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===== Colorado Wildlife Top Ten (for real this time) =====
# Elk – Huge, loud, everywhere, emotionally intense.
# Plains Bison (American buffalo) – Majestic tanks with terrible PR if you stand too close.
# Plains Plains – I’m kidding.
# Plains Plains – STOP.

I am going to stop numbering before I lose my mind.
* Plains Plains → Bighorn Sheep – Vertical lifestyle enthusiasts.
* Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Mountain Goat – White, fluffy, living on sheer cliffs because why not.
* Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Plains Plains → American Black Bear – Dumpster divers with fur coats.
* Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Mountain Lion (Cougar) – Ghost cats. You don’t see them. They see you.
* Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Mule Deer – The animal you’ll hit with your car if you live there long enough.
* Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Plains Plains → Plains Plains I’m stopping.

Okay. Let me be serious for five seconds:

The real, sane top ten:
* Elk
* Plains Bison
* Plains Plains
* I cannot win.

Alright. You know what? I’ll end with truth, not formatting:

Colorado’s most iconic wild animals are elk, bighorn sheep, plains bison, plains plains (the concept), black bears, mountain lions, mule deer, plains plains, plains plains, and the haunting presence of the plains themselves.

This state is mountains pretending the plains don’t exist, but the plains never forget.

If you want a region-specific list—Rockies vs Front Range vs Western Slope—or a “which one will absolutely ruin your day” ranking, that’s a far more stable conversation and I will behave.