--- title: "Carnivore Animals (Page 4 of 7) | AnimalTracks.wiki" description: "Diet centered on other animals, from insects and krill to large prey, caught with teeth, beaks, talons or tongues." image: "https://animaltracks.wiki/icon-512.png" canonical: "https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/carnivore/page/4/" --- # Carnivore Animals (Page 4 of 7) > Diet centered on other animals, from insects and krill to large prey, caught with teeth, beaks, talons or tongues. **159 species in this collection.** - [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) - [Fisher](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/fisher/) (*Pekania pennanti*) - **Superpower**: Its embryos pause for 10 to 11 months and a mother mates again soon after giving birth, so a female is pregnant or nursing for almost all of her adult life - **Musical Match**: Pauline Oliveros (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes) - [Frilled Shark](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/frilled-shark/) (*Chlamydoselachus anguineus*) - **Superpower**: Six frilly gill slits, tricuspid teeth, and a lineage estimated at 82 million years old. - **Musical Match**: Bring Me The Horizon (Modern Alt-Metal & Post-Hardcore) - [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) - [Geography Cone Snail](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/geography-cone-snail/) (*Conus geographus*) - **Superpower**: Venom insulin that appears to be part of the "nirvana cabal," a toxin mix released into the water to disorient schools of small fish, which the snail then engulfs and harpoons with a hollow radular tooth. - **Musical Match**: Carpenter Brut (French Dark Electro & EBM) - [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) - [Giant Freshwater Stingray](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-freshwater-stingray/) (*Urogymnus polylepis*) - **Superpower**: 2.2-meter disc width, a 300-kilogram record catch, and a long, barbed tail spine - **Musical Match**: Massive Attack (Trip-Hop & Velvet Downtempo) - [Giant Pacific Octopus](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-pacific-octopus/) (*Enteroctopus dofleini*) - **Superpower**: Three hearts, blue copper-rich blood, about 2,140 to 2,240 suckers that grip, taste, and smell, and a body that can squeeze through any hole large enough for its beak. - **Musical Match**: Radiohead (Trip-Hop & Velvet Downtempo) - [Giant River Otter](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-river-otter/) (*Pteronura brasiliensis*) - **Superpower**: Jaw leverage that should favor speed over force, plus 22 distinct adult calls, including group choruses that might help mob caimans and jaguars. - **Musical Match**: Azymuth (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion) - [Giant Squid](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-squid/) (*Architeuthis dux*) - **Superpower**: Two long feeding tentacles that strike and tangle prey - **Musical Match**: Bell Witch (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom) - [Giant Water Bug](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-water-bug/) (*Lethocerus americanus*) - **Superpower**: A young bug reduced a tadpole bigger than itself to shriveled skin in an hour - **Musical Match**: Electric Light Orchestra (70s Pop & Glam Disco) - [Glass Frog](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/glass-frog/) (*Centrolenidae*) - **Superpower**: Resting glass frogs in a 2022 study packed about 89% of their red blood cells into their livers, becoming two to three times more transparent. - **Musical Match**: Clams Casino (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes) - [Goblin Shark](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/goblin-shark/) (*Mitsukurina owstoni*) - **Superpower**: Catapulting slingshot feeding mechanism that launches its jaws at up to 3.1 meters per second - **Musical Match**: Lustmord (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes) - [Golden Jackal](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/golden-jackal/) (*Canis aureus*) - **Superpower**: A fast geographic expansion across Europe over the last century, in at least two waves - **Musical Match**: Simon & Garfunkel (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass) - [Goliath Birdeater](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/goliath-birdeater/) (*Theraphosa blondi*) - **Superpower**: An 11-inch leg span and stinging hairs it can release to irritate predators - **Musical Match**: A Tribe Called Quest (90s East Coast Hip-Hop & Boom Bap) - [Gray Wolf](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gray-wolf/) (*Canis lupus*) - **Superpower**: A sprint of up to 38 miles per hour (61 km/h) paired with a howl that can carry up to ten miles across Arctic tundra to rally the pack. - **Musical Match**: Myrkur (Nordic & Steppe Folk Metal) - [Great Blue Heron](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-blue-heron/) (*Ardea herodias*) - **Superpower**: Waits for fish to swim near, then strikes with a rapid thrust of its bill - **Musical Match**: Phil Collins (Art Pop & Baroque Pop) - [Great Cormorant](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-cormorant/) (*Phalacrocorax carbo*) - **Superpower**: A fast, agile underwater swimmer with wettable feathers and low buoyancy - **Musical Match**: Tom Tom Club (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco) - [Great Crested Grebe](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-crested-grebe/) (*Podiceps cristatus*) - **Superpower**: A head-shaking courtship duet that can include a breast-to-breast 'Penguin-dance' - **Musical Match**: ABBA (70s Pop & Glam Disco) - [Great Horned Owl](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-horned-owl/) (*Bubo virginianus*) - **Superpower**: Talons that take a force of 13 kg to open, strong enough to sever the spinal column of prey larger than itself. - **Musical Match**: Julee Cruise (Dream Pop & Shoegaze) - [Greater Roadrunner](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/greater-roadrunner/) (*Geococcyx californianus*) - **Superpower**: Runs at up to 20 mph, smashes prey against rocks, and saves energy by basking black skin on its back in the sun. - **Musical Match**: Cassyette (Alt-Metal & Nu-Rock) - [Green Moray Eel](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/green-moray-eel/) (*Gymnothorax funebris*) - **Superpower**: A yellow mucus coat that protects it from parasites and bacteria, and a sense of smell it relies on to find prey at night - **Musical Match**: Ty Segall (Heavy Psych & Garage Rock) - Previous Page: https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/carnivore/page/3/ - Next Page: https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/carnivore/page/5/