Diurnal

Monkey

Hands, minds, and social lives

Moth

More than night flyers

Neanderthal

Not cavemen-Ice Age people

Newt

Crests, ponds, and potent defenses

Nightingale

Plain feathers, legendary night song

Octopus

Eight arms, endless ingenuity

Orangutan

Red apes, rainforest architects

Otter

Built for water, born to hunt

Penguin

Born to dive, dressed to endure

Pygmy Marmoset (Finger Monkey)

Tiny monkey, mighty gum-grazer

Rattlesnake

Hear the rattle, give it space.

Rhinoceros

Keratin horns, colossal impact

Scorpion

Glow at night, strike with precision

Sea Lion

Ear flaps, flippers, and fierce colonies

Tortoise

Built for land, made for time

Great White Shark

Warm-blooded hunter of the seas

Cheetah

Built for the burst.

Zebra

Stripes built for the African wild

Yak

Built for thin air and bitter cold

Bottlenose Dolphin

Built for the surf-and sonar.

Manatee

Gentle giants of warm waters

Starfish

Hydraulic feet, star-shaped predators

Hammerhead Shark

Built like a hammer, tuned like a radar

Baboon

Big brains, bold troops, wild Africa