Animals . Some are amazing / majestic / lovely . Some are disgusting / terrific / evil . This year , the San Diego Zoo is celebrate its hundredth year of being home to both form , so we decided we ’d do you the favor of rank the beast from worst to best . We considered everything from survivability , likeability , skills that perimeter on superpower ( e.g. the power to bring forth a Modern tail after the other one ’s been sever ) , and more .
( Also , though the Safari Park ’s animals have their own salutary and spoiled qualities , it did n’t open until 1972 , and since we ’re celebrating thecentennial , those animate being wo n’t make an show on this list . )
131. Dung beetle
Dung mallet savour drop time outdoors ( looking for poop ) , try out new eating place ( where they serve poop ) , guess about their life ’s function ( to eat the skinny and lie egg in ninny ) , and crocheting .
130. Tarantula and 129. Spider
wanderer are pure evil . From the way they kill their prey ( by trapping it , throw up digestive fluid on it , and watch it die ) , to the fact that they have eight legs and more than two eyes , every spider everywhere should be belt down lento and deliberately , one shoe thrown across the room at a metre . challenger ?
128. Scorpions
They ’re heavy survivors , unluckily .
127. Caecilian
It ’s like if a snake and an earthworm had a baby , and that baby came out unsighted with tentacles .
126. Naked mole rat
Its dating profile would be something like : " I wish to eat the skinny . I ’m blind . And I ca n’t go out with you because there ’s a queen in my settlement that ’s get her eye on me ( she ’s pose her optic on a bunch of other fellow , too , it ’s kind of a bummer ) . But I will always bed you . "
125. Tasmanian devil
Worst dinner party party guests ever . They had an terrible puerility ( there were 50 of them , only four endure , yada yada ) , they scream when they consume and seldom close up their lip , they reek , eat off of other people ’s plates … they ’re never being ask in over again .
124. Rattlesnake
Biting San Diego house cats and hikers since … always .
123. Kingsnake
These reptiles also dwell in San Diego , sadly .
122. Giant African millipede
I ’m …
121. Beetle
dark …
120. and 119. Both kinds of stick bugs
but …
118. Ant
insects …
117. Ladybug
are …
116. Bees
… boring and repellent .
115. Hyena
Vile .
114. Butterfly
Pretty ? Yes . Worth meander around the menagerie look for ? Absolutely not .
113. Hummingbird
See No . 114 .
112. Raccoon
Total jerks .
111. Lizards and 110. Salamanders
Ick .
109. Toads and 108. Frogs
frog are expert , in display case you were inquire ( which you probably were n’t ) .
107. Iguana
They have fantabulous sight , which helps them detect predators at great distances . What ’s more amazing is that anything would in reality want to eat this foul creature .
106. Bowerbird
If you ’re in the grocery for an intricate nest of sticks that took perpetually to build , the bowerbird ’s nest … AREN’T FOR SALE . What ’s wrong with you ? !
105. Bali myna
It ’s Bali ’s official bird , annnnd that ’s pretty much all it has going for it .
104-100. Kingfisher/Laughing kookaburra/Cockatoo/Ibis/Pelican
More razz …
99-95. Parrot/Secretary bird/Gouldian finch/Sociable weaver/Lorikeet
… we do n’t care about .
94-90. Stork/Kagu/Hornbill/Toucan/Macaw
You get it .
89. Kiwi
He ’s the bird that ’s farthest aside from being a bird . Therefore , we like him the expert .
88. Gila monster
Poor matter . They ’re fromArizona .
87. Goat and 86. Sheep
" lease ’s go find the Goat and sheep ! ! ! ! ! " said no zoo - departer ever .
85. Wild cattle/Buffalo
See logic from Nos . 86 - 87 .
84. Prairie dog
Yawn .
83. Pronghorn
You make out the classic tune : " Home , home on the range . Where the cervid and the antelope play " ? It was about these " American antelope . " You ’re welcome .
82. Mountain lion
Professional tenting - stumble ruiners .
81. Antelope
So they ’re like cervid , but slimly unlike . And … they ’re brown . And … *falls asleep * .
80. Peacock
Way too into themselves .
79. California condor and 78. Andean condor
These scavengers poop on their own legs to cool themselves down and NO YOU SHOULD NOT taste IT .
77. Komodo dragon
They ’re the man ’s largest lizard … They ’re anthropophagite … They ’re flying dragon that do n’t breathe fire … Not into it .
76. Warthog
Eh .
75. Coconut crab
monumental , which makes them terrific . But they also wax trees and pick and eat coconuts , which is kind of bad - fundament .
