Birds
This red bird is the mascot of an NFL and MLB team
Cardinal
Cats
This animal dies slowly after laying its eggs, sometimes it dies after squirting ink
octopus
Even though it can hide in a shell like its cousins, these types of reptiles never go in the water
Tortoise
This mythological bird rises from its own ashes
Phoenix
Despite being perceived as very slow--to be named after a deadly sin--these mammals move rapid when striking and are very fast swimmers.
Sloths
If you want to eat this animal, you have to boil it alive.
Lobster
The difference between knowing whether a snake is a king snake or this poisonous snake is to look at the colored bands on its skin
Coral Snake
These colonial animals survive floods by connecting to each other and taking turns being on the bottom--still annoying biters though
Ants
Kiwi
The only mammals that can fly
Bats
Largest animal to have ever existed
Unlike its namesake, this reptile runs on water instead of walks
Basilisk (Jesus Lizard)
Large oceanic flightless bird called the most dangerous to humans. It has talons up to 5 inches long
Cassowary
These black mammals from southern island of Australia have the strongest bite, pound for pound
Tasmanian Devil
Despite named after a mammal, this is the largest shark living today
Whale Shark
This reptile is said to be immune to fire; sadly, this isn't true
Salamander
Fastest animal ever recorded (it's not a cheetah)
Peregrine Falcon
half points for one of them.
Platypus / Echidna
People catch this fish with their arm by letting the fish bite it--called noodling
Catfish
Looks like a crocodile or alligator, but this cousin has a longer and more narrow snout
Gharial
This spider lives underwater by attaching bubbles to its legs to breathe
Diving Bell Spider