Agama Lizard
Colorful rock sentinels of Africa
Conservation Threats
Hunting
Legal and illegal hunting, poaching, and direct persecution by humans
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Hunting Animals
Western Hognose Snake
The prairie snake that plays dead best
King Vulture
Color-crowned cleaner of the rainforest
Eastern Indigo Snake
Iridescent hunter of the longleaf
Timber Rattlesnake (Canebrake Rattlesnake)
The forest rattler: warn first, strike last
Bearded Vulture
The Bone-Breaking Mountain Vulture
Black Mamba
Black mouth. Cool head. Keep distance.
Green Mamba
Mambas: the canopy's quick-strike elapids
Egyptian Cobra (Egyptian Asp)
Hood up: the classic "asp" of history
Coachwhip Snake
Built for speed. No venom required.
Carpet Python
Australia's patterned backyard constrictor
Grass Snake
The wetland snake that plays dead
Red-Headed Vulture
Red crown of the carrion cleaners
Red Tail Boa (common boa)
Powerful hugger of the rainforest
Coral Snake
Bright bands, hidden danger
Corn Snake
Checkerboard-bellied barnyard ally
Western Rat Snake
The barn's best rodent patrol
Rat Snakes
Climbing constrictors, farm-friendly hunters
Fox Snakes
Big blotches, zero venom.
Kori Bustard
Biggest boom on the African plains
Ape
Tailless thinkers of the treetops
Indigo Snake
Indigo: the longleaf's top hunter
Mamba
Speed in the trees, danger in the bite
Eclectus Parrot
Two sexes, two costumes-one parrot