Heron
Still. Stalk. Strike.
Conservation Threats
Mining
Extraction of minerals and resources causing habitat destruction and pollution
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Mining Animals
Gibbon
Canopy acrobats with duet songs
Gecko
Tiny toes, big grip.
Woolly Monkey
Fifth-tail climbers of the Amazon
Mandrill
Rainforest faces, forest foragers
Pika
Small body. Big whistle. Bigger grit.
Poison Dart Frog
Bright colors, bold chemistry
Sponge
Porous powerhouses of the sea
Elephant Shrew
Sengis: Africa's lightning snouts
Ibis
Probe, sweep, and thrive in wetlands
Catfish
Whiskers, spines, and river smarts
Chameleon
Eyes apart. Tongue like lightning.
Caiman
Freshwater armor, silent power
Guinea Fowl
Spotted sentinels of the savanna
Gharial
The long-snouted fisher of big rivers
Mayfly
Born in water, gone in a day
Hermit Crab
Borrowed shells, bold lives
Earwig
Forceps, night-life, and fierce mothering
Grouse
Masters of the lek and the snow
Bandicoot
Digging by night, healing soils by day
Oyster
Reef builders that clean the coast
Avocet
Curved bill, clean sweep.
Sumatran Tiger
Sumatra's last Sunda-island tiger
Snail
One class, a thousand ways to snail.