--- title: "Carnivore Animals (Page 5 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/5/" --- # Carnivore Animals (Page 5 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.** - [Greenland Shark](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/greenland-shark/) (*Somniosus microcephalus*) - **Superpower**: It grows less than a centimeter a year, females aren't sexually mature until at least 156 years old, give or take 22, and its lifespan runs to at least 272 years, the longest of any known vertebrate. - **Musical Match**: Kali Malone (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes) - [Grey Heron](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/grey-heron/) (*Ardea cinerea*) - **Superpower**: Typically waits for prey to come within striking range, then generally swallows it whole - **Musical Match**: Mitski (Indie Rock & Jangle Pop) - [Gulper Eel (Pelican Eel)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gulper-eel/) (*Eurypharynx pelecanoides*) - **Superpower**: A mouth that first unfolds and then inflates, and that researchers propose can expand to several times the eel's own body volume. - **Musical Match**: Oneohtrix Point Never (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis) - [Harris's Hawk](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/harris-hawk/) (*Parabuteo unicinctus*) - **Superpower**: Cooperative pack-hunting tactics and the highest colour-vision resolution measured in any animal to date - **Musical Match**: Television (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk) - [Hellbender](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/hellbender/) (*Cryptobranchus alleganiensis*) - **Superpower**: Cutaneous respiration through wrinkled skin folds, plus a mucus coat distasteful to potential predators - **Musical Match**: Clutch (Stoner Rock & Desert Groove) - [Honey Badger](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/honey-badger/) (*Mellivora capensis*) - **Superpower**: Venom resistance from a muscle receptor that impedes snake toxin binding, and thick, loose skin that stops a predator getting a firm grip and lets it turn and bite - **Musical Match**: X-Ray Spex (Classic Punk & 70s Garage) - [Humpback Anglerfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/humpback-anglerfish/) (*Melanocetus johnsonii*) - **Superpower**: Swallows prey longer than itself - **Musical Match**: Andy Stott (Future Garage & Deep Electronica) - [Iberian Lynx](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/iberian-lynx/) (*Lynx pardinus*) - **Superpower**: A single kill bite that punctures the back of the prey's neck and severs the spinal cord, on a diet that is 80 to 100 percent European rabbit - **Musical Match**: Photek (Drum & Bass / Precision Jungle) - [Immortal Jellyfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/immortal-jellyfish/) (*Turritopsis dohrnii*) - **Superpower**: Life cycle reversal: a damaged, starved or aging medusa becomes a cyst, then a polyp - **Musical Match**: M83 (Dream Pop & Shoegaze) - [Jaguarundi](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/jaguarundi/) (*Herpailurus yagouaroundi*) - **Superpower**: A bigger vocal repertoire than any other cat sharing its range, and a daytime schedule out of step with the nocturnal margay - **Musical Match**: Faith No More (Nu-Metal & 90s Alt-Metal) - [Japanese Giant Salamander](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/japanese-giant-salamander/) (*Andrias japonicus*) - **Superpower**: Breathes mainly through its wrinkled skin, and has sensory bumps around its head that work like a fish's lateral line. - **Musical Match**: Geinoh Yamashirogumi (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes) - [King Penguin](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/king-penguin/) (*Aptenodytes patagonicus*) - **Superpower**: Carries its single egg on its feet for about 54 days, and tracked birds have dived past 240 meters. - **Musical Match**: Yann Tiersen (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber) - [Least Weasel](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/least-weasel/) (*Mustela nivalis*) - **Superpower**: Kills prey larger than itself and can eat over half its own body weight in a day - **Musical Match**: Melt-Banana (Mathcore & Chaotic Noise) - [Leatherback Sea Turtle](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/leatherback-sea-turtle/) (*Dermochelys coriacea*) - **Superpower**: Gigantothermy heat retention, and backward-pointing throat spines that help hold prey - **Musical Match**: This Will Destroy You (Cinematic Post-Rock & Ambient Crescendo) - [Leopard](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/leopard/) (*Panthera pardus*) - **Superpower**: Carries a fresh kill up to 15 m (50 ft) up a tree, even one heavier than itself, to keep it from lions and hyenas. - **Musical Match**: Mogwai (Cinematic Post-Rock & Ambient Crescendo) - [Leopard Seal](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/leopard-seal/) (*Hydrurga leptonyx*) - **Superpower**: Lobodont teeth that filter krill, and incisors that grip a penguin by the skin - **Musical Match**: Fear Factory (Industrial Metal & Cyber Thrash) - [Lowland Streaked Tenrec](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/lowland-streaked-tenrec/) (*Hemicentetes semispinosus*) - **Superpower**: A stridulation organ of 7 to 16 specialized quills on its back that make high-frequency sound when rubbed together. - **Musical Match**: Battles (Math Rock & Midwest Emo) - [Mahi-Mahi](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mahi-mahi/) (*Coryphaena hippurus*) - **Superpower**: Grows over 4 feet long in its first year. - **Musical Match**: Alphaville (80s Pop & Dance Anthem) - [Mimic Octopus](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mimic-octopus/) (*Thaumoctopus mimicus*) - **Superpower**: Dynamic mimicry, switching between impressions of toxic animals depending on which predator is around - **Musical Match**: Jamiroquai (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion) - [Moon Jellyfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/moon-jellyfish/) (*Aurelia aurita*) - **Superpower**: Recycles energy from its own swimming stroke to travel 30% further with every pulse - **Musical Match**: Scientist (Roots Reggae & Heavy Dub) - [Narwhal](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/narwhal/) (*Monodon monoceros*) - **Superpower**: Spiral Tusk Up to 9.8 Feet & 1,500-Meter, 25-Minute Dives - **Musical Match**: Björk (Art Pop & Baroque Pop) - [Nile Crocodile](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/nile-crocodile/) (*Crocodylus niloticus*) - **Superpower**: Launches its body out of the water to grab prey - **Musical Match**: Mala (Heavy UK Grime & Sub-Bass) - [Northern Pike](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/northern-pike/) (*Esox lucius*) - **Superpower**: Hides cocked in an S, then sprints to strike - **Musical Match**: Pixies (90s Grunge & Alt-Rock) - [Ocelot](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ocelot/) (*Leopardus pardalis*) - **Superpower**: Eyes with a layer that reflects light, so an ocelot can walk around at night as easily as a person walks around by day. - **Musical Match**: Chicha Libre (Latin Psychedelic Cumbia & Flamenco) - Previous Page: https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/carnivore/page/4/ - Next Page: https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/carnivore/page/6/