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Indian Black Turtle
A medium-to-large pond turtle with a high, domed, nearly black shell and a dark head with lighter markings; it…
Northern Shoveler
A duck with a huge spatulate bill for filtering water, males with green head.
Japanese Terrier
A small, smooth-coated Japanese terrier—rare, elegant, and a devoted town companion.
Leafy Seadragon
A master of camouflage with leaf-like appendages, drifting like seaweed off southern Australia.
Bengal Eyed Turtle
A small-to-medium pond turtle whose olive-brown shell bears distinctive ocelli (eyespots) on the vertebral scu…
Mute Swan
A large white swan with an orange bill and black knob, elegant on lakes.
Standard Smooth Dachshund
The classic 'badger dog'—long-bodied and short-legged, smooth-coated, fearless and fun.
Green Spotted Puffer
A small poisonous pufferfish with dark spots and a beak-like fused jaw, inflates when threatened.
Malaysian Giant Turtle
One of the largest freshwater turtles in Asia, with a heavy, flattened, dark brown or black shell.
Whooper Swan
A large white swan with a yellow-and-black bill, migratory in northern wetlands.
Standard Wire-haired Dachshund
The wiry-coated standard dachshund—rugged, beardy, and just as tenacious underground.
Cowfish / Boxfish
A cube-shaped armored fish with a rigid box of bony plates, with horn-like projections.
Indian Roofed Turtle
A colourful pond turtle named for the 'roof' (upturned) appearance of the middle of its carapace, which is pal…
Tundra Swan
A white swan of the Arctic tundra with a small black-and-yellow bill.
Standard Long-haired Dachshund
The silky-coated standard dachshund—gentle, elegant, and a devoted companion.
Porcupinefish
A pufferfish covered in spines that erect when it inflates, a slow-moving reef dweller.
Ornate Wood Turtle
A colourful, largely terrestrial wood turtle with a flattened shell patterned with yellow, red, and black radi…
Black Swan
An all-black swan with a red bill and white flight feathers, native to Australia.
Miniature Smooth Dachshund
A pocket-sized smooth dachshund—small in size, huge in personality.
Great White Shark
The most famous apex predator of the oceans, a powerful torpedo-shaped hunter of seals and fish.
Black Wood Turtle
A largely aquatic wood turtle with a dark, flattened shell, a black or dark brown head with a pale stripe, and…
Swan Goose
A large gray-brown goose with an orange bill and dark stripe, ancestor of some domestic geese.
Miniature Wire-haired Dachshund
The small, wiry-coated dachshund—beardy, bright, and endlessly entertaining.
Whale Shark
The largest fish in the world, a gentle filter-feeder with a spotted pattern, harmless to humans.
