Trout
Cold water, spotted power: trout kin.
Conservation Threats
Mining
Extraction of minerals and resources causing habitat destruction and pollution
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Mining Animals
Assassin Bug
Silent hunters with a chemical edge
Insect
Six legs, endless strategies.
Freshwater Eel
Born at sea, raised in rivers, return to spawn
Horned Adder
Horned eyes, hidden strike
Peringuey's Adder
The dune viper that vanishes in sand
European Bee-Eater
Colorful aerial hunter of summer skies
Potoo
The night's perfect branch impersonators
Spider
Silk, stealth, and eight-legged skill
Pesquet's Parrot (Dracula Parrot)
New Guinea's Fig-Eating Dracula Parrot
Fierce Snake
Fierce snake: desert taipan legend
Collett's Snake
Banded black snake of inland Queensland
Arizona Black Rattlesnake
Dark. Mountain-born. Don't tread close.
Viper Shark (dogfish)
Tiny shark, viper-like fangs
Midget Faded Rattlesnake
Small snake. Serious rattle.
Atlantic Salmon
Born in rivers, grown at sea, home again
Cat-Eyed Snake
Night eyes, frog hunters
Yarara
Lanceheads: silent heat-seeking ambushers
Sockeye Salmon
Silver at sea, scarlet to spawn
Bull Trout
Big char, cold water, connected rivers.
Rhino Viper
Horns in the leaf litter.
Mole Snake
Big bite, no venom-rodent remover
Mojarra
Silver schools, sand-sipping snouts
Redtail Catfish
Big head. Red tail. River titan.