74. Bird-of-paradise
The adult male have the most awe-inspiring colored feathering , which they fashion into expansile fans , perverted wires , air conditioner , refrigerators , malleus , and … ( JK , only the first two things ) .
73. Boa
Final form : B+ . Marks against it for being non - toxicant , and pooping on us at that natal day political party that one clock time .
72. Python
She ’s not a instrumentalist . She just crush ( still - living animals ) a sight .
71. Anaconda
During mating season , sometimes two to 12 male anacondas will strain to mate with one distaff anacondaat the same time , resulting in a " breeding lump , " and it ’s the stuff of nightmares .
70. Flamingo
They can stand on one leg for eternity , and we can only do it for like three minutes , so prop .
69. Camel
They ’re notspittingon you . Oh , no , no , no . They’rethrowing up on you …
68. Guanaco
These South American llama do n’t necessitate to salute any water , which is a pretty ready to hand superpower .
67. Okapi
These relatives of the giraffedoneed to drink water , and they have to splay their leg to reach the priming to get it , which seems haywire , evolutionarily speaking .
66. Binturong
Meh .
65. Singing dog
doubled meh .
64. Takin
A national treasure of China , this wildebeest / sheep mix seems oh - so - knowing , like if it opened its lip , it would be to separate you the secrets of the universe . Or the exact Clarence Shepard Day Jr. and manner in which you will decease … which would not be as nerveless , obviously .
63. Galápagos tortoise and 62. African spurred tortoise
You would have a hard metre wear out of your shell , too , if it wereattached to your spine .
61. Rock hyrax
Weird .
60. Giant anteater
give thanks you for all that you do .
59. Tapir
It ’s olfactory organ and upper lip are fuse . Not exactly model material .
58. Wombat
underrate .
57. Kangaroo
Underwhelming .
56. Honey badger
Honey badger do n’t care . Honey badger do n’t even care that ’s he ’s had over 78 million views of his breakout video on YouTube . Honey Wisconsinite ’s too good for that sh*t .
55. Harpy eagle
look like it ’s going to peck your eyes out at any moment .
54. Crowned eagle
See No . 55 .
53. Steller’s sea eagle
She ’s the heaviest bonk bird of Jove , which is probbabbbbbly because she really overdid it during that last salmon run …
52. King cobra
Rebellious … life-threatening … snake in the grass peeress , stay away .
51. Echidna
" Echidna ! " " Gesundheit ! "
50. Kinkajou
Adorable .
49. Serval
People have been cognise to breed them with domesticated cats to make savanna cats to keep as pets . We have feeling about this .
48. Fossa
Has multiple public figure but prefer to be called " fossa , " because its scientific name means " hidden anus . "
47. Tree pangolin
It ’s pointy , nocturnal , and want to be leave alone . Like a scaly Edward Scissorhands .
46. Fennec fox
Ears on ear on ears …
45. Meerkat
Meerkat animation is basically an underground version ofThe Godfather . But alternatively of shoot each other with political machine guns , these warring familiesrunat each other to the death , which seems unsound somehow …
44. Mangabey
The female person ’s buttocks swell when she ’s ready to breed . So there ’s that .
43. Colobus
summation : he ’s rocking the permanent - tuxedo thing . Minuses : he does n’t have any thumbs , and we eff we ’d be lost without ours , so …
42. Spider monkey
Again with the lack of thumb …
41. Lynx
Three words : epic cat beard .
40. Armadillo
Pluses : it has one of the coolest means of equivocation around ( rolling away from its predatory animal ) . minus : it await like a breakwater shoved into a waffle strobilus .
39. Sloth
A tree sloth can eat , sleep , Ilex paraguariensis , and give giving birth upside down . This clotheshorse is n’t lazy . He ’s crazy - talented .
38. Mandrill
… aka " rainbow ass . "
37-35. Langur/Macaque/Siamang
Other members of the opposable quarter round club .
34. Fishing cat
It rap its paw on the piss to simulate insect movement to pull in Pisces , which shows A ) how cunning it is , and B ) how stupid Pisces are .
33. African penguins
Their coat are oh - so - stylish , a classical black - and - white that will never go out of stylus . But their timeless manner sense is offset by a major fault : these South African birds bray like a donkey , and it’sawful .
32. Maned wolf
Their pee smell so much like pot that the Rotterdam Zoo once scream in police to hear and whiff out a grass smoker . So next meter you get take hold of smoke weed in a public place , just blame it on the maned Hugo Wolf .
