6 incredible places where people live alongside exotic animals

Zao Kitsune Mura is a village in Northern Japan where foxes enjoy a nearly dominating presence. Hundreds of specimens are free to roam and visitors can walk among them just as easily. Many tourists even feed the animals as if they were domesticated.

In Spain, feeding birds in the park is much more interesting than in the rest of Europe. The country is full of monk parakeets that started colonizing its cities in the mid seventies. Nowadays, they can be found eating bread crumbs and roaming the parks just like mundane pigeons.

Another interesting Japan habitat is Okunishima. The island has become a rabbit paradise. The creatures have few natural predators and over the generations they became very social. Most critters will gladly interact with any human willing to donate cuddles and snacks.

Some countries have stray cats and dogs, Thailand has wild monkeys! If you’ve ever visited this country, you certainly got a culture shock. Monkeys are everywhere - from jungles to city streets. And they’re not shy about stealing food or trinkets!

Japan has many islands and some have become famous for serving as one species habitats. One of the most internet celebrated ones is Cat Island.

This place is dominated by felines, but the inhabitants never take them as pets. They’re all free to roam and hunt but they’ll always take a head scratch and a can of tuna.

If you’ve never seen wild chickens, you’ve never been to Kauai. This Hawaiian island is a beautiful tropical paradise that’s home to protected chickens!

No one is allowed to hunt or shoot the birds unless they wander onto private property. You can see them everywhere pecking around, followed by their chicks just like wild ducks.