Pond Skater
Skating predators of the surface film
Pair Bond Durations
Transient
Brief associations lasting only for copulation with no extended pair bond
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Transient Animals
Manta Ray
Wings of the sea, built to filter
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Small hippo, big rainforest story
Sumatran Rhinoceros
Shaggy forest rhino-save the last two-horned Asian
Javan Rhinoceros
One park. One species. Protect it.
Indian Rhinoceros
One horn, river-grass royalty
Black Rhinoceros
Hook-lipped browser, hard to beat
Sri Lankan Elephant
Sri Lanka's great gentle engineer
Borneo Elephant
Borneo's gentle forest giant
Sumatran Elephant
Sumatra's gentle forest giant
Indian Elephant
One trunk-many forests sustained
African Bush Elephant
Big ears, big impact.
Purple Emperor Butterfly
Purple flash in the treetops
Sperm Whale
Square head, deep dives, giant squid.
Marsh Frog
The laughing giant of the marsh
Woolly Mammoth
Built for the Ice Age grasslands
Aldabra Giant Tortoise
Aldabra's living island giants
Leopard Cat
Asia's adaptable little spotted hunter
Sumatran Orangutan
The forest's red-haired engineer
Bornean Orangutan
Borneo's forest genius in the canopy
Steller's Sea Cow
The kelp giant we lost
Stag Beetle
Antlers of the insect world
Monte Iberia Eleuth
Cuba's leaf-litter mini marvel
Sand Lizard
Green-flanked sprinter of the sands