Forty years ago it was mostly desert, now there's an indoor ski slope and a man-made archipelago shaped like a palm tree.
Fun fact: Roughly 90% of the UAE's population are foreign nationals, one of the highest ratios on Earth.
Made it onto the world's worst invasive species list, which is quite the CV for something that cute.
Fun fact: The red fox is officially listed among the world's hundred worst invasive species.