Crepuscular

Liopleurodon

Jurassic seas' power-jawed predator

Boer Goat

Built for meat, bred in South Africa

Eelpout

Cold seas, long fins, deep lives

Golden Trout

The Sierra's living gold

Titanosaur

Cretaceous giants, sometimes armored

Blowfly

Nature's cleanup crew in metallic armor

Eastern Cottontail

Edge-habitat sprinter with a cotton tail

Ocean Pout

Cold-water bottom dweller with antifreeze

Yellow Bass

Striped schools of the Mississippi

Kingklip

King of the deep Cape shelf

Lake Trout

Deep-lake char, built for the cold

Black Bass

Built for the strike, born to guard

Turnspit

The original kitchen "motor" on paws

Black-Tailed Rattlesnake

Dark tail. Quiet ambush. Rattle ready.

Western Rattlesnake (Northern Pacific Rattlesnake)

Heat-sensing hunter of the Northwest

Ornate Black-Tailed Rattlesnake

Dark tail, silent ambush, loud warning.

Pygmy Rattlesnake

Tiny rattle, vital predator

Redear Sunfish

The Shellcracker Sunfish

Chilean Recluse Spider

Six eyes, one hiding place: corners.

Tokay Gecko

The gecko that shouts and sticks

Nile Monitor

Tail-powered hunter of Africa's waters

Mourning Gecko

One gecko can start a colony

Pallas' Cat

Flat-faced monarch of the steppe