Masked Palm Civet
Masked face, midnight fruit forager
Mating Social Behaviors
Solitary
Individuals live alone except during mating encounters, with no lasting social bonds
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Asian Palm Civet
Fruit by night, civet by scent
Malayan Civet
Stripe-tailed night forager of SE Asia
Radiated Tortoise
Starbursts of Madagascar's spiny forests
Water Vole
Burrowed banks, wild wetlands
Saola
The Annamites' "spindlehorn" mystery
Dwarf Crocodile
Small croc, big armor.
Aardvark
Africa's original termite specialist
Tapanuli Orangutan
Batang Toru's last great ape
Amur Leopard
Ghost of the Snowy Forest
Honey Badger
Small mustelid. Big attitude.
Harbor Porpoise
Small porpoise, big sonar.
Wolf Spider
Fast feet, sharp eyes, fierce moms
Jerboa
Desert jumpers on spring-loaded legs
Camel Spider
Big jaws. Fast feet. Desert hunter.
Blobfish
Built for pressure, not photoshoots
Megalodon
The megatooth ruler of ancient seas
Skate Fish
Glide low, hunt slow.
Monkfish
Big mouth. Hidden hunter.
King Cobra
Snake-eater, nest-builder, giant of Asia
Monarch Butterfly
Born on milkweed, built to migrate
Ermine
Black-tail hunter, winter-white
Pangolin
Nature's pinecone-shaped ant-eater
Goblin Shark
The deep-sea "slingshot-jaw" shark