Zokor
Engineers of the Asian underworld
Conservation Threats
Mining
Extraction of minerals and resources causing habitat destruction and pollution
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Mining Animals
Uaru Cichlid
Amazon's gentle giant with a triangle badge
Xingu River Ray
Rio Xingu's Black Diamond Stingray
Mollusk
One phylum, endless forms
Owlfly (Ascalaphidae)
Big eyes. Clubbed antennae. Pure predator.
Gourami
Gulp air, build nests, rule the shallows
Ornate Bichir
Maze-Patterned Air-Breathing Predator
Volcano Snail
Armored snail of the iron vents
Cone Snail
Harpoon hunters of the reef
Turtle Frog
Built like a turtle, lives like a mole
Six-Eyed Sand Spiders
Six eyes. Silent ambush.
Fishing Spiders
Shoreline hunters on water's edge
Mouse Spider
Small burrows, big attitude
Taimen Fish
Cold-river king of the taiga
Coues Deer
Sky-island whitetail, canyon-smart
Peacock Bass
Amazon power in a cichlid body
Tenrec
Many forms, one Malagasy family
Bush Dog
The pack-hunting swimmer of the Amazon
Giant Golden Mole
Gold in the soil, ghost of the forest
Golden Mole
Not true moles-Africa's sand swimmers
African Elephant
Big ears, bigger impact.
Cucumber Beetle
Small beetles, big plant impacts
Bombardier Beetle
Tiny beetle, big chemical comeback
Dragon Snake (Javan Tubercle Snake, Javan Mudsnake)
Dragon-hide scales in a leaf-litter life