Swimming

Dinocrocuta

Not a hyena-just built like one.

Equus giganteus

Big horse of Ice-Age America

Irish Elk

The deer with antlers like doorways

Asian Water Monitor

The canal-cruising giant of Asia

Kermode Bear (Spirit Bear)

Not polar-coastal spirit of the rainforest

Red Ackie Monitor

Small goanna, big attitude-spiny tail!

Black Dragon Lizard

All the beardie charm-dressed in black.

Lace Monitor

Lace-patterned climber of Australia's east

Black Throat Monitor

Dark throat. Big brain. Savanna hunter.

Mole Crab (Sand Flea)

Burrow fast. Filter the surf.

Axanthic Ball Python

All the pattern-none of the yellow

Hairy Frogfish

Hairy master of disguise-hook, lure, gulp

Oilfish

Deep-water predator with a waxy secret

Bearded Fireworm

Look, don't touch-the reef's fire-beard

Capuchin

Small hands, big brains.

Waterbuck

Ringed rump, river-edge ruler

Bass

Bass: many lineages, one big name

Smooth Hammerhead Shark

Smooth head, sharp hunter.

Eared Grebe

Golden ears, black neck, master diver

Clark's Grebe

White face, yellow bill-lake sprinter

Horned Grebe

Golden horns, master of the dive

Pied-Billed Grebe

Thick-billed master of the marsh

Goral

Built for cliffs, not flatlands

Decorator Crab

Wear the reef. Fool the predator.