Weaver Birds
Nature's master basket-weavers
Conservation Threats
Natural System Modification
Altered fire regimes, water management, and ecosystem engineering
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Baya
Hanging-nest genius of the monsoon
Eastern Brown Snake
Australia's swift rodent-hunting elapid
Cascabel
Hear the rattle. Respect the hunter.
Collett's Snake
Banded black snake of inland Queensland
Pine Snake
The bluffing burrower of the pines
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Hear the rattle-respect the desert.
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Big diamonds. Bigger warning.
Mud Snake
Wetland phantom with a blazing belly
Arafura File Snake
Baggy-skinned fish-gripper
Egyptian Goose
Africa's bold, loud, territorial grazer
Congo Snake
Not a snake-an eel-shaped salamander
Arizona Black Rattlesnake
Dark. Mountain-born. Don't tread close.
Cinereous Vulture
Big, black, and built to clean
Griffon Vulture
Nature's high-altitude clean-up crew
Lappet-faced Vulture
Big bill. Bare face. Nature's cleanup boss.
Viper Shark (dogfish)
Tiny shark, viper-like fangs
Golden Lancehead
Snake Island's golden ambush viper
Midget Faded Rattlesnake
Small snake. Serious rattle.
Sea Roach
Rock runners of the tide line
Bullsnake
Prairie's loudest look-alike
Atlantic Salmon
Born in rivers, grown at sea, home again
Whinchat
Meadow hunter, Africa-bound migrant
Savannah Sparrow
Buzzy song of the open fields