Nyala
Striped shadows of the thicket
Conservation Threats
Hunting
Legal and illegal hunting, poaching, and direct persecution by humans
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Animals
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Hunting Animals
Eland
Big body, quiet steps, spiral horns
Snouted Cobra
Big hood. Bold snout. Serious venom.
Asp
The original "asp" of the Nile
Marmoset
Tiny primates, big teamwork.
Uinta Ground Squirrel
Whistle, burrow, hibernate-repeat.
Vicuña
Fine fiber, tough mountain survivor
Jackrabbit
Long ears. Longer legs. Lightning leaps.
Eurasian Beaver
Nature's wetland engineer
Eastern Chipmunk
Striped burrower, master food hoarder.
Eurasian Lynx
Silent forest hunter with tufted ears
Kit Fox
Big ears. Cool survival.
Eastern Glass Lizard
Not a snake-meet the glass lizard
European Polecat
Masked hunter with a musky warning
European Wildcat
Blunt tail. Bold rings. True wild Europe.
Whiptail Lizard
Speed, sun, and serious tails
Freshwater Crocodile
Slim snout, freshwater stealth
Sambar
Asia's heavyweight forest deer
Honey Buzzard
The wasp-nest excavator of Europe
Spider-Tailed Horned Viper
A viper with a spider on its tail.
Carpet Viper
Hear the hiss, heed the saw
Armadillo Lizard
The lizard that becomes a ring of armor
Unau (Linnaeus's Two-Toed Sloth)
Two claws, night life, rainforest slow
Copperhead
Hourglass bands, hidden in plain sight