Dugong
Seagrass Meadows' Gentle Grazer
Conservation Threats
Hunting
Legal and illegal hunting, poaching, and direct persecution by humans
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Hunting Animals
Mole
Built to burrow, born to sense
Tarsier
Big eyes. Bigger leaps.
Kudu
Spiral horns, striped stealth.
Giant African Land Snail
Big shell, bigger invasion story
Quail
Camouflage, coveys, and quick takeoff
Fennec Fox
Big ears. Small fox. Sahara night.
Wolverine
Cold-proof wanderer, fearless scavenger
Tapir
Tapirs: forest gardeners with a snorkel nose
Golden Lion Tamarin
Golden mane, forest guardian
Sea Otter
The kelp forest's furry keystone
Common Spotted Cuscus
Spotted, silent, and built for the canopy
Booby
Born to dive, built to soar
Clouded Leopard
Built for the treetops, cloaked in clouds
Bonobo
DRC's "make-peace" great ape
Chamois
Hooked horns, cliff-edge confidence.
Heron
Still. Stalk. Strike.
Gibbon
Canopy acrobats with duet songs
Stoat
White in winter, black-tipped always
Pheasant
From forest jewels to gamefield sprinters
Gecko
Tiny toes, big grip.
Possum
Australasia's night climbers
Opossum
America's adaptable marsupials
Coati
Long nose, tall tail, band-life!