better. For example, the Storm Clowld, like upgraded owls, is able to smash small animals and earn coins doing so, as well as earn 6x coins per crate (versus 4x of other owls) and ride for an extra 3s before getting angry (versus 1s).

To get VIP animals, the player must increase their VIP level, which can only be done by spending a certain amount of real money into the game. There are 10 levels in total, and the amount of money to get to the next level increases as the levels increase. The amount of money required to level up depends on the player's country and currency.

VIP animals are distinguishable for their names, each of which, except the Mecha Team, involving a pun, as well as their appearances, which all involve some special effects.

## Prices

Prices vary by country and currency. To see prices, go to the Shop in-game and tap the banner at the top, where it says "Check". You can see all VIP levels, animals and prices there.

## Notes

* VIP animals were released in version 1.24.0 on the 23rd of October 2019 on iOS and the 25th of October on Android, along with pangolins, roosters and kirins.
	+ VIP animals had their abilities improved in 1.26.1 on the 17th of February 2020.
Bunyip

The **Bunyip** is the sixth drop bear in the game. Unlike other secret animals, it does not spawn when a secret mission is completed, but instead is hidden and can only be found by performing a difficult manoeuvre.

## Appearance

The Bunyip is blood-orange fading into lighter orange on its arms and legs. The very top of its head is greyish-black. It has three black claws on each foot, but its most striking feature are its two bat-like wings. They are very dark red in a small area, but are orange-red on the rest of the wing, with a thin yellow perimeter.

## Description

*Monstrous. Lurks in billabongs. Hunts at night. Loves a cold beer and a sausage sizzle.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Outback 1 or greater.
* Found on flaming trees with a ring of flaming bushes surrounding it towards the sides of a cliff past 2000m in Outback.
	+ The Bunyip does not jump down from the tree, unlike other drop bears. To tame, the player must first lasso the Bunyip, then immediately put out the fire by entering water.

**Note:** Unlike other secret animals, it is not guaranteed that it will appear every time on top of all flaming trees towards the sides of cliffs.

## Baby Bunyip

* Rare animals appear 8% more often
* *Crates give 3% more coins (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Bunyip is a reference to the bunyip, a mythological and supposedly evil creature from Indigenous Australian folklore.
	+ The description references the beliefs of Indigenous Australians relating to the bunyip being evil, and also plays on stereotypical Australian culture in mentioning "a cold beer" and "sausage sizzles".
* The Baby Bunyip's ability relating to rare animals may reference how the bunyip is a mythological animal.

## Notes

* The Bunyip was released in version 1.3.0 on the 13th of October 2016 along with Outback and all other Outback species.
* In version 1.26.3 on the 27th of March 2020, the Bunyip's appearance was altered slightly. The back of its wings were changed to be lined with yellow, like the front, when it previously did not have any lining at the back of the wings. This may have been to improve visibility of the Bunyip.
8 Spotted Crab Spider

The **8 Spotted Crab Spider** is the fourth variant of spider. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their spider habitat to level 5 or higher.

## Appearance

The 8 Spotted Crab Spider is mostly coloured bright yellow, with the bottom half of its legs and mandible being coloured dark brown, blending slightly with the yellow. The 8 Spotted Crab Spider's back and head have fuzzy brown spots arranged in a grid, four on its head and eight on its back, as the name suggests.

## Description

*This endangered species lives in the foilage of small trees. You'll never guess its favorite number.*

## Requirements

* Garden 1 unlocked.
* Spider tamed.
* Spider habitat upgraded to level 5 or higher.
* Ride past 1200m 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 low due to it being a tier 4 animal. It will appear randomly but not often, and never before 1200m.

## Baby 8 Spotted Crab Spider

* Rare animals appear 8% more often
* Eating animals is 8% more effective

## Trivia

* The 8 Spotted Crab Spider is based on the endangered eight-spotted crab spider in real life.
	+ The description references this and pokes fun at its name and number of spots on its back.
	+ The Baby 8 Spotted Crab Spider's abilities also reference its name, with all of its abilities boosting the player's attributes by 8%.

