Great Egret
Big white hunter of the wetlands
Animal Habitats
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Standing freshwater bodies supporting fish, amphibians, and waterfowl
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Lake Animals
Moccasin Snake
White-mouth warning of the wetlands
Kestrel
Windhover hunters of open country
Hawaiian Goose (Nene)
The lava-walking goose of Hawaiʻi
Weaver Birds
Nature's master basket-weavers
Baya
Hanging-nest genius of the monsoon
Mud Snake
Wetland phantom with a blazing belly
Arafura File Snake
Baggy-skinned fish-gripper
Egyptian Goose
Africa's bold, loud, territorial grazer
Congo Snake
Not a snake-an eel-shaped salamander
Boiga
Big-eyed night hunters in the trees
Atlantic Salmon
Born in rivers, grown at sea, home again
Red-Billed Quelea Bird
The "feathered locust" weaverbird
Tire Track Eel
Tire-track camo, night-stalking hunter
Pipefish
Tube snouts. Bony armor. Dad does the brooding.
Blue Catfish
Forked tail. Big river muscle.
Steelhead Salmon
Sea-run rainbow, built to return
Cat-Eyed Snake
Night eyes, frog hunters
Fire Eel
Not a true eel-pure river fire.
Needlefish
Built for speed at the surface
Yarara
Lanceheads: silent heat-seeking ambushers
Sockeye Salmon
Silver at sea, scarlet to spawn
Bull Trout
Big char, cold water, connected rivers.
Snook Fish
Linesiders of the tides