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.

Capybaras! They are so chill

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.

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

Brontosaurus

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.

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

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

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Giant ground sloths

Needless to say, raccoons (in Southern Europe).

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.

capybara

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

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:

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

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

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

Chameleon

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

Gimme da Red Panda

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Polar bears. It would be hilarious.

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

Dodo bird.

Tarantulas. We don't have any.

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

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

Platypus would be cool, or African land snails

but it's the EPA

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.

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

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

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.

Cane toads.

Hedgehogs. Damn cute and eat slugs and snails.

Nutrias. Oh wait, they're already here!

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

parrots

very jealous of Australia

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Velociraptors

Idk