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African Elephant
↗The largest living land animal, recognized by its size, ears, trunk, and social life.

Bald Eagle
↗The bald eagle is a large North American bird of prey recognized by the white head and tail of mature adults.

Blue Whale
↗A marine mammal and the largest animal known to have lived on Earth.

Emperor Penguin
↗The emperor penguin is the largest penguin species and breeds on Antarctic sea ice during the dark, cold winter.

Giant Panda
↗The giant panda is a black-and-white bear native to mountain forests in central China and specially adapted to eat bamboo.
Gorilla
↗Members of the genus Gorilla — the large African great apes that include eastern and western gorillas and their subspecies.

Great White Shark
↗The great white shark is a large, wide-ranging ocean predator found mainly in temperate and subtropical seas around the world.

Komodo Dragon
↗The Komodo dragon is the world's largest living lizard, a powerful predator found naturally on a few Indonesian islands.
Lion
↗A large social big-cat species (Panthera leo) native to sub‑Saharan Africa and a small remnant population in India, recognized for its roar, social 'pride' structure, and conservation concern.
Monarch Butterfly
↗Danaus plexippus, the monarch, is a milkweed-dependent butterfly known for the long-distance migration of North American populations and global non-migratory populations elsewhere.
Polar Bear
↗The Arctic marine mammal Ursus maritimus (polar bear): the largest living bear, adapted to hunt on sea ice and dependent on Arctic sea ice habitat.

Tyrannosaurus Rex
↗Tyrannosaurus rex was a large carnivorous dinosaur that lived in western North America near the end of the Cretaceous Period.

Venus Flytrap
↗The Venus flytrap is a small carnivorous plant native to coastal wetlands in North and South Carolina.