Dragonfish
Tiny lanterns, giant teeth.
Mating Social Behaviors
Solitary
Individuals live alone except during mating encounters, with no lasting social bonds
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Solitary Animals
Vampire Squid
Deep-sea drifter, marine-snow harvester
Frilled Shark
The deep-sea shark that looks like a sea serpent
Colossal Squid
Antarctica's hooked, big-eyed giant
Fangtooth
Small fish. Huge fangs. Deep sea.
Vaquita
Save the Gulf's shy little porpoise
Chimaera
Ghost sharks of the deep
Muskrat
Marsh builder with a knife-tail
Shark
Built of cartilage, made for the sea
Sawfish
Nature's living electro-saw
Bowfin
Living fossil of the swamps
Coelacanth
The deep-sea fish with a skull hinge
Mink
Waterway hunter in a fur coat
Sable
Taiga's "black gold" marten
Banjo Catfish
The leaf-litter masters of the riverbed
Snowshoe Hare
Born for snow, built for the boreal
Kinkajou
Tail-grip nectar sipper of the canopy
Desert Rain Frog
Squeak of the Namib dunes
Kangaroo Rat
Two-footed seed bankers of the desert
Black-Footed Ferret
Mask of the prairie-dog towns
Fire Salamander
Bright warning colors. Bitter consequences.
Painted Turtle
Bright stripes, master basker.
Snow Leopard
Built for cliffs. Made for cold.
Tree Kangaroo
Kangaroos that took to the trees