## Notes

* The 8 Spotted Crab Spider was released in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018 along with Garden and the first five Garden species.
Dimetrodon

The **Dimetrodon** is the first dimetrodon that the player can tame in the game.

## Appearance

The Dimetrodon's body is awkward and slightly disproportionate, with a large, bulky head that makes up around one third of its body length, a stocky body, short, stubby legs and a shortish, thin tail. Its overall colour scheme is a mint green and orange ombre fading from top to bottom, with a fuzzy dark burgundy line running down from the top of its back to the rip of its tail. Its sail, coloured light pink with a several cyan zig-zag patterns, features five pillars, each fading to burgundy at the base. The very bottom of its sail can be seen to be filled in with cyan. When not retracted, the sail makes up two thirds of its body height. Each of the Dimetrodon's legs have small, square feet with three short white claws, and the Dimetrodon's teeth can be seen jutting out from its protruding bottom jaw, pointing towards the sky.

## Description

*Its back is covered by a huge, spiny sail, which makes it impossible to land on while the sail is raised.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Jurassic 7 or greater.
* Ride past 1000m in Jurassic.

## Trivia

* The Dimetrodon's appearance is based on a now extinct dimetrodons, based on skeletal evidence.
* The Dimetrodon's traits and abilities are hinted in the description.
	+ Despite the in-game abilities, there is no evidence that real life dimetrodons could retract their sails.

## Notes

* The Dimetrodon was released on the 16th of August 2018 in version 1.19.0 along with all other dimetrodons.
* The Dimetrodon' colouring is unlikely to reflect that of dimetrodons in real life, with the green colour likely chosen for added vibrancy.
Anubis

The **Anubis** is the eighth minotaur in the game. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their minotaur habitat to level 9.

## Appearance

The Anubis has the same general body shape as the Minotaur, albeit coloured pitch black. Its head now resembles that of a canine, with ears pointing up and a white fang on both sides of its mouth. It wears a teal earring on both ears, and a stripy gold-and-teal coloured headcloth going from head to back. This begins with a slab of gold between its ears with emits a glowing aura. This same teal-and-gold colour is used for upper and lower armbands, sandals, sash and a staff in its right hand. Finally, the Anubis wears a modest linen dress around its waist.

## Description

*Egyptian god of the afterlife, Anubis would only allow those whose hearts were lighter than a feather to enter the afterlife.*

## Requirements

* Olympus 1 unlocked.
* Minotaur tamed.
* Minotaur 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 Anubis

* Rare animals appear 10% more often
* Taming animals is 15% quicker

## Trivia

* The Anubis is a reference to the Egyptian god Anubis in name, description, and appearance.
* It is one of five animals having an Ancient Egypt theme, the others being Taweret, Pharaohdactyl, Scarab Beetle, and Hierogryphon.

## Notes

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

The **Chimeratops** is the fifth triceratops in the game by zoo order. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their triceratops habitat to level 2 or higher.

## Appearance

The Chimeratops is notable for its orange head, front legs and frill (which is red at the back), dark purple rear end and green tail, which features a head, a set of eyes and relatively long red forked tongue, resembling a snake. It also has a pair of black wings with dark red webbing, further adding to the distinct appearance of the Chimeratops.

## Requirements

* Jurassic 1 unlocked.
* Triceratops tamed.
* Triceratops habitat upgraded to level 5 or higher.
* Ride past 1600m 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 1600m.

## Baby Chimeratops

* Rare animals appear 6% more often
* Taming animals is 6% quicker

## Trivia

* The Chimeratops is a play on chimera, which is a term referring to an animal composed of multiple distinct parts.
	+ The description plays on this and likens it to genetic science. The genetic science aspect may reference the *Jurassic Park* franchise, which is all about conjuring dinosaurs from modified DNA, as well as engineering new, sometimes dangerous hybrids.
	+ The Chimeratops is one of two animals based on the mythical Chimera, the other being the Chimera.

## Notes

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

The **Cyberstrich** is the twelfth ostrich in the game. It was first released as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 1 event.

## Appearance

The Cyberstrich has the usual ostrich look, but with grey pieces of metal around it, as well as wearing white, metal shoes. It has a white cannon with a blue hole on each of its sides.

