Pair Bond Durations

Transient

Brief associations lasting only for copulation with no extended pair bond

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Fierce Snake

Fierce snake: desert taipan legend

Fer-de-lance Snake

Heat-sensing ambush, heavy-hitting venom

Mussurana Snake

The Neotropical snake-eater

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Leathery shell, ocean-spanning traveler

Eastern Gray Squirrel

The acorn planter in a gray coat

Kenyan Sand Boa

Buried hunter of Africa's sands

Cantil

Two stripes, one heat-seeking hunter.

Chicken Snake

Barn Guardian, Not a Viper

Collett's Snake

Banded black snake of inland Queensland

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

Big diamonds. Bigger warning.

Aesculapian Snake

The healer's serpent of Europe

Arafura File Snake

Baggy-skinned fish-gripper

Congo Snake

Not a snake-an eel-shaped salamander

Mangrove Snake

Mangrove shadows, golden rings

Arizona Black Rattlesnake

Dark. Mountain-born. Don't tread close.

Boiga

Big-eyed night hunters in the trees

Viper Shark (dogfish)

Tiny shark, viper-like fangs

Aruba Rattlesnake

Aruba's arid-island rattler

Sea Roach

Rock runners of the tide line

Junglefowl

Wild roots of the chicken

Bullsnake

Prairie's loudest look-alike

Mahi Mahi (Dolphin Fish)

Neon rocket of the open ocean

Eyelash Viper

Venomous lashes of the rainforest

Cobia Fish

The ray-riding runner of warm seas