Pair

Congo Snake

Not a snake-an eel-shaped salamander

Mangrove Snake

Mangrove shadows, golden rings

Mexican Black Kingsnake

The glossy black king of snakes

Orange-Crowned Warbler

The warbler with the hidden crown

Cinereous Vulture

Big, black, and built to clean

Griffon Vulture

Nature's high-altitude clean-up crew

Boiga

Big-eyed night hunters in the trees

Lappet-faced Vulture

Big bill. Bare face. Nature's cleanup boss.

Golden Lancehead

Snake Island's golden ambush viper

Eurasian Jay

Oak Forest Planter with a Blue Flash

Tiger Rattlesnake

Tiny rattle. Big desert danger.

Midget Faded Rattlesnake

Small snake. Serious rattle.

Aruba Rattlesnake

Aruba's arid-island rattler

Junglefowl

Wild roots of the chicken

Bullsnake

Prairie's loudest look-alike

Mahi Mahi (Dolphin Fish)

Neon rocket of the open ocean

Atlantic Salmon

Born in rivers, grown at sea, home again

Whinchat

Meadow hunter, Africa-bound migrant

Savannah Sparrow

Buzzy song of the open fields

Goshawk

White-browed shadow of the woods

Tennessee Walking Horse

The Smooth Ride of Tennessee

Red-Billed Quelea Bird

The "feathered locust" weaverbird

Eyelash Viper

Venomous lashes of the rainforest

Cobia Fish

The ray-riding runner of warm seas