--- title: "Freshwater Animals (Page 3 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/3/" --- # Freshwater Animals (Page 3 of 4) > Adapted to inland rivers, creeks, and lakes, pumping out excess water through specialized kidney filtration. **78 species in this collection.** - [Kodiak Bear](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/kodiak-bear/) (*Ursus arctos middendorffi*) - **Superpower**: Loses 20 to 40% of its body mass during hibernation, without eating, drinking, urinating or defecating in the den. - **Musical Match**: Melvins (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom) - [Koi](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/koi/) (*Cyprinus rubrofuscus*) - **Superpower**: In one study, sought out a human hand for touch even after a full meal - **Musical Match**: Clara Schumann (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber) - [Mandarin Duck](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mandarin-duck/) (*Aix galericulata*) - **Superpower**: An ordinary flight feather that regrows into a showy sail every breeding season, and tree-hole nests up to nine meters high - **Musical Match**: Katy Perry (2010s Pop & Electropop) - [Muskrat](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/muskrat/) (*Ondatra zibethicus*) - **Superpower**: Dense fur that traps air for insulation and buoyancy - **Musical Match**: Róisín Murphy (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco) - [Mute Swan](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mute-swan/) (*Cygnus olor*) - **Superpower**: Raises its wings and twirls in a busking display, part of both rival standoffs and the mating ritual - **Musical Match**: Miki Matsubara (Japanese City Pop & Shibuya-kei) - [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) - [Nile Tilapia](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/nile-tilapia/) (*Oreochromis niloticus*) - **Superpower**: Mouthbrooding: the female carries up to 200 eggs in her mouth until the larvae have absorbed their yolk sacs. - **Musical Match**: Camille (Art Pop & Baroque Pop) - [North American Beaver](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/north-american-beaver/) (*Castor canadensis*) - **Superpower**: Self-sharpening, iron-strengthened incisors that keep growing throughout its life and can cut through a finger-thick sapling in one bite. - **Musical Match**: Béla Fleck (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass) - [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) - [Olm](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/olm/) (*Proteus anguinus*) - **Superpower**: Predicted 100-year-plus lifespan, electroreceptive ampullary organs, and an 18-month experimental fast - **Musical Match**: Burial (Future Garage & Deep Electronica) - [Osprey](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/osprey/) (*Pandion haliaetus*) - **Superpower**: A reversible outer toe and spiny footpads for gripping slippery fish - **Musical Match**: Slint (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral) - [Pacific Giant Salamander](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pacific-giant-salamander/) (*Dicamptodon tenebrosus*) - **Superpower**: An audible warning bark and a noxious tail secretion, backed up by a head-butt and a vicious bite. - **Musical Match**: Nirvana (90s Grunge & Heavy Alt-Rock) - [Planarian](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/planarian/) (*Schmidtea mediterranea*) - **Superpower**: Planarians regenerate rapidly from tiny tissue pieces - **Musical Match**: Laurie Spiegel (Krautrock & Electronic Pioneers) - [Proboscis Monkey](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/proboscis-monkey/) (*Nasalis larvatus*) - **Superpower**: An oversized nose that amplifies a male's calls, making them louder than a female's and useful for warning the group of danger. - **Musical Match**: Les Baxter (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion) - [Pygmy Hippopotamus](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pygmy-hippo/) (*Choeropsis liberiensis*) - **Superpