Black

Mulga Snake

Outback heavyweight with a high-yield bite

Mud Snake

Wetland phantom with a blazing belly

Egyptian Goose

Africa's bold, loud, territorial grazer

Congo Snake

Not a snake-an eel-shaped salamander

Mangrove Snake

Mangrove shadows, golden rings

Mexican Black Kingsnake

The glossy black king of snakes

Arizona Black Rattlesnake

Dark. Mountain-born. Don't tread close.

Cinereous Vulture

Big, black, and built to clean

Boiga

Big-eyed night hunters in the trees

Lappet-faced Vulture

Big bill. Bare face. Nature's cleanup boss.

Viper Shark (dogfish)

Tiny shark, viper-like fangs

Eurasian Jay

Oak Forest Planter with a Blue Flash

Sea Roach

Rock runners of the tide line

Junglefowl

Wild roots of the chicken

Whinchat

Meadow hunter, Africa-bound migrant

Tennessee Walking Horse

The Smooth Ride of Tennessee

Red-Billed Quelea Bird

The "feathered locust" weaverbird

Black-Capped Chickadee

Big attitude in a tiny winter bird

Fire Eel

Not a true eel-pure river fire.

Harlequin Coral Snake

Bright bands, hidden life, potent bite.

Wolf Snake

Gecko hunters, not kraits

Rinkhals Snake

Spit. Bluff. Survive.

Rhino Viper

Horns in the leaf litter.

Urutu Snake

Urutu-cruzeiro: the cross-marked ambusher