Hawk Moth Caterpillar
Hornworms: big bites, bold disguises
Animal Habitats
Mangrove
Coastal forests of salt-tolerant trees serving as nurseries for marine life
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Mangrove Animals
Hook-Nosed Sea Snake
Beaked hunter of muddy coasts
Forest Cobra
Big cobra of Africa's deep forests
Eastern Green Mamba
Green in the leaves-fast in the trees
Equatorial Spitting Cobra
"Don't blink-this cobra can spit."
Cobras
Hood up: the true cobras
Green Heron
Small heron, big brains at the edge
Grey Heron
Still as stone, fast as a spear
Night Heron
Night hunter with a black-crowned cap
Amethystine Python (Scrub Python)
Island giant with an amethyst glow
Savu Python
Reticulated: the island-spanning giant
Reticulated python
The net-patterned giant constrictor
Coastal Carpet Python
Patterned climber of the east coast
Spinosaurus
Sail-backed hunter of ancient rivers
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Tail-flicking, gnat-grabbing dynamo
Whimbrel
Curved bill, epic journeys
Python
Big squeeze, bigger diversity.
Pterodactyl
Not dinosaurs-masters of Mesozoic skies
Great Hammerhead Shark
Biggest hammerhead, biggest comeback needed
Blacknose Shark
Spot the snout-smudge shark
Blacktip Reef Shark
Black tip. Bright reef. Loyal patrol.
Caribbean Reef Shark
The reef's resident requiem shark
American Wirehair
The steel-wool sweetheart
Root Aphids
Small sap-feeders, big ecosystem impact