designed and manufactured. The one-piece format enabled far more lifelike collectables as well as improved product safety. The first series features the following animals: African Grass Owl Alpaca American Bison Brown Bear Caracal Common Clownfish Emperor Penguin European Rabbit Fennec Fox Galapagos Tortoise Giant Anteater Giant Panda Gray Wolf North American Beaver Platypus Polar Bear Red Kangaroo Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat Production of the chocolate and final assembly was taken over by Whetstone Chocolates, based in Florida. In July 2014, the first new Yowie products went on sale in the US. Yowie products returned to Australian retail shelves in April 2017. In 2018, Yowie had an animated series Yowasis narrated by Mel Gibson. It ran for seven episodes. References External links Geoff Pike's web-site Yowie World official web-site Yowie primes for US Production Yowie group official web-site Whetstone Chocolates Australian confectionery Toy brands Cadbury brands Mondelez International brands Products introduced in 1997