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100

This large African mammal is known for its long trunk and enormous ears.


Elephant 

100

This bird is the fastest animal on Earth when diving.


Peregrine Falcon 

100

This is the largest living species of shark.


Whale shark 

100

This British naturalist became famous for his work documenting chimpanzees in Tanzania.


Jane Goodall

100

This popular freshwater game fish is known for its greenish body and distinctive dark stripe along its side.


What is a largemouth bass

200

At many zoos, this Australian marsupial carries its young in a pouch.


Kangaroo 

200

This animal uses echolocation to navigate and hunt in darkness.


Bat

200

Unlike most mammals, this animal has three-chambered stomachs specialized for digesting plants.


Camelids(Camels,Llamas,Alpaca 

200

This Australian Wildlife TV Star was known for wrestling crocodiles

Steve Irwin 

200

In North America, hunters commonly pursue this highly populated deer species for its antlers and meat.


White-tailed Deer

300

This Asian big cat is famous for its striped coat and is the largest cat species.


Tiger

300

This amphibian can regenerate lost limbs and even parts of its organs.


Axolotl 

300

This group of animals includes crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharials.


Crocodilians 

300

This American zoologist helped establish the modern system of classifying animals and popularized the concept of conservation through his work at the Bronx Zoo.


William Temple Hornaday

300

In duck hunting, hunters often use these floating feuxs to make an area appear occupied by other waterfowl.


Decoy

400

Found in South America, this enormous rodent is the worlds largest living rodent.


Capybara 

400

This bird can rotate its head up to roughly 270 degrees.


Owl

400

This class of vertebrates includes frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts


Amphibians

400

This naturalists five-year voyage aboard HMS Beagle helped inspire his theory of evolution by natural selection.


Charles Darwin 

400

This North American game animal is the largest member of the deer family and is especially associated with Alaska and Canada.


Moose 

500

This rare African antelope has a distinctive spiral-shaped horn and is sometimes called the forest giraffe


Okapi

500

This tiny crustacean strikes so quickly that it creates cavitation bubbles capable of stunning prey.


Mantis Shrimp 

500

This unusual mammal lays eggs rather than giving birth to live young and possesses a venomous spur.


Platypus 

500

This Kenyan conservationist was known for founding the Green Belt Movement and became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize


Wangari Maathai