Deep Ocean
Forests
Rivers
Frozen Worlds
Islands
200
This ferocious deep sea creature terrorized Marlin and Dory with its dangling, luminescent lure
Anglerfish
200
While smaller than its tufted-eared Canadian cousin, this short-tailed feline can pose a threat to small pets and can be found in forests from southern Canada all the way to Mexico
Bobcat
200
Over millions of years, this river carved out the 1 mile deep and up to 18 mile wide Grand Canyon
Colorado River
200
Seals, walrus, whales, and even great white sharks are prey to this undisputed top predator that prefers the cooler waters of the northern and southern-most oceans
Orcas
200
The highest sea cliffs in the world, standing at 4,000' above the waves, can be found on this famous island chain
Hawai'i (Kalaupapa Cliffs on the northern peninsula of Molokai)
400
This deep sea shark grows up to 20' long and has an elongated nose that is the reason for its horror/fantasy-related name
Goblin shark
400
Its name a misnomer, this raccoon relative thrives in a solitary life in the bamboo forests of southwestern China and eastern Himalayas
Red panda
400
Cutaneous respiration is a method of gas exchange that allows some amphibians like frogs and salamanders to breathe through this organ
Skin
400
Walking 2,000 miles each year in an annual migration between summer and winter feeding grounds, this species completes the longest land journey of any species
Caribou (humpback whales and Arctic terns hold the records for sea and air migrations)
400
Endemic to just several small Indonesian islands, this cannibalistic ten foot beast has a tail as long as its body and can inject anti-coagulant venom with its bite
Komodo dragon
600
With a shell made of iron sulfide, this mollusk lives on hydro-thermal vents on the ocean floor that spew magma-warmed water reaching 800+ degrees F
Volcano snail / scaly-foot gastropod / sea pangolin
600
By scientific classification, this family of mammalian carnivores includes weasels, badgers, otters, martens, polecats, and wolverines that live in diverse forest regions across 5 continents
Mustelids
600
At up to 20 feet long, this is the largest freshwater fish in North America, and it lives in rivers and estuaries from Alaska to southern California
White sturgeon
600
In addition to thick feathers, penguins stay warm by coating themselves with this substance
Oil (produced by a gland near their tails)
600
This island nation is home to hot-spring bathing macaques
Japan
800
James Cameron visited this spot in a solo descent, the deepest known area of the Mariana Trench at nearly 36,000 feet below the ocean surface
Challenger Deep
800
Endemic to only Madagascar, this giant tree has a distinctive thick trunk with branches only spreading out into a canopy at the very top
Baobab trees
800
This semi-aquatic creature is one of only two egg-laying mammals
Platypus
800
Male polar bears can grow over 11' tall and weigh over 2,000lb while females generally only grow 6-7' tall and up to 700lb, exhibiting this natural size-difference phenomenon that occurs throughout the animal kingdom
Sexual dimorphism
800
Charles Darwin solidified his theory of natural selection by observing variants of this species on the Galapagos Islands
Finches (specifically their beaks)
1000
Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, the scientific name for this giant deep sea dweller, has the largest known eyes of any creature ever to have lived on Earth and demonstrates the abyssal gigantism phenomenon
Colossal squid
1000
Once connected before continental shifts, this forest biome is dominated by fir trees, accounts for 30% of the Earth's forests, and stretches from eastern Siberia to Canada to Scandinavia.
Taiga
1000
Careful of hooking this fish on your line - growing up to 5' long and flashing 1" long teeth, this Congo River monster is known to jump out of the water to catch flying birds.
Goliath Tigerfish / Mbenga
1000
Icelandic delicacy Hákarl is fermented to remove toxic levels of urea from the meat of this deep-diving polar giant
Greenland shark
1000
Home to such oddities as the singing dog, the echidna, and the crocodile monitor, this island's mountains rise over 16,000' above sea level
New Guinea