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Gaboon Viper

Leaf-litter ghost with 5-cm fangs

Indian Cobra

Hood up: the spectacled sentinel

Puff Adder

Stand still. Blend in. Puff loud.

Rock Python

Big. Silent. Africa's rock python.

Banded Water Snake

Wetland hunter-harmless, not a cottonmouth

Spitting Cobra

Front fangs, fast venom, fierce defense

Crested Gecko

The eyelash gecko of New Caledonia

Olive Baboon

Africa's adaptable troop strategist

Sand Viper

Horned master of the Saharan ambush

Horned Viper

Horns in the sand, strike from stillness

Eland

Big body, quiet steps, spiral horns

Asp

The original "asp" of the Nile

Uinta Ground Squirrel

Whistle, burrow, hibernate-repeat.

Vicuña

Fine fiber, tough mountain survivor

Dwarf Hamster

Small hamsters, big steppe survival

Jackrabbit

Long ears. Longer legs. Lightning leaps.

Eastern Chipmunk

Striped burrower, master food hoarder.

Eurasian Lynx

Silent forest hunter with tufted ears

Kit Fox

Big ears. Cool survival.

Eastern Glass Lizard

Not a snake-meet the glass lizard

Whiptail Lizard

Speed, sun, and serious tails

Freshwater Crocodile

Slim snout, freshwater stealth

Spider-Tailed Horned Viper

A viper with a spider on its tail.

Leopard Lizard

Spotted sprinters of the desert