--- title: "Low Danger Animals (Page 6 of 15) | AnimalTracks.wiki" description: "The overwhelming majority of life on Earth. Harmless to humans, and frequently far more interesting for it." image: "https://animaltracks.wiki/icon-512.png" canonical: "https://animaltracks.wiki/danger/low/page/6/" --- # Low Danger Animals (Page 6 of 15) > The overwhelming majority of life on Earth. Harmless to humans, and frequently far more interesting for it. **352 species in this collection.** - [European Eel](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-eel/) (*Anguilla anguilla*) - **Superpower**: Swims 5,000 to 10,000 km across the Atlantic to spawn - **Musical Match**: Kali Malone (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes) - [European Hare](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-hare/) (*Lepus europaeus*) - **Superpower**: Leverets are born furred and well developed, then spread over a moderately wide area to avoid predation on the whole litter - **Musical Match**: Kate Bush (Art Pop & Baroque Pop) - [European Harvestman](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-harvestman/) (*Phalangium opilio*) - **Superpower**: In a lab colony, a female lays a typical clutch of about 250 eggs roughly every three days - **Musical Match**: American Football (Math Rock & Midwest Emo) - [European Hedgehog](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-hedgehog/) (*Erinaceus europaeus*) - **Superpower**: A sheet of muscle across the back, the panniculus carnosus, contracts to curl the body into a ball while the muscles linked to each spine contract too, leaving every spine standing on end. - **Musical Match**: Tiny Moving Parts (Math Rock & Midwest Emo) - [European Herring Gull](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-herring-gull/) (*Larus argentatus*) - **Superpower**: Paddles its feet on the ground to flush worms to the surface - **Musical Match**: Eurythmics (80s Pop & Dance Anthem) - [European Mantis](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-mantis/) (*Mantis religiosa*) - **Superpower**: A single ear on its underside, tuned to ultrasound - **Musical Match**: Ryoji Ikeda (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis) - [European Medicinal Leech](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-medicinal-leech/) (*Hirudo medicinalis*) - **Superpower**: Anticoagulant saliva, and one blood meal that can last it 12 to 18 months - **Musical Match**: Lindsey Stirling (2010s Pop & Electropop) - [European Mole](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-mole/) (*Talpa europaea*) - **Superpower**: Digs tunnel networks that can run hundreds of metres, with five-clawed front feet turned outward - **Musical Match**: BIG|BRAVE (Sludge Metal & Heavy Drone) - [European Polecat](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-polecat/) (*Mustela putorius*) - **Superpower**: A key-lock jaw hinge whose grip is tenacious enough that it can be lifted and suspended by whatever it holds in its teeth, backed by a strong-smelling secretion from its anal glands when threatened. - **Musical Match**: Green Day (Pop-Punk & 2000s Alt-Rock) - [European Robin](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-robin/) (*Erithacus rubecula*) - **Superpower**: A light-sensitive retinal protein called cryptochrome 4 that may let the robin sense Earth's magnetic field through quantum chemistry, a mechanism researchers are still working to confirm. - **Musical Match**: Vashti Bunyan (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass) - [European Starling](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-starling/) (*Sturnus vulgaris*) - **Superpower**: A voicebox with two independent sound sources, which in males handle mostly low notes on the left and higher ones on the right, plus six distinct flock escape patterns under falcon attack - **Musical Match**: NewJeans (Hyperpop & Kawaii Future Bass) - [European Storm Petrel](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-storm-petrel/) (*Hydrobates pelagicus*) - **Superpower**: Runs on stomach oil while incubating (if that oil supplies all its energy, it accounts for 76% of the weight lost each day on the nest), and its chicks can apparently recognize their own body odor - **Musical Match**: Tokio Hotel (2000s Pop-Rock & Emo) - [Fangtooth](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/fangtooth/) (*Anoplogaster cornuta*) - **Superpower**: Fangs so long that the lower pair slide into pockets in the roof of its mouth, reportedly the largest teeth of any marine fish for its head size - **Musical Match**: Bloodbath (Brutal Death Metal & Heavy Groove) - [Fennec Fox](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/fennec-fox/) (*Vulpes zerda*) - **Superpower**: Ears up to 6 inches (15.2 cm) long that dispel desert heat and track down prey under the sand. - **Musical Match**: Erykah Badu (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco) - [Ferret](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ferret/) (*Mustela furo*) - **Superpower**: Sleeps over 60% of the time in the lab, with an unusually large share of it in REM sleep - **Musical Match**: J Dilla (Chillhop & Lo-Fi Beats) - [Fire Salamander](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/fire-salamander/) (*Salamandra salamandra*) - **Superpower**: Glands behind the eyes and down the body that secrete toxic alkaloids, which it can actively spray at an attacker. - **Musical Match**: Lake Malice (Electronic Metalcore & Nu-Metal) - [Frilled Lizard](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/frilled-lizard/) (*Chlamydosaurus kingii*) - **Superpower**: Raises a neck frill held up by hyoid bones and cartilages, with its mouth open, in a startle display; if that fails it usually runs for a tree on its hind legs. - **Musical Match**: Wolfmother (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues) - [Fruit Fly](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/fruit-fly/) (*Drosophila melanogaster*) - **Superpower**: Has counterparts to an estimated 65% of human disease genes - **Musical Match**: Daft Punk (Big Beat & 90s Acid Techno) - [Garden Snail](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/garden-snail/) (*Cornu aspersum*) - **Superpower**: Seals itself off with a parchment-like membrane in hot, dry weather - **Musical Match**: Hania Rani (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber) - [Gentoo Penguin](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gentoo-penguin/) (*Pygoscelis papua*) - **Superpower**: Bimodal diving: in one tracking study, shallow dives averaged 4 metres and deep dives 80 metres - **Musical Match**: Backstreet Boys (90s Pop & Eurodance) - [Geoffroy's Spider Monkey](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/geoffroys-spider-monkey/) (*Ateles geoffroyi*) - **Superpower**: A tail that can pick things up and hold the monkey's weight - **Musical Match**: Tame Impala (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych) - [Gerenuk](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gerenuk/) (*Litocranius walleri*) - **Superpower**: Rears onto its hind legs to browse tree leaves that are out of reach for most other antelope species - **Musical Match**: Arvo Pärt (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber) - [Gharial](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gharial/) (*Gavialis gangeticus*) - **Superpower**: Up to 110 razor-sharp teeth, a low-drag slashing strike, and a male's ghara that buzzes as he exhales - **Musical Match**: The Mars Volta (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych) - [Ghost Bat](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ghost-bat/) (*Macroderma gigas*) - **Superpower**: Highly sensitive low-frequency hearing, and the sharpest estimated vision of six echolocating bats compared in one study - **Musical Match**: Spiritbox (Modern Metalcore & Djent) - Previous Page: https://animaltracks.wiki/danger/low/page/5/ - Next Page: https://animaltracks.wiki/danger/low/page/7/