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When wild animals take to the golf course
By Jack Bantock, CNN
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4:32 AM EST, Tue November 7, 2023
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Pig-like javelina (also known as collared peccary or musk hog), have been ravaging the turf Seven Canyons golf club in Arizona in search of food. But they're not the only animals to have taken an interest in golf . Scroll through the photo gallery to see wild animals on the world's golf courses.
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After heavy flooding in the 1990s, six bull sharks crossed over from a nearby river into a lake at Carbrook Golf Club in Queensland, Australia, and remained at the course for almost 20 years.
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An alligator crosses the sixth green during a practice round prior to the 2021 PGA Championship at Kiawah Island Resort's Ocean Course in South Carolina.
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These zebras are grazing on the Baobab Course at Vipingo Ridge in Kenya during the Magical Kenya Ladies Open in 2022.
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Marlo the cavapoo has helped owner Charles Jefferson gather over golf 6,000 balls from two courses around London.
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Monkeys are seen on the seventh fairway during the second round of the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba on El Camaleon golf course in Playa del Carmen, Mexico in 2021.
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A giraffe crosses the first hole at dusk at the Leopard Creek Country Club Golf in Malelane, South Africa in 2004.
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A moose walks across the 16th tee during "The Match" at The Reserve at Moonlight Basin in Big Sky, Montana in 2021.
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A coatimundi is seen as Joseph Bramlet putts on the first green during the first round of the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba on the El Camaleon course in Playa del Carmen, Mexico in 2021.
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Geese waddle along the sixth hole at the Celtic Manor Resort as Jack Senior prepares to play his third shot during day one of the Cazoo Open supported by Gareth Bale in Newport, Wales in 2021.
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A kangaroo is seen during day one of the 2009 Johnnie Walker Classic held at The Vines Resort and Country Club in Perth, Australia.
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Matthieu Pavon holes his putt as a stork watches on from behind the 17th green during the third round of the Portugal Masters at Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course in Quarteira, Portugal in 2021.
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Baboons cross a fairway during day two of the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Gary Player CC in Sun City, South Africa in 2016.
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A cockerel is seen on the 15th tee during the second day of the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final at T-Golf & Country Club in Mallorca, Spain in 2021.