## Description

*Careful! Could fall off parts when riding it.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Savannah 2 or greater.
* Purchase Season 1's Golden Trip.
	+ Given as the 25th 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 name "Cyberstrich" is a portmanteau of the words "cyber" and "ostrich".

## Notes

* The Cyberstrich was released in version 1.52 on the 7th of January 2022, as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 1 event.
* The description grammatically does not make sense, and is likely to be an example of Chinglish.
Big Animals

**Big animals** are animals which are classified as big 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 unaffected by seals sliding on ice and owls, and if the player uses any of those three animals to smash a big animal, the effect will be the same as running into a side wall or central rock on any animal. Usually, big animals can be defined as anything that can smash trees while on the ground by default (usually bigger than an owl).

## Indestructible Animals

Some animals are so big that nothing can smash them, even if the animal used to smash them can usually smash anything. There are only 2 of these animals currently in the game.

* Brontosauruses
* Chinese Dragons

## Trivia

* Outback is currently the only zone without a big animal.
* Olympus is the zone with the most big animal species, with five.

## Notes

* The polar bear was reclassified as big animal in version 1.7.1, most likely as a correction of an error.
Dinornithidae

The **Dinornithidae** is the sixteenth ostrich in the game. It was first released as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 14 event.

## Description

*It is one of the largest birds in the world, but is gradually becoming extinct due to habitat destruction and overcrowding.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Savannah 2 or greater.
* Ostrich tamed.
* Purchase Season 14's Golden Trip.
	+ Given as the 5th 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 Dinornithidae is a reference to its namesake the *Dinornithidae* order, an extinct group of flightless birds.
	+ The description states further information about *Dinornithidae*.
	+ Its appearance seems to resemble a phorusrhacid, or terror bird, rather than an actual moa bird.

## Notes

* The Dinornithidae was released in version 3.9.1 on the 14th of January 2024, as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 14 event.
Celebirdy

The **Celebirdy** is the second type of ostrich that the player can befriend in the game.

## Appearance

The Celebirdy is similar in appearance to a peafowl; in fact, it is commonly mistaken for a peacock. It is mostly blue, with a dark blue neck and mohawk and a light blue head and body. Its legs are coloured peach, and it wears bright red shoes. Its peacock-like appearance is given by its tail feathers, which fan out in a semicircle and are blue with three multi-coloured rings attached to three thick, green stems.

## Description

*A snippy snooty fancy prancy blue-blooded bird. It simply must hog all the attention.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Savannah 2 or greater.
* Ostrich tamed.
* Ride past 200m in Savannah.

**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.

## Trivia

* The Celebirdy is a play on a celebrity.
	+ It was possibly designed to look like a male peafowl, or a peacock, due to a peacock seeming as if they show off their looks, much like a celebrity. Its description also supports this.

## Notes

* The Celebirdy 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.
Class: Base

**Base animals** are animals which are the first normal species of that animal. They can only be found and befriended through normal play. They must be befriended before the player can build a habitat of the respective animal species and befriend the remaining animals of the respective species. They do not give any animal mastery XP, and are classified under tier 1. The full list of base animals is below.
Candicorn

The **Candicorn** is the third type of zebra.

## Appearance

The Candicorn is coloured with candy corn-like colours, namely white, yellow and orange however it has a pink gradient up from the belly and from the mane. Its body is striped vertically in these colours, while its legs are striped horizontally. Its nose is coloured yellow on the end and orange at the base. The Candicorn also has a cone shaped horn which resembles a real life piece of candy corn, coloured with thick bands of white, orange, red and yellow going down the horn, and is placed in a similar position to a unicorn's horn. Lastly, it has a tail which is coloured similarly to its body and has a black tip.

## Description

*Prime suspect in an increasing trend of lions with diabetes.*

## Requirements

* Zebra tamed.
* Ride past 1000m 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 1000m.

## Trivia

* The Candicorn is a dual reference to both candy corn, a popular Halloween snack, and a unicorn.
	+ The description is linked to this as candy corns are made of sugar, and as lions eat zebras in real life, if they ate too many Candicorns they would supposedly get diabetes.
* The Candicorn had a different description in version 0.1.0 in the soft launch. It was previously "Caused a sharp spike in diabetic lion numbers.".

