What non-native animal would you really really really like to introduce into your local habitat ?

polar bears. it's the only animal that likes to eat people. daily life is just too safe and dull.

Without taking into account the environmental impact and viability: Sicilian dwarf elephants. Come on, 1m short elephants, hairier (i.e. fluffier) than their African and Asian counterparts? I want it!

Bonus points: capybaras are native where I live, and a common occurrence in parks. Now imagine those small elephants, plus some capybaras: chilling under the grey sky, taking a bath in the lake in warmer days, gathering together in colder days... come on, it's cuteness overload!

I would love to have a pet capybara, so a local source of wild capybaras would be cool. Also some orangutans. I'm in Utah, so it should probably be fine.

It would be awesome to get woolly mammoths back in the Alps.

Squirrels.

Grew up in Chicago, currently in Phoenix. I miss squirrels.

All the lizards are pretty cool though. They're like desert squirrels.

In Minnesota... bison. Because it was their native habitat before we killed them all, and because watching jackasses in cars trying to negotiate with 1500lb bison everywhere would be hilarious.

Capybaras! They are so chill

Brontosaurus

I just moved from a place with raccoons to somewhere without them and I miss them. So raccoons. They're funny as fuck.

Fireflies. I could sit on a porch watching fireflies every night of my life

Zebras seem cool. I don't think Texas has any zebras. They can hang out with the horses...? (Idk if they actually get along.)

And giraffes! I want a giraffe to come hang out in my yard and eat some tall leaves.

None. We're still dealing with many other instances of people thinking it's a good idea...

Leopards. There's some faces that need eating here.

Beaver. Always beaver.

Australia is mostly degraded, channelised shallow creeks and erosion problems. Bam, beaver does all the work for us.

Can beavers survive in the subtropics?

Needless to say, raccoons (in Southern Europe).

Giant ground sloths

capybara

Kangaroo. I'm sure they'd thrive and be a pain in the ass but they look cool.

Monkeys. Several species, but specifically pygmy marmosets. What I really want is Borrowers, but since the scientific community refuses to focus research on the actually important things, it feels unlikely in my lifetime. So pygmy marmosets. I want to walk onto my porch, and a troop of teeny little monkeys is chilling out there, living their best lives.

Hedgehogs. They're hilarious

We don't have enough apes in northern europe

Pangolins! I'm not sure how well they'd survive in Texas, but if they find fire ants tasty, they might be able to make a dent in the population (they're invasive themselves). Also, being present on another continent might help ensure their survival, especially the species currently critically endangered.

Edit: if they don't have to be extant, then troodontids! They were supposedly smart little raptors. I bet they'd make great pets c:

Here in RI, I will take some of those Japanese Snow Monkeys, and a bunch of Tanuki as well.

Am from tropical zone so stumble upon capybara will be nice. Though we already have tapir and that creature is rare as heck.

Tyrannosaurus rex

Easy, I'm on vacation around the New Jersey area. Release the Candiru fish. Use your fucking turn signals ass hats.

Koalas. Or maybe sloths. I’d love to see either climbing the trees when I go to the park.

Chameleon

Gimme da Red Panda

Just for fun : frogs. I love frogs croaking after the rain. Music to my ears. More frogs please. A lot more.

They're not anywhere near my favorite animal, but if dolphins could survive in freshwater, it would be interesting to hear about all the interactions people have with them near me considering people have re-learned they have a language, even if it's more like 50,000-BCE-human-levels of communication. If any were integrated, I wouldn't mind going the extra mile to treat them as anyone else and anticipate them showing up.

Kukaburra, what a great call. Second only to the haunting loon call.

Honestly foxes. They are so fun to photograph and there are none on Vancouver Island.

Somehow we can get the red panda to replace the raccoon. This is my wish.

Polar bears. It would be hilarious.

Cassowary. Giant dinosaur bird that will lunge at you get first with razor sharp talons. But looks cool and prehistoric. One of the few creatures that terrify zoo keepers as they are smart enough to be evil but not smart enough to be tamed

Some predator that hunts people that you could escape from easily if you're moderately intelligent. We need to bring back natural selection with a vengeance. Maybe wolves.

Pretending that they’d have a good life here: koalas and elephants.

Tarantulas. We don't have any.

Raccoons! I can't believe we don't already have them here!!

Platypus would be cool, or African land snails

Dodo bird.

Giant land snails!! They're soooo sooooo cuttteeee, but also unfortunately sooo destructive here.

but it's the EPA

vegas local wishing for native capybara herd to invade peoples pools and live in the tunnels. i saw its legal to have them as pets here (someone on vegas reddit posted some at a park) but they are very social animals so its kinda messed up to only have 1

Hedgehogs or stoats. They're delightful little critters in their own ways I love them both

red pandas.

also pandas.

samoyeds too.

cockatiels, elephant seals, blue whales and giant squids aren't bad either.

I need sloths, hummingbirds, monarch butterflies, raccoons and orang utans in my life, please.

Cane toads.

Nutrias. Oh wait, they're already here!

Small fluffy mammals of any kind are always fun. Pangolins or Armadillos though would be fun.

They're not non-native, but I'd love to introduce more mountain lions if they could be adapted to this sprawl. There's way too many deer and feral cats around here.

Humans! ..... oh no wait ... we already did that one

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Hedgehogs. Damn cute and eat slugs and snails.

Velociraptors

Idk