Mammals
This rodent is considered an invasive species in Florida and parts of Europe.
What is the eastern gray squirrel?
This constrictor was a popular pet in Florida until it wreaked havoc on the ecosystem.
What is the Burmese python?
The world's deadliest animal.
What is the mosquito?
This species is the only spider to live almost entirely underwater.
What is the diving bell spider?
These mollusks produce pearls.
What are clams?
The biggest mammal on the planet, weighing in at about 400,000 pounds.
What is the Antarctic blue whale?
The biggest lizard in the world, weighing as much as 366 pounds.
What is the Komodo dragon?
These bugs are the most common animal in the world with a total population of 20 quadrillion.
What are ants?
These arachnids are commonly assumed to be a type of spider but are actually more closely related to scorpions and classified as their own species.
What are daddy longlegs?
They are snails without shells.
What are slugs?
The most abundant mammals on the planet.
What are humans?
This amphibian was released in Australia to limit pest beetles within sugar cane.
What is the cane toad?
This insect is a keystone species, supporting the reproduction of 80% of the world's flowering planets.
What are bees?
This arachnid species glows under UV light.
What are scorpions?
These mollusks are a keystone species because they filter and clean the surrounding water and provide habitat by creating reefs.
What are oysters?
The most popular pet in the world.
What is the dog?
The most venomous snake on Earth.
What is the Inland Taipan?
This is the strongest insect world, lifting 1,141 times its body weight.
What is the horned dung beetle?
This tarantula species is the biggest arachnid in the world, weighing up to 6.2 ounces.
What is the Goliath birdeater?
Other than humans, these animals are the only species to use insulin as a weapon.
What are cone snails?
This four-year conflict, between two great ape communities, was documented by Jane Goodall.
What is the Gombe Chimpanzee War?
This chameleon is the smallest reptile discovered, measuring in at 0.53 inches.
What is the Brookesia nana?
These insects aren't attracted to light—they navigate by the light of the moon, so the lights disorient them.
What are moths?
These two arachnid species are the most abundant.
What are ticks and mites?
This mollusk species has three hearts.
What are octopuses?