10 Unusual Animals That Roam Across America

The colorful painted bunting lives along the Gulf Coast and in North Carolina and northern Florida. 

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Painted Bunting

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Fur farmers brought coypu's to the U.S. without knowing the damage they would cause to ditches and levees.

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Nutria

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Besides fruits, certain plants, and insects, coatis have been observed to eat frogs, tiny reptiles, birds, and bird eggs.

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Coatimundi

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The beautiful crested caracara, a falcon, lives in southern Texas, Arizona, and Florida. These vicious birds of prey will eat almost anything they can grasp and carry.

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Crested Caracara

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The komodo dragon and gila monster both use poison to kill and eat their prey.

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Gila Monster

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Wisconsin has reported many sightings of Chinese freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii.

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Craspedacusta sowerbii

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The black spiny tailed iguana, a Central American invader, is one of Florida's strangest and most dangerous species. 

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Black Spiny Tailed Iguana

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New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona residents have seen jaguars north of the border, but Americans are more accustomed with bobcats and mountain lions.

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Jaguars

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They can be found as far north as Mississippi, with historic ranges extending into Nebraska, Illinois, and other states.

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Alligator gar

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There are enough similarities to classify it with fish, but enough differences to make it seem like an evolutionary oddball.

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Lampreys

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