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Memphis metro is way over a million plus, and I've regularly seen wild coyotes, lizards, snakes, reptiles and amphibians galore, vultures, beaver, bats, red and silver foxes, various birds of prey, a bobcat once, untold numbers of racoons, deer, squirrels, possums, armadillos, blues herons and all sorts of wild fowl, in developed and inhabited areas well inside the city limits. Bear and wild boar aren't unheard of, I've just not seen them in the city. Wolves are essentially extinct although a small pack of red wolves was introduced into the Smokies. And since there is a world class zoo a few miles from my house, I get to see polar bears, seals, rhinos, pandas, wolves, komodos, big cats, bonobos, and all sorts of animals that would never come to visit in the country. And it is much quieter and more private in the city, as I noted in another thread on this topic.
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