## Notes

* The Candicorn 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.
Basketball Bug

The **Basketball Bug** is the third pillbug by order in the zoo.

## Appearance

The Basketball Bug is coloured leather orange with 8 brown hoops running horizontally across its body. Its overall body shape is rounder than that of the Pillbug. Its antennae is coloured a bright mint green, as are the soles of its red shoes which cover each of its legs. When the Basketball Bug is angry it curls up to form a basketball.

## Description

*Other insects tend to avoid the Basketball Bug because it always dribbles.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Garden 2 or greater.
* Pillbug 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 Basketball Bug

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

## Trivia

* The Basketball Bug is a play on a basketball, especially evident when the Basketball Bug is angry.
	+ The description pokes fun at this by making a pun, likening the disgust of dribbling saliva to dribbling in basketball.
	+ The Baby Basketball Bug's abilities relating to jumping reference how basketball players are required to jump high to be competitive, with most basketball players having incredible leap.

## Notes

* The Basketball Bug was released in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018 along with Garden and the first five Garden species.
* The Basketball Bug's name contained an error upon release in that it was spelt as "Bastketball" as opposed to the correct "Basketball". This was confirmed by the description saying "Basketball".
	+ This was corrected in version 1.15.1 on the 19th of April 2018.
Bridezilla

The **Bridezilla** is the fifth alligator that a player can befriend in the game.

## Appearance

The Bridezilla has the same shape as the Alligator, but with a dark olive, almost grey tone and with a pink-tinted white wedding gown. Around each of its front legs, is a pale pink beaded bracelet. Around the base of its neck it has a pale grey large-beaded necklace.

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Jungle 1 or greater.
* Alligator tamed.
* Ride past 2200m in Jungle (always found beside water).

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

## Baby Bridezilla

* Animals are 6% faster in water
* *Mating animals appear 1% more often (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Bridezilla is a direct play on a "bridezilla", a term for a bride who goes crazy over the fact that her wedding is 'her day' and needs to be perfect. The term itself is a play on a bride and Godzilla (or a lizard).
	+ The Baby Bridezilla's abilities that refer to mating play on this.
* The description is a pun on the word 'happiest'.
* The Bridezilla is the only alligator whose name does not play on either an alligator or a crocodile.

## Notes

* The Bridezilla 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 description, in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018, had "it is" change to "its", a change from a grammatically correct description to an incorrect one.
	+ This was corrected to "it's" in version 1.15.1 on the 19th of April 2018.
Cardinal Dragon

The **Cardinal Dragon** is the ninth Chinese dragon in the game. It was first released as a part of the 2021 Chinese New Year Event.

## Appearance

The Cardinal Dragon is coloured in various shade of red and yellow. It largely resembles a traditional Chinese dragon, with red-and-yellow striped horns curving away from each other on the top of its red and light orange head. Catfish-like whiskers sprout from each side of its nose, and a smaller striped horn is found just under each eye. The back of its dark maroon body is covered in a layer of scale-like black armor with thick gold edges, culminating on its head with two orange-and-gold flame-shaped decorations. Near the back of its body, it has maroon wings with golden lines throughout them, and the back end of its armor is decorated with a similar object as the head. Its stout legs are deep maroon, thinly striped with a slightly lighter red colour.

## Description

*With a fiery heart, Cardinal Dragon warms your life and disperses the haze.*

## Requirements

* Obtain in events:
	+ Purchase for 150 in the 2021 Chinese New Year Event.
	+ Purchase for 130 in the Fifth Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 280 in the 2022 Chinese New Year Event.
	+ Purchase for 200 in the Summer Party.
	+ Purchase for 300 in the Badge Shop.
		- Cardinal Dragon is tamed immediately upon purchase.
* Once obtained, ride past 800m 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 800m.

## Trivia

* The Cardinal Dragon's name may come from the a definition of the word "cardinal", which is "of utmost importance". Aside from this, the Cardinal Dragon lacks any tangible reference.
* The Cardinal Dragon was released with an affiliated hat, the General Cardinal.

## Notes

* The Cardinal Dragon was released in version 1.29.0 on the 27th of January 2021, however it was not obtainable until the 5th of February when the 2021 Chinese New Year Event began.

