Tree Frog
Sticky toes, big voices, forest lives
Animal Habitats
Estuary
Where rivers meet the sea, mixing fresh and salt water with high productivity
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Estuary Animals
Sea Squirt
Tadpole larva, siphon-powered adult
Cuttlefish
Camouflage geniuses with built-in buoyancy
Molly
Livebearing grazer with brackish grit
Moorhen
The reed-bed runner on lily pads
Mayfly
Born in water, gone in a day
Spiny Dogfish
Two spines. Slow life. Big schools.
Crab-Eating Macaque
Long tail, big brains, bold foraging
Hermit Crab
Borrowed shells, bold lives
Water Dragon
Bask. Bolt. Dive.
Moray Eel
Crevice kings with a second bite
Earwig
Forceps, night-life, and fierce mothering
Wrasse
Wrasses: the reef's colorful caretakers
Marine Toad
Big toad. Bigger toxins.
Oyster
Reef builders that clean the coast
Horseshoe Crab
Beach Spawners, Blue-Blooded Guardians
Barracuda
Silver speedsters with a bite
Avocet
Curved bill, clean sweep.
Fishing Cat
Spotted swimmer of Asia's wetlands
Bengal Tiger
Stripes of the subcontinent
Crane
Dance, Trumpet, Migrate
Gar
Armored ambushers of the backwaters
Snail
One class, a thousand ways to snail.
Pond Skater
Skating predators of the surface film