Conservation Threats

Mining

Extraction of minerals and resources causing habitat destruction and pollution

414 Animals

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Electric Catfish

Africa's freshwater "shock" catfish

Chinook Salmon

King of the Pacific salmon runs

Goonch Catfish

Built for rapids, born to ambush

Batfish

Walk the bottom, lure the bite.

Green Anaconda

Built for wetlands. Powered by constriction.

Asian Arowana

Dragonfish of the dark waters

Platinum Arowana

Platinum dragon of the surface

Blue Eyed Pleco

Blue eyes. Driftwood grazer.

Goliath Tigerfish

Teeth like knives, built for rapids

Sculpin

Masters of the bottom's disguise

Kinabalu Giant Red Leech

Kinabalu's scarlet forest crawler

Pipe Snake

Built for burrowing, not biting

Boas

Quiet coils, powerful control

Amazon Tree Boa

Amazon's most color-shifting boa

Rosy Boa

The gentle boa of the desert rocks

Blind Snake

Wormlike, but 100% snake.

Coastal Taipan

Fast hunter. Serious venom.

Taipan

Fast hunters, potent venom, wide deserts

Sunbeam Snake

Rainbow shine, underground life

Hawk Moth Caterpillar

Hornworms: big bites, bold disguises

Inland Taipan

Arid Australia's elusive venom specialist

Central Ranges Taipan

The desert taipan few ever see

Cobras

Hood up: the true cobras

Archaeotherium

Big jaws, Oligocene badlands boss