## References

1. ↑ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cardinal
Black Turtle

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

## Appearance

The Black Turtle has a completely black soft body, head, tail and flippers. Its shell is a lighter, bluer variant of black. Coiled around its shell is a red and white striped snake, in which its tail, head and most of its body are visible.

## Description

*One of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. Usually depicted as a turtle entwined together with a snake.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Olympus 5 or greater.
* Giant Turtle tamed.
* Turtle 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.

## Trivia

* The Black Turtle references the Black Turtle, or the Black Tortoise, one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. The description details this.
	+ The baby's ability relating to ice refers to the fact that the Black Tortoise represents the winter season in Chinese constellations.

## Notes

* The Black Turtle was released on the 17th of September 2017 in version 1.11.0 along with dragons, other turtles and hydras.
Battle Yak

The **Battle Yak** is the fifth yak in the stampede.

## Appearance

The Battle Yak lacks claws on its black feet, rather, it has a single claw protruding from both of its front feet. The Battle Yak has three main colours on its body, being brown, beige and black, arranged in layers. The back of the Battle Yak is black with many spikes jutting out at organised angles, and its black tail resembles a mace. A thin beige line separates its black back from the rest of its body, which is brown. Its head features horns which extend wider than usual and black hair which is tied up in knots with blue ties.

## Description

*Trained from birth to be a battle-hardened beast of war. Its milk tastes like victory.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Mountains 3 or greater.
* Yak tamed.
* Ride past 1800m 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 1800m.

## Baby Battle Yak

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

## Trivia

* The Battle Yak could possibly play on either "battle attack" or "battle tank", however neither possibility is supported by the description.
* Its appearance could be based on a Viking.
	+ The Battle Yak is one of three animals that have some kind of reference to Vikings, the other two being the Viking Goat and the Walrus Viking.
* The description includes cliche sayings about war and specifically about someone or something that will help a side win.

## Notes

* The Battle Yak was released in version 1.1.0 on the 26th of July 2016 along with Mountains and all other Mountains species.
* The Baby Battle Yak was bugged in version 1.27.2, appearing as completely cream white.
Bamboozled Panda

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

## Appearance

The Bamboozled Panda looks identical to the Panda, except its body is wrapped by a barrel-shaped costume that resembles a bamboo stalk, coloured green, with a yellow rim at both ends, and a lighter green rim wrapping around its abdomen which resembles a bamboo node. There are three bamboo leaves that sprout from the top left of the green rim, and from both of the Bamboozled Panda's ears. Its four limbs are also wrapped with four bamboo stalk-like sleeves.

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Great Wall 2 or greater.
* Panda tamed.
* Panda habitat upgraded to level 5 or higher.
* Ride past 1100m 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 1100m.

## Baby Bamboozled Panda

* Crates give 10% more coins
* Eating animals is 10% more effective

## Trivia

* The Bamboozled Panda plays on both bamboo, the food that pandas are renowned for eating, and the word 'bamboozled', meaning to be confused.
	+ The description reflects this, as well as referencing a panda's large appetite.
	+ The Baby Bamboozled Panda's ability of 'Eating animals is 10% more effective' also relates to this.

## Notes

* The Bamboozled Panda was released in version 1.22.0 on the 28th of January 2019 along with Great Wall and the first five Great Wall species.
Gnarlyak Tree

The **Gnarlyak Tree** is the fourth yak that can be found in the stampede.

## Appearance

The Gnarlyak Tree resembles a tree, with its legs, horns and face sporting a dark brown woody texture, being brown with darker wood grains running down each part. Its horns are shaped like branches, with three sub-branches and three small green leaves sprouting off each horn. The mop of hair on top of its head is green and resembles grass. Its fur is shaggy and the same shade of green with yellow-centred white flowers dotted around, looking like a bush of some sort.

## Description

*The gruffest, grumpiest mound of vegetation you'll ever meet.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Mountains 3 or greater.
* Yak tamed.
* 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.

## Trivia

* The Gnarlyak Tree is a play on a gnarly tree, a tree which is old and very twisted.
* The description plays on a yak's behavioural characteristics.

