Crocodile
Armored ambush masters of water
Conservation Threats
Mining
Extraction of minerals and resources causing habitat destruction and pollution
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Mining Animals
Lemur
Lemurs: Madagascar's primate marvels
Asian Elephant
One-finger trunk, giant forest heart
Elephant
One family, many giants
Arctic Wolf
Built for the High Arctic
Bongo
Spiral horns, forest shadows
Giant Panda Bear
A bear built for bamboo.
Butterfly
Scaled wings, big transformations.
Antelope
Horns on, fleet feet, wild worlds
Porcupine
Spines out, trouble out
Chimpanzee
Tools, talk, and tight-knit tribes
Bear
Eight species, one mighty family
Ant
Small bodies, superorganism power
Wasp
Small hunters, huge ecological impact
Fly
One wing pair. Endless roles.
Dragonfly
Born in water, ruler of the air
Woodlouse
Crustaceans that compost the forest floor
Caterpillar
Eat. Molt. Metamorphose.
Pufferfish
Big bluff, sharp beak, potent chemistry.
Centipede
One pair per segment. All predator.
Cockroach
Nature's nighttime clean-up crew
Millipede
Soil's quiet recyclers with many legs
Tetra
Tiny schools, huge diversity
Cichlid
Nature's masters of rapid evolution