The contest was dreamed up by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, which modeled it after Alaska's Fat Bear Week competition.

The bear walked into the zoo from the surrounding Sequoia Park, a 60-acre forested area home to a variety of wildlife.

Some believe the incidents are just the antics of animals that are partly curious and partly annoyed at the encroachment on their territory.

At first, the shark let him go to chase a nearby seal. Then the seal came back, using the surfer as a diversion.

The woman had lived at the same property for 20 years and had never seen an alligator in her backyard before.

He had been surfing a few hundred feet from the shore when his friends saw both him and his board disappear underwater.

A woman was with her family when the restaurant manager pointed out the rare sighting in the marina nearby.

An alligator wrangler who happened to be visiting Pennsylvania from Florida took the situation into his own hands.

New Jersey Police later said that the 26-foot whale had charged the motorboat. The whale died shortly after.

If you live in the Southwestern United States, look out, because you might see one of these prowlers crossing the road.