Our current populist PM discussed Ukrainian war with his pet rooster very recently.

Beautiful representation of Ireland I think.

Sero, the baby zebra who escaped the zoo due to its tantrums

Idk if it's iconic but this is One horned rhino chilling around im the streets of Sauraha, Nepal.

Cherie Blair is said to have disliked Humphrey the cat and so she had to pose with him in an attempt to dispel the rumours! Cherie looks like a fan right? There is an other pic where he was posed with the days newspapers to show he was alive as he'd been sent away.

Possum in Aussie bakery too full to move.

Big fan of this bear that wandered into the city hall in South Lake Tahoe, CA a few years ago. This is what happens when you put a bear on your state flag

What's the parrot holding you may ask

Welp, he is holding someone's bike keys, and said person recorded the bird hanging in a fence while he of course couldn't start his bike or reach it.

The snowy owl is Quebec’s national animal. This one happened to fly by a highway camera.

Although not an Australian animal, this iconic image of a mother giraffe kissing her baby was taken at Perth Zoo in Western Australia. I still see it a lot in posters or on cards, anything that’s mother/child related really.

Moodeng the hippo’s childhood pic. She’s now a big girl who still lives with her mama.

Frog on a NASA launch pad, 2013

I don't think this is the one that went super viral a few years ago but close enough.

Firie giving a koala some water in the 2009 fires. I remember this photo being all over the news.

Harambe.

Hamish the crabbit scottish deer.

Surprised the Dutch haven’t posted their mascot, the de-identified thieving bird.

Roger, the totally ripped red kangaroo

Stepan.

Dolly the cloned sheep.

During a durability display of the Wuppertaler Schwebebahn the elephant Tuffi panicked, smashed through the window and fell into the Wupper.

It survived with light injuries.

President with his dog.

This raccoon broke into a VA liquor store and got drunk on rum, moonshine and peanut butter liquor before passing out in the bathroom.

Not a known picture, but my most favorite nonetheless. Baby gorilla squaring up with a mantled guereza in the Prague zoo.

Romania joined Schengen: the first one to cross the border with Hungary was a stray dog. Both Romanian and Hungarian police officers clapped

During a visit by the Pope in Mexico, this little doggo went ahead and walked along the parade route, so of course people cheered for him like he was the pope.