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# Vulnerable Animals (Page 3 of 3)

> Species heading the wrong way. Still numerous in places, but the trend is clear enough for the IUCN to act on it.

**63 species in this collection.**

- [Reindeer (Caribou)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/reindeer/) (*Rangifer tarandus*)
  - **Superpower**: A tapetum lucidum (mirror layer behind the retina) that shifts from gold-turquoise in summer to deep blue in winter to match Arctic twilight, paired with a retina that also responds to ultraviolet light.
  - **Musical Match**: Mari Boine (Nordic Dark Folk & Ritual Atmospheric)
- [Sandfish Sea Cucumber](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sandfish-sea-cucumber/) (*Holothuria scabra*)
  - **Superpower**: Turns sea floor sediment into about 26 pellets an hour
  - **Musical Match**: Rhythm & Sound (Sub-Bass Dub & Industrial Heavyweight)
- [Shoebill Stork](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/shoebill-stork/) (*Balaeniceps rex*)
  - **Superpower**: Massive clog-shaped bill with sharp edges and a sharp hook, used to grab large prey such as lungfish in a lunging strike called "collapsing."
  - **Musical Match**: Nine Inch Nails (Industrial Rock & Cyberpunk)
- [Siamese Fighting Fish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/siamese-fighting-fish/) (*Betta splendens*)
  - **Superpower**: Breathes air through a labyrinth organ above its gills
  - **Musical Match**: Imogen Heap (Art Pop & Baroque Pop)
- [Sloth Bear](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sloth-bear/) (*Melursus ursinus*)
  - **Superpower**: Vacuum-cleaner feeding: a gap where its top two front teeth should be lets it suck up termites, it can close its nostrils while it feeds, and the slurping can be heard up to 100 meters away.
  - **Musical Match**: Carpenter Brut (80s Retrowave & Synthwave)
- [Snow Leopard](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/snow-leopard/) (*Panthera uncia*)
  - **Superpower**: Leaps of up to thirty feet, and an enlarged nasal cavity that warms the air before it reaches the lungs.
  - **Musical Match**: Myrkur (Blackgaze & Atmospheric Post-Metal)
- [Snowy Owl](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/snowy-owl/) (*Bubo scandiacus*)
  - **Superpower**: Usually watches for prey from a perch, then swoops down in a "wallop" to snatch it with strong talons.
  - **Musical Match**: Slowdive (Dream Pop & Shoegaze)
- [Southern Elephant Seal](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/southern-elephant-seal/) (*Mirounga leonina*)
  - **Superpower**: Breath-holds of up to two hours on oxygen-rich blood, and a roaring proboscis
  - **Musical Match**: The Bug (Sub-Bass Dub & Industrial Heavyweight)
- [Spectacled Bear](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/spectacled-bear/) (*Tremarctos ornatus*)
  - **Superpower**: Builds platforms in trees for eating and sleeping
  - **Musical Match**: KT Tunstall (Garage Blues & Swamp Rock)
- [Sperm Whale](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sperm-whale/) (*Physeter macrocephalus*)
  - **Superpower**: A gigantic nose that fires echolocation clicks up to 236 decibels underwater, the loudest sounds known from any animal, and an oil sac of spermaceti that helps focus the sound.
  - **Musical Match**: Gojira (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom)
- [Sun Bear](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sun-bear/) (*Helarctos malayanus*)
  - **Superpower**: Although it is the smallest bear in the world, it has the longest tongue.
  - **Musical Match**: Abigail Washburn (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass)
- [Thorny Seahorse](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/thorny-seahorse/) (*Hippocampus histrix*)
  - **Superpower**: Males carry the eggs in a brood pouch, where they fertilize, aerate and osmoregulate the embryos.
  - **Musical Match**: Hole (90s Grunge & Alt-Rock)
- [Walrus](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/walrus/) (*Odobenus rosmarus*)
  - **Superpower**: About 400 to 700 whiskers on a snout that a walrus moves through seafloor sediment to find food.
  - **Musical Match**: Wardruna (Nordic & Steppe Folk Metal)
- [Wandering Albatross](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/wandering-albatross/) (*Diomedea exulans*)
  - **Superpower**: Wingspan of about 3 m, and cruises on tail or side winds using little more energy than a bird resting on land
  - **Musical Match**: The Specials (Ska-Punk & 2-Tone)
- [West Indian Manatee](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/manatee/) (*Trichechus manatus*)
  - **Superpower**: Marching molars that are constantly replaced, new teeth forming at the back of the jaw and moving forward about a centimeter a month.
  - **Musical Match**: Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion)

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Conservation categories are from the [IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](https://www.iucnredlist.org/). AnimalTracks is independent of IUCN.