Banjo Catfish
The leaf-litter masters of the riverbed
Conservation Threats
Mining
Extraction of minerals and resources causing habitat destruction and pollution
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Mining Animals
Desert Rain Frog
Squeak of the Namib dunes
Cicada
Years belowground, weeks in the spotlight
Fruit Bat
Plant the forest-one flight at a time
Snow Leopard
Built for cliffs. Made for cold.
Bush Baby
Big eyes. Bigger leaps.
Giant Armadillo
Big burrows. Bigger impact.
Ibex
Born to climb the impossible
Horsefly
Fast flyers with a fierce bite
Wood Bison
Boreal muscle, northern resilience.
Camel Cricket
Humpback hoppers of the humid dark
Skink Lizard
Smooth scales, global explorers
Common Raven
Wedge tail. Deep croak. Big brain.
Caiman Lizard
The snail-crusher of the Guianas
Sleeper Shark
Slow swimmers, deep-sea survivors
Crab Spider
Side-stepping ambush artists
Babirusa
The pig with deer-like tusks
Huntsman Spider
Sideways legs. Lightning-fast hunters.
Yeti Crab
Hairy claws, bacterial farms, deep sea
Spider Wasp
Paralyze a spider, raise a wasp
Mackenzie Valley Wolf
Mackenzie's big-pack apex hunter
Dung Beetle
Nature's cleanup crew-on the roll
Caribou
Antlers, Arctic, and endless miles.
Anglerfish
Lure, lunge, and vanish.