## Notes

* The Gnarlyak Tree was released in version 1.1.0 on the 26th of July 2016 along with Mountains and all other Mountains species.
* The Baby Gnarlyak Tree was bugged in version 1.27.2, appearing as completely cream white.
Cooked Crab

The **Cooked Crab** is the second crab in the game.

## Appearance

The Cooked Crab has a similar body to the Crab, albeit being coloured avocado green, also having little spikes popping out of the body. Its square eyes are coloured light blue. It has eight legs that have a teal gradient toward the tips. Its large pincers have two parts with different colours. The upper part is embodied with a black tone, whilst the lower part is grey at the bottom fading to pink.

## Description

*Has immaculate hygiene, despite popular opinion.*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Crab 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.

## Baby Cooked Crab

* Lasso shrinks 6% slower
* *Oxygen depletes 1% slower (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Cooked Crab's appearance is based on a blue crab, specifically, an uncooked one. The blue crab is one of the most widely consumed and fished sea creatures, being around 20% of the American national harvest weight.
* The description is a joke on how crabs are seen as "biblically unclean" in Jewish law, and thus cannot be cooked or eaten by Jewish people.

## Notes

* The Cooked Crab 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callinectes\_sapidus#Atlantic\_Coast
2. ↑ https://www.remnantwichita.org/biblically-clean-unclean-foods/
Butterfry

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

## Appearance

The Butterfry has a bright yellow body completely lacking separate sections, as it is a stick of butter, and a proboscis also made of butter. It has two antennae made of bacon, and two wings made of partial heart-shaped sunny side-up eggs. It has six legs, with a dark brown to light brown gradient. The edge of its wings also has this gradient, possibly mimicking the crust of toast.

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Garden 6 or greater.
* Butterfly tamed.
* Butterfly habitat upgraded to level 2 or higher.
* Ride past 1200m in Garden.

**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 1200m.

## Baby Butterfry

* Ridden animals are 7% slower
* Flying animals swoop 3% slower

## Trivia

* The Butterfry is a play on a fried breakfast, hence the name "Butterfry".
	+ The description is a reference to the spread brand I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!.

## Notes

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

The **Bald Eagle** is the first eagle that can be found in the stampede.

## Appearance

The Bald Eagle resembles a real-life bald eagle. It has very long wings and flaps majestically with ease and fluidity, unlike other flying animals. Its wings are dark brown, and it has a small bald white head with an equally small yellow beak. Additionally, it has dark brown legs and yellow feet.

## Description

*Bird of prey, wingspan up to 2.3m. Likes high perches, feeds mainly on patriotism. Not actually bald, just ageing gracefully.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Mountains 4 or greater.
* Ride in Mountains (found perched on rocks either in the centre or off the side of a cliff).

## Trivia

* The Bald Eagle is based on a real-life bald eagle.
* The description references a bald eagle's real-life behaviour and characteristics, its in-game location of where eagles are situated and the fact that the bald eagle is an American national icon. It also jokes about a bald eagle's lack of hair.
* The Baby Bald Eagle's ability reflects its in-game and real-life abilities.
* The Bald Eagle's noises in game are actually from a red-tailed hawk rather than a bald eagle, who have rather tame cries in reality.

## Notes

* The Bald Eagle was released in version 1.1.0 on the 26th of July 2016 along with Mountains and all other Mountains species.
Dande Lion

The **Dande Lion** is the second lion in the order shown in the Sky Zoo.

## Appearance

The Dande Lion, true to its name, appears to have been inspired by an actual dandelion. Its face appears identical to the Lion's, only with a lighter coloured nose, fading into its beige face colouration. However, while the general body structure is also the same, some of the Dande Lion's features and most of its colours differ. Its body is coloured a bottle green, with a gradient fading to yellow towards its limbs and then white at its paws. Its mane appears to be based on a flower, with eight "petals" streaking backward. All of them are grey, fading to greyish lavender towards the ends. The stalk of its tail follows the same gradient. The end of its tail is yellow, fading to orange at the edges. The Dande Lion also possesses three stalks just behind the mane, with the same gradient as the tail, albeit with desaturated colours. The stalks have solid yellow cubes at the ends.