31. Gray wolf
What it lacks in colour , it makes up for in everything else .
30. Amur leopard
They ’re not from the Sahara , they ’re from the Russian far east , and they ’d appreciate it if you ’d retard your stereotypes .
29. Guenon
At the Zoo , these guys are roommates with otters , and when they play together , it ’s the best showing . Hands down .
28. Reindeer
What ’s the divergence between a caribou and a Greenland caribou ? One was rosy enough to be admit in Christmas folklore . Also , how about those antlers ? ! They ’re like a os nest covered in pelt that fall off and grow back every year . What isthatabout ? ! ? !
27. Aye-aye
You ’ll credibly never see one of these lemur , because they ’re nocturnal . But that might be a good matter , because in Madagascar , they ’re deliberate to bea symbolisation of death .
26. Hedgehog
kink up into itself , it wait like a far more adorable ocean urchin . And actually , hedgehogs were called " urchin " at one point , breathe in the name of the spiky ocean creature . You have been learned .
25. Ring-tailed lemur
And the good tail award goes to …
24. Red-collared lemur
And the best pinch award blend in to ( we do n’t want him to feel leave out ) …
23-21. Jaguar/Leopard/Ocelot
path too nerveless to be cats .
20. Crocodile
So old .
19. Andean spectacled bear and 18. Sloth bear
mechanically cool because they ’re bears .
17. Orangutan
Introspective . While the chimp is at the bars on a Friday nighttime , the orangutang is at home watching rerun of Oprah’sSuperSoul Sunday .
16. Brown bear
Icon .
15. Capybara
capibara are like the frisson , sound - look ambassadors of the rodent world . We need to at the same time hug the capybara and take him if he ’ll be on our trivia team . He is an all - star .
14. Otter
Playas gon na flirt ( by build slides on river out of mud , not by two - timing their meaning others and such ) .
13. Hippo
A group of hippos can be call a " bloat , " a " pod , " or a " siege . " Why you would call them a " bloat " or a " pod " when you could call them a " besieging " is beyond us .
12. Sun bear
The bib around their necks , legend says , symbolise the uprise Lord’s Day . Animals with legends > animals without legend .
11. Pygmy marmoset
Too . Much . prettiness . You should probablywatch this video .
10. Giraffe
Impractical AF . We love them , anyway .
9. Lion
Legend has it that in 1916 , when San Diego Zoo beginner Dr. Harry Wegeforth was lapse by , he " get word the roar of cage in lions that were a part of the 1915 - 1916 Panama - California Exposition , and decided then and there that San Diego was quick for a zoo and convinced the urban center to follow his lead " ( germ ) . Would there be a menagerie without these very famed , very majestic animals ? Who knows .
8. Tiger
" Terrible Tigers " or " Pink Flamingos . " Whose kindergarten soccer squad would you rather be on ?
7. Koala
Koalas are cute , but they make some seriously poor life choices . They feed in their small fry poop , they ’re asleep almost all the metre ( show some more ambition , please ? ) , and when they actually are awake , there ’s a good hazard they ’re seeking out carnal romance with some hot kangaroo bear in the next tree over , but they do n’t practice protective cover . Koalas are riddled with chlamydia ! ( Up to 90 % infection rate in some areas of Australia ) . So yes , native bear are precious . They ’re also misguided .
6. Polar bear
They evolved 1 - 3 million years ago , and now they ’re in serious danger of going out due to global warming.*Sobs * * Proceeds to eat intact bathing tub of ice emollient *
5. Gorilla
A temper tantrum never look so good .
4. Giant panda
They ’d be gamey on this list if they were n’t so bad at being animals . First , they have no stake in mating . Second , they ’re stock all the fourth dimension because their food source ( bamboo ) is lame and nutritionally inferior . Get it together , Bai Yun . We want you around for awhile .
3. Bonobo
They ’re our closest congeneric ( along with the chimpanzee ) , and unlike us , they ’re really , really nice . They ’ve evolved to head off conflict at all costs , and are thought to be skilful Good Samaritans than humans , doing random acts of kindness , etc . Thanks for take a leak us look bad .
2. Elephant
Just lumbering around for trillion of years test how much good ( and wise ) they are than us .
1. Red panda
Like a hybridization between a fox , a racoon , and a bear , the cerise panda ’s prettiness know no bounds . Even its defense mechanics – standing on its hind leg to look intimidating – is adorable . They ’re terrible at surviving , but hey , nobody ’s complete . We like you just the fashion you are , red panda . Never vary .
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