Spotted Garden Eel
The plankton-picker of the sand flats
Conservation Threats
Human Disturbance
Recreation, tourism, and human presence disrupting wildlife behavior and breeding
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Human Disturbance Animals
Comb Jellyfish
Eight comb rows, endless glow
Kouprey
Kouprey: the vanishing forest ox
Tarantula
Big spiders, quiet ambush masters
Underwing Moth
Beautiful underneath, invisible on bark
Giant Wood Moth
Big moth, long childhood in wood
Xingu River Ray
Rio Xingu's Black Diamond Stingray
Yellowjacket (Yellow Jacket)
Paper nests, sharp teamwork, bold stripes
Khapra Beetle
Tiny beetle, massive quarantine threat.
Mollusk
One phylum, endless forms
Hartebeest
Built for the long run on the plains
Inchworm
Loop, look like a twig, and live on leaves
Olympic Marmot
Olympic Mountains' whistling burrower
Volcano Snail
Armored snail of the iron vents
Assassin Snail
Banded burrower, snail-eating sniper
Cone Snail
Harpoon hunters of the reef
Groundhog Tick
The burrow-dwelling bite you don't see
Patagonian Mara
Patagonia's monogamous speedster
Sichuan Takin (Tibetan Takin)
The cliffside bovid of Sichuan
Arabian Wolf
Desert wolf, built to endure
Golden Jackal
Eurasia's adaptable, omnivorous canid
Irukandji Jellyfish
Small bell. Big sting.
Turtle Frog
Built like a turtle, lives like a mole
Long-Winged Kite Spider
Spines out, web set-kite spider ready