Pair

Nicobar pigeon

The rainbow pigeon with a white flag tail

Deathwatch Beetle

The beetle that built the deathwatch legend

Ringed Kingfisher

Big-billed diver of the Neotropics

Long-Tailed Tit

Long tail, tight flock, big personality

Eurasian Nuthatch

The headfirst trunk-climber

Devil's Coach Horse Beetle

The garden predator with a scorpion pose

Hellbender

Wrinkles that breathe-rivers that live.

Fox Squirrel

Big squirrel, bold colors, buried acorns

Shrew

Tiny teeth, turbo metabolism.

Boomslang

Big eyes. Tree life. Serious venom.

Bushmaster Snake

Rainforest shadow with a heat-sense

Brown Water Snake

Big river snake, not a cottonmouth

Milk Snake

Bright bands, harmless bite-Milk Snake!

Blood Python

Short tail. Heavy muscle. Red power.

Gaboon Viper

Leaf-litter ghost with 5-cm fangs

Texas Rat Snake

Texas' climbing rodent patrol

Massasauga

Small rattle. Big wetland neighbor.

Scarlet Kingsnake

Coral look-kingsnake calm.

Indian Cobra

Hood up: the spectacled sentinel

Garter Snake

Stripes you can trust

Puff Adder

Stand still. Blend in. Puff loud.

Rock Python

Big. Silent. Africa's rock python.

Banded Water Snake

Wetland hunter-harmless, not a cottonmouth

Rough Green Snake

The leaf-green insect hunter of the treetops