Carnivore

Gooty Sapphire Tarantula

Metallic blue-built for the treetops

Eider

Downy divers of the far north

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

The woodland sprinter with a long tail

Rough-Legged Hawk

The feather-legged hover-hunter

Arambourgiania

A sky-giant with a giraffe-long neck

Albertonectes

Alberta's long-necked sea swimmer

Panthera atrox (American Lion)

North America's Ice Age lion

Thylacoleo carnifex

Australia's "lion" with a marsupial bite

Gorgosaurus

Laramidia's long-legged tyrant

Shastasaurus

Triassic titan of the open sea

Masiakasaurus

Madagascar's forward-toothed hunter

Haast's Eagle

The moa-hunter of ancient New Zealand

Thylacosmilus

The saber-tooth that wasn't a cat

Ackie Monitor

Small goanna, spiny-tail swagger.

Lace Monitor

Lace-patterned climber of Australia's east

Black Throat Monitor

Dark throat. Big brain. Savanna hunter.

Axanthic Ball Python

All the pattern-none of the yellow

Hammerhead Worm

Hammerhead hunters of the soil

Hairy Frogfish

Hairy master of disguise-hook, lure, gulp

Bearded Fireworm

Look, don't touch-the reef's fire-beard

Smooth Hammerhead Shark

Smooth head, sharp hunter.

Eared Grebe

Golden ears, black neck, master diver

Horned Grebe

Golden horns, master of the dive

Javan Leopard

Java's hidden rosettes in the mist