Needlefish
Built for speed at the surface
Built for speed at the surface
Big char, cold water, connected rivers.
Teeth like knives, built for rapids
Paddle-tail hunter of the reefs
Drift-line hunter of the open sea
Beaked hunter of muddy coasts
Still as stone, fast as a spear
Night hunter with a black-crowned cap
The rainforest boa that broke records
Croc-snouted hunter of Cretaceous Niger
Giants of the wind-swept seas
Crested ruler of the Cretaceous skies
Super-sized river stalker of the Cretaceous
Copper sheen, surf-zone speed.
Black tip. Bright reef. Loyal patrol.
Penguins at the dawn of diving
Giants of the wind, teeth of bone
Frogmouth: the ambush gulper
Elapids that learned to breathe the sea
Bank-burrower. Perch-watcher. Plunge-diver.
The shark that hunts with a whip
The mottled, flat-headed night hunter
Tentacles that trick fish
Siwalik's mysterious long-snouted giant
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