Centipede
One pair per segment. All predator.
One pair per segment. All predator.
Nature's nighttime clean-up crew
Soil's quiet recyclers with many legs
Dads who carry the ocean's babies
New Zealand's night-walking icon
Dig deep. Breed fast. Vanish again.
Elytra on, world conquered.
Fifth-tail flyers of the rainforest
From treetops to tunnels-Sciuridae!
Built like a tank, born to dig
Built to raid ant cities
Two humps, built for extremes
The reef's gentle vacuum hunter
Built for sand, born to burrow
Ten-limbed sprinters of the sea
Small monkeys, thunderous voices.
Ear flaps, fast flippers, wild rookeries
Black ears. Big leap. Silent hunter.
Built for life underground
Small spider, big reputation.
Tiny polyps, massive oceans
The ant-eating, water-wicking lizard
Built for speed-born to bound.
Madagascar's lemur-hunting acrobat
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