Social Structures

Solitary

Animals that live and forage alone except during mating

2,108 Animals

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Disco Clam

Reef crevice clam with a strobe show

Eelpout

Cold seas, long fins, deep lives

Golden Trout

The Sierra's living gold

Titanosaur

Cretaceous giants, sometimes armored

Eastern Cottontail

Edge-habitat sprinter with a cotton tail

Ocean Pout

Cold-water bottom dweller with antifreeze

Kingklip

King of the deep Cape shelf

Lake Trout

Deep-lake char, built for the cold

Black Bass

Built for the strike, born to guard

Turnspit

The original kitchen "motor" on paws

Black-Tailed Rattlesnake

Dark tail. Quiet ambush. Rattle ready.

Western Rattlesnake (Northern Pacific Rattlesnake)

Heat-sensing hunter of the Northwest

Ornate Black-Tailed Rattlesnake

Dark tail, silent ambush, loud warning.

Pygmy Rattlesnake

Tiny rattle, vital predator

Redear Sunfish

The Shellcracker Sunfish

Chilean Recluse Spider

Six eyes, one hiding place: corners.

Tokay Gecko

The gecko that shouts and sticks

Nile Monitor

Tail-powered hunter of Africa's waters

Mourning Gecko

One gecko can start a colony

Pallas' Cat

Flat-faced monarch of the steppe