Northern Pintail
Pointed tail, planet-spanning migrant
Conservation Threats
Hunting
Legal and illegal hunting, poaching, and direct persecution by humans
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Hunting Animals
Painted Bunting
Nature's living rainbow in the thickets
Panthera atrox (American Lion)
North America's Ice Age lion
Diprotodon
Pleistocene giant of Australia
Thylacoleo carnifex
Australia's "lion" with a marsupial bite
Sivatherium
Shiva's horned giant of giraffids
Hippopotamus gorgops
The high-eyed hippo of deep time
Cervalces latifrons (Broad-Fronted Moose)
The Pleistocene's broad-browed moose
Haast's Eagle
The moa-hunter of ancient New Zealand
Elephant Bird
Madagascar's lost giants of the egg
Equus giganteus
Big horse of Ice-Age America
Irish Elk
The deer with antlers like doorways
Asian Water Monitor
The canal-cruising giant of Asia
Ackie Monitor
Small goanna, spiny-tail swagger.
Kermode Bear (Spirit Bear)
Not polar-coastal spirit of the rainforest
Red Ackie Monitor
Small goanna, big attitude-spiny tail!
Lace Monitor
Lace-patterned climber of Australia's east
Black Throat Monitor
Dark throat. Big brain. Savanna hunter.
De Brazza's Monkey
The bearded guenon of river forests
Capuchin
Small hands, big brains.
Tamarin
Small monkeys, big teamwork
Waterbuck
Ringed rump, river-edge ruler
Eared Grebe
Golden ears, black neck, master diver
Horned Grebe
Golden horns, master of the dive