A
Aardvark
Armadillo
Aardvark
Aardvark and juvenile - Kiddle Encyclopedia (Photo Scotto Bear)
Aardvarks are one of the best termite hunters in the world. Even though termites have strong fortresses, they cannot stop the Aardvarks powerful claws.
Adder
Armadillo
Aardvark
Loch Shin adder - Kiddle Encyclopedia
Adders are the only poisonous snake native to Great Britain. Adder bites are usually painful, but rarely fatal.
Armadillo
Armadillo
Armadillo
Armadillo - Pics4Learning (photo Ransom, Kenneth April 2004).
Armadillos are insectivores: they eat insects. Their super power is the ability to curl up into a ball to defend themselves from predators.
B
Barracuda
Black Panther
Black Panther
Barracuda laban - Kiddle Encyclopedia
Barracudas are a toothy saltwater predator fish. They are the pike and muskie of the oceans (Pike is a toothy predator fish in freshwater).
Black Panther
Black Panther
Black Panther
Black Jaguar - A-z-animals (photo Steve Wilson)
The Black Panther is part of the Panthera pardus family. Black Panther is not the official name of the animal but this term is commonly applied to black coated jaguars.
Baboon
Black Panther
Baboon
Male and female Baboons with infant - Kiddle Encyclopedia ( photo Dick Mudde )
The baboon is a relative of the "Old World Monkey" and is found in different habitats through Africa and parts of Arabia. Baboons are extremely smart and a have been found using tools like chimpanzees and humans.
C
Channel Catfish
Channel Catfish
Channel Catfish
Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) - A-Z animals (photo Ryan Somma )
The channel Catfishes are a type of catfish. These fish have been known to wipe out fish species in waters they are introduced to because of how they can out-compete a lot of other fish.
Capybara
Channel Catfish
Channel Catfish
Swimming Capybara, Argentina - A-Z Animals (photo Cala Antonini)
The Capybara has amazing creature powers. They seem like "land only" animals at first glance but when pressured by land predators they jump into a river and swim to safety on the other side.
Caracal
Channel Catfish
Caracal
Caracal Jumping - Big Cat Reserve - Wild4 Photographic Safary
The caracal looks kind of like a lynx. But unlike the lynx it can jump up to 10 feet in the air. It uses this power to sneak up on birds and when the birds fly upwards it leaps up and tries to snatch them.
D
Dingo
Dugong
Dingo
Dingo s ulovenou rybou na ostrově Fraser - Kiddle Encyclopedia (photo Marc Tarlock )
They are Australian wild dogs. They live in the outback and like to eat kangaroos (which is their favorite food), but they also eat other small animals.
Dodo
Dugong
Dingo
Frohawk Dodo - Kiddle Encyclopedia (Frederick William Frohawk )
These small birds are sadly extinct. They lived on the Mauritius islands and ate rocks to better digest other hard foods, like shellfish. They went extinct around the 17th Century because they knew nothing of humans, so they didn't run away and hid when humans hunted them.
Dugong
Dugong
Dugong
Dugong Marsa Alam - Kiddle Encyclopedia (photo Julien Willem )
These marines mammal are part of the manatees family. Similarly to manatees they have big blabber bodies that help them induce the hard winters and cold water. They live in the red sea, Indian ocean and Pacific ocean.
E
Electric Eel
Electric Eel
Electric Eel
Electric-eel - Kiddle Encyclopedia (photo Steven G. Johnson )
The Electric Eels are shocking animals. They can produce waves of electricity from their body to stun prey and predators. The old record for the amount of volts was 650 volts but in 2019 a new type of Electric Eel was discovered that beats the record with an amazing jolt of 860 volts.
Elephant
Electric Eel
Electric Eel
Elephants are very much like humans. When a family member dies, they bury him/her and have a funeral procession! Also, they are very protective of their young baby elephants.
Echidna
Electric Eel
Echidna
Echidna (Tachyglossus Aculeatus) - A-Z Animals (photo Allan Whittome)
The Echidna is a very cool mammal. It is one of the only mammals that can lay eggs. It is called the spiny anteater because of its porcupine like quills.
F
Flamingo
Flamingo
Flamingo
Flamingos are awesome birds. They get their pink skin color from the Krill they eat. You can tell a Flamingo is not healthy (not enough food) if they are white.
For example, during winter they are not as brightly coloured as in spring.
Fossa
Flamingo
Flamingo
Cryptoprocta Ferox - Kiddle Encyclopedia (photo Ran Kirlian)
Fossas are amazing animals. Only found in Madagascar, an island of the African coast, they resemble a cat but are actually a relative of the mongoose. They like to hunt lemurs but will also have fish, birds, tenrecs, and rodents.
Firefly
Flamingo
Firefly
Photinus pyralis Firefly glowing - Kiddle Encyclopedia
Fireflies are known by multiple names such as lightning bugs and glow worms when they are in their larva stage. Fireflies are often overlooked. People think of their glow as pointless, but their glow is actually very important to firefly survival. Their glow is like Morse code, certain types of glows and speeds sends messages to other fireflies. Glows also help attract mates to male Fireflies.
G
Great Blue Heron
Galapagos Tortoise
Galapagos Tortoise
Flamingos are awesome birds. They get their pink skin color from the Krill they eat. You can tell a Flamingo is not healthy (not enough food) if they are white.
For example, during winter they are not as brightly coloured as in spring.
Galapagos Tortoise
Galapagos Tortoise
Galapagos Tortoise
The Galapagos tortoise is a cool tortoise. it can live for a very long time. its hard shell protects it from dangers.
This creature lives on the Galapagos islands.(South America) it is hot there.
Golden Eagle
Galapagos Tortoise
Golden Eagle
Photinus pyralis Firefly glowing - Kiddle Encyclopedia
Fireflies are known by multiple names such as lightning bugs and glow worms when they are in their larva stage. Fireflies are often overlooked. People think of their glow as pointless, but their glow is actually very important to firefly survival. Their glow is like Morse code, certain types of glows and speeds sends messages to other fireflies. Glows also help attract mates to male Fireflies.