## Description

*The world's rarest and most feared carnivorous plant. Don't get too close, this ain't no pussywillow.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Savannah 5 or greater.
* Lion tamed.
* Ride past 1400m in Savannah.

**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 1400m.

## Trivia

* The name "Dande Lion" is a pun on a dandelion.
	+ Pussywillow, a term used in the description, is a plant known for its furry or cute appearance. Such comparisons further the plant-inspired nature of the Dande Lion, especially how the lion is a type of cat and a dandelion is a plant.
	+ The Baby Dande Lion's ability where mating animals appear 6% more often plays on the dandelion being a flower, with flowers commonly being associated with love and hence mating, and the fact that dandelion can spread their seeds around without the need of insect interaction.
* The stalks and the cubes resting on the ends of them, behind the Dande Lion's mane, appear to have been modelled in such a way that it is the inside of the cubes that are shown, rather than the outside.

## Notes

* The Dande Lion 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.
African Elephant

The **African Elephant** is the first elephant that the player can befriend in the game.

## Appearance

The African Elephant is similar to a real African Elephant in appearance with grey skin, two large white tusks, large grey ears on each side of its head, four stumpy grey legs and a thin grey tail.

## Description

*Weighing in up to 7000kg, Elephants are the largest terrestrial mammals. They plough through trees with ease.*

## Requirements

* Cape Buffalo and Zebra tamed.
* Ride in Savannah.

## Trivia

* The African Elephant is based on the real-life African Elephant.
* The description is a reference to the African Elephant and all other elephants' behaviour in game, as well as facts about the real life African elephant.
	+ The African Elephant had a different description in version 0.1.0 in the soft launch. It was previously "Elephants are the best way to go if you need something smashed".

## Notes

* The African Elephant 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 contains an error in which "Elephants" is incorrectly capitalised.
Ankylosaurobot

The **Ankylosaurobot** is the ninth ankylosaurus in the game. It was first released as part of the Dreamy Trip Season 10 event.

## Appearance

The Ankylosaurobot has a similar body shape to the Ankylosaurus, and its colour is grey which is visible on its neck and legs. Its face is covered with a dark gunmetal mask which is enveloped by a grey armour from the face's base and loops around its red-and-yellow eyes and finally ends in a sharp spike at the nose. The Ankylosaurobot wears a dark gunmetal armour with a thin yellow line on the upper part of the armour, and spikes that line either side at the seam of its upper armour and softer underside. Its tail is also lined with spikes with a spiked club at the end. The Ankylosaurobot 's most notable feature is the huge disc that lies on its back which is white fading to light grey on the edges and decorated with blue lines, centred by a large spike and surrounded by eight smaller spikes.

## Description

*Its armor offers maximum defence and impressive offence.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Jurassic 4 or greater.
* Dimetrodon tamed.
* Purchase Season 10's Golden Trip.
	+ Given as the 20th reward in the Golden Trip.
* Once obtained, ride past 2000m 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 2000m.

## Trivia

* The Ankylosaurobot's name is a portmanteau of 'ankylosaurus' and 'robot'.
* The description has a contrast in spelling, where 'armor' is spelled in American English, while 'defence' and 'offence' are spelled in British English.

## Notes

* The Ankylosaurobot was released in version 2.20.0 on the 24th of May 2023, as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 10 event.
* The Ankylosaurobot, like the Brobotsaurus and Dimechadon, is currently bugged so that it can be found in a similar manner to regular animals once the ankylosaurus habitat is upgraded to level 9. This is likely due to its code being copied directly from the last ankylosaurus in the species, the Dankylosaurus, which is also found after upgrading the habitat to level 9.
Dark Pegasus

The **Dark Pegasus** is the ninth pegasus in the game. It is a boss animal. In order to tame it, the player must complete a minigame. After taming, it will then be able to be found in the stampede permanently. The minigame can only be attempted and completed during a limited time event.

