Otterhound
The rough-coated river tracker
Animal Habitats
Estuary
Where rivers meet the sea, mixing fresh and salt water with high productivity
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Estuary Animals
Mallard
The adaptable original duck
Red-winged blackbird
Flash the red-rule the marsh
Crab Spider
Side-stepping ambush artists
Bonnethead Shark
Little hammerhead, big bay hunter
Spinner Shark
Spin, surge, strike-coastal hunter
Garden Eel
Burrows, colonies, and current-fed eels
Huntsman Spider
Sideways legs. Lightning-fast hunters.
Rodents
Born to gnaw, built to adapt
Maltese Shih Tzu
Tiny friend, big heart.
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
Wiry coat, soft heart, hard worker
Rock Crab
California's hard-clawed rock crab
Carpenter Ant
Big ants, smooth galleries, no wood-eating.
Great Blue Heron
Stand still. Strike fast. Fly blue.
Irish Water Spaniel
Ireland's curly-coated water retriever
Ghost Crab
The night sprinters of the sand
Anglerfish
Lure, lunge, and vanish.
Blue-Ringed Octopus
Small. Silent. Seriously venomous.
Baleen Whale
Baleen giants: ocean's living filters
Chinese Geese
The Upright, Noisy Farm Sentinel
White-Tailed Eagle
Wedge-tailed ruler of northern waters
Turtles
Armored travelers of sea and land
Koi Fish
Living jewels of the pond
Blue Picardy Spaniel
Blue-roan calm, marsh-ready hunter