--- title: "Freshwater Animals (Page 2 of 4) | AnimalTracks.wiki" description: "Adapted to inland rivers, creeks, and lakes, pumping out excess water through specialized kidney filtration." image: "https://animaltracks.wiki/icon-512.png" canonical: "https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/freshwater/page/2/" --- # Freshwater Animals (Page 2 of 4) > Adapted to inland rivers, creeks, and lakes, pumping out excess water through specialized kidney filtration. **78 species in this collection.** - [Cottonmouth](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/cottonmouth/) (*Agkistrodon piscivorus*) - **Superpower**: A heat-sensing pit on each side of the face and a wide-open white mouth shown to predators - **Musical Match**: KC & The Sunshine Band (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco) - [Duck-Billed Platypus](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/platypus/) (*Ornithorhynchus anatinus*) - **Superpower**: Electroreceptive bill with 40,000 electroreceptors, venomous hind-leg spurs, and cyan-green UV biofluorescence - **Musical Match**: Pink Floyd (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych) - [Electric Catfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/electric-catfish/) (*Malapterurus electricus*) - **Superpower**: An electric organ around most of the body; electric catfish can discharge up to 350 volts - **Musical Match**: Gary Numan (80s Retrowave & Synthwave) - [Emperor Dragonfly](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/emperor-dragonfly/) (*Anax imperator*) - **Superpower**: A larva with a labial mask, a hooked mouthpart that shoots out at prey - **Musical Match**: Venetian Snares (Breakcore & Chaotic Drill) - [Eurasian Beaver](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/eurasian-beaver/) (*Castor fiber*) - **Superpower**: Hard orange-enameled incisors, valved ears and nostrils that close underwater, and dams that flood former uplands and draw in new birds, fish, and amphibians. - **Musical Match**: Stereolab (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk) - [Eurasian Otter](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/eurasian-otter/) (*Lutra lutra*) - **Superpower**: Vibrissae, whiskers above its lips, that detect changes in the water current and track the movements of fish and other prey underwater. - **Musical Match**: Fairport Convention (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass) - [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 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) - [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) - [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 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 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) - [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) - [Green Anaconda](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/green-anaconda/) (*Eunectes murinus*) - **Superpower**: A stretchy, ligament-hinged jaw that swallows prey whole; death comes from suffocating coils, or just as often, from drowning near water. - **Musical Match**: Sepultura (Thrash Metal & Speed Metal) - [Green Drake Mayfly](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/green-drake-mayfly/) (*Ephemera danica*) - **Superpower**: Detects water by the horizontal polarization of the light it reflects - **Musical Match**: Sigur Rós (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral) - [Grizzly Bear](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/grizzly-bear/) (*Ursus arctos horribilis*) - **Superpower**: Yellowstone grizzlies' claws, up to 5.9 inches long, are shaped for digging food out of the ground, and they can run 35 to 40 miles an hour. - **Musical Match**: Bombino (Saharan Desert Rock & Tuareg Shred) - [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) - [Hippopotamus](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/hippopotamus/) (*Hippopotamus amphibius*) - **Superpower**: A bull's canine tusks keep growing for life and can reach 50 cm, kept sharp by grinding, inside a jaw that gapes 150 degrees, more than three times a human's 45. - **Musical Match**: Skepta (Heavy UK Grime & Sub-Bass) - [Hoatzin (Stinkbird)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/hoatzin/) (*Opisthocomus hoazin*) - **Superpower**: A crop that digests leaves with bacteria in a process akin to a ruminant's, and chicks with wing claws that climb back to the nest if they drop into water to escape predators. - **Musical Match**: Talking Heads (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk) - [Hydra](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/hydra/) (*Hydra vulgaris*) - **Superpower**: Replaces all of its cells within four weeks - **Musical Match**: GAS (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes) - [Jaguar](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/jaguar/) (*Panthera onca*) - **Superpower**: A skull-piercing bite that kills instantly, from jaws that get through thick reptile skin and turtle shells. - **Musical Match**: Bad Bunny (Latin Trap & Heavy 808s) - [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) - Previous Page: https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/freshwater/ - Next Page: https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/freshwater/page/3/