Trait CollectionBehavior & Tactics

Burrower

Excavating subterranean tunnels for temperature control, predator safety, and secure nursery dens.

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A very large dung roller that shapes droppings into balls and holds heat in its thorax in flight.

The spiny, egg-laying mammal that digs into ant and termite nests and carries an electric sense in its snout.

A scale-armored mammal that swishes its tail with its scales erect, then curls into a near-impregnable ball when threatened.

Male venom carries a nerve toxin that likely evolved to deter bandicoots and birds, and is lethal to humans by unfortunate coincidence.

One oversized claw fires a high-speed water jet whose collapsing bubble, in a related shrimp, hits at least 5,000 kelvin and flashes with light.