## Appearance

The Dark Pegasus is a charcoal-coloured variant of the Pegasus, with a light purple nose, wingtips and tail. Its body features numerous pieces of ash-purple-coloured plating, on the outside of its hooves, on each side of its face, curling around its eyes, and on the front edge of its wings, each of which featuring a jagged, sharp design. Its mane is a light purple, as is its horns, dagger-like in appearance, with two sharp points sticking out either side, and jutting towards the centre. The horns levitate a light purple crystal, which additionally emanates a purple light with sparkles. Finally, its eyes are coloured white with purple outsides, compared to the usual black with white outsides.

## Description

*Going through darkness, this pegasus turns itself into black.*

## Requirements

* Olympus 1 unlocked.
* Obtain in events:
	+ Purchase for 230 in the Fifth Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 200 in the Summer Party.
	+ Purchase for 300 in the Badge Shop.
		- Dark Pegasus is tamed immediately upon purchase.
	+ Complete Dark Pegasus boss mission in the 2020 Chinese New Year Event and Fourth Anniversary Event (tips for completion are below).
* To be found in the stampede: Once obtained, 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.

## Tips for Boss Mission

The Dark Pegasus boss mission is fairly simple. The player is faced with rows of pillars, structures and trees, although none of them are particularly hard to dodge. The Dark Pegasus itself glides for much longer than usual, meaning that the player’s only major concern that is different in this mission is watching the height of the Dark Pegasus to avoid landing on a low pillar or smashing into an overhanging structure. Apart from this, the player should keep a steady hand when the Dark Pegasus is on the ground to prevent any collisions with obstacles.

## Baby Dark Pegasus

* Taming animals is 10% quicker
* Rare animals appear 12% more often
* Mating animals appear 12% more often

## Trivia

* The Dark Pegasus appears to be based on general dark pegasi in fictional popular culture, rather than a specific dark pegasus. Dark pegasi in fictional culture are generally portrayed to be mysterious, magical, powerful and unnerving.

## Notes

* The Dark Pegasus was released in version 1.26.0 on the 15th of January 2020, as a part of the 2020 Chinese New Year Event.
* The Baby Dark Pegasus was removed from the game temporarily at an unknown date. This is likely to have been a bug.
	+ It was re-added in version 2.8.0 on the 19th of September 2022.
Awaken the Beast

**Awaken the Beast** is an event that started on the 1st of March 2022, and ended on the 19th of March. It is a collab with ARBS (Animal Revolt Battle Simulator), another game published by Rodeo Stampede publishers Yodo1 Games.

## About

In this event, the player had to choose one of the followings:

* GhorHammer
* Hellhound
* Coward Cole Costume
* Minotaur Costume
* Kozarog Costume

The format of this event is exactly similar to the Find Your Buddy event. After choosing one of the options above, the player will own the chosen reward. The reward will stay with them for 3 days, where they will complete the tasks, found below, to receive the reward permanently. 300  had to be collected in order to receive the reward. If the player fails to collect 300  within the 3 day limit, the reward will be removed from the player's possession and will have to reselect the same/another reward, where the 3 days timer will start again.

## Tips

* Earning a reward can be done in 2 days. Normally completing all tasks gives you 100 . If you complete all tasks and watch the 5 ads (each which give 10 ), the player will receive 150 , making it feasible to earn the reward in 2 days.
* It is favourable to choose one of the animals as the first reward to obtain. Getting animals is much necessary for your zoo progression.

## Notes

* The ARBRex was released during this event too as a free reward if the player owns Jurassic.
Clown Zebra

The **Clown Zebra** is the thirteenth zebra in the game. It was first released as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 3 event.

## Appearance

The Clown Zebra resembles a clownfish, with orange and white stripes, separated by thin black lines. Its mane is more clownfish-like too, featuring a thick black border at the top. Small fins can be found on either side of its body, while its tail resembles a fish's caudal fin.

## Description

*Circus trainers don't know what to feed us.*

## Requirements

* Purchase Season 3's Golden Trip.
	+ Given as the 5th 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 Clown Zebra plays on a clownfish.
	+ The description makes multiple jokes on this, referencing how clowns are part of a circus as well as how clownfish and zebras, the two animals the Clown Zebra is a hybrid of, have very different diets.

## Notes

* The Clown Zebra 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 Clown Zebra had an error in its name where "zebra" was not capitalised.
	+ This was corrected in version 2.3.0 on the 16th of June 2022.