It’s not just Monday Night Football cat—animals all over the world find themselves caught up in our games. Below, a recent collection of photos of some of the kangaroos, cats, opossums, dogs, bees, deer, squirrels, alligators, and many other animals who have taken it upon themselves to intrude on us humans while we were in the middle of our many important sporting events.
Animals on the Playing Field
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A cat disrupts play in the second half between Tigres UANL and the Real Salt Lake during their Leagues Cup game at Rio Tinto Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 24, 2019. #
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A kangaroo jumps across the fairway while Sean Crocker of the United States waits to play his second shot on the fourth hole during day three of the World Super 6 at Lake Karrinyup Country Club in Perth, Australia, on February 10, 2018. #
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Pablo Sandoval of the San Francisco Giants has an encounter with a moth in the dugout before playing the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on June 18, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. #
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An exterminator removes bees from a microphone behind home plate during the third inning of a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Miami Marlins at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on June 2, 2019. #
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A steward catches a seagull on the pitch before the UEFA Europa League Group K match between Besiktas and Wolverhampton Wanderers FC in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 3, 2019. #
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A squirrel runs across the field in the fifth inning of a game between the Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 20, 2019. #
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A squirrel runs onto the field between the legs of Max Kepler of the Minnesota Twins in a game against the Chicago White Sox on August 20, 2019, at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. #
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Sri Lanka's Jehan Mubarak (left) and India's Rohit Sharma watch as a monkey runs past them during the third day of their first test cricket match in Galle, Sri Lanka, on August 14, 2015. #
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Nacho Calero of Spain avoids two birds crossing the track as he participates in the SuperSport FIM World Championship Free Practice session ahead of the 2018 Superbikes at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island, Australia, on February 23, 2018. #
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A black cat runs on the field during the second quarter of the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys game at MetLife Stadium on November 4, 2019, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. #
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A mouse sits in the grass on the pitch as Manchester United plays Burton Albion in their English FA Cup third-round replay soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, on January 18, 2006. #
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A stray dog is shooed from the field during the third women's one-day international cricket match between Sri Lanka and India in Katunayake, Sri Lanka, on September 16, 2018. #
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Tiger Woods of the United States, Bryson DeChambeau of the United States, and caddies watch as a deer passes the fourth green during a practice round prior to the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California, on June 10, 2019. #
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A common myna trots off the pitch during the match between Singapore and Sri Lanka during round one of the 2016 Hockey World League at Sengkang Hockey Stadium in Singapore on April 12, 2016. #
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A black cat stands on the pitch as it stops play during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Wolverhampton at Goodison Park in Liverpool, England, on February 2, 2019. #
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An opossum runs onto the field during the fourth-round match between Veracruz and Puebla as part of the Torneo Clausura 2019 Liga MX at Luis 'Pirata' de la Fuente Stadium on January 25, 2019, in Veracruz, Mexico. #
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A cat sits with a member of the press as it visits the press members' office, during the 17th IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 in Doha, Qatar, on October 5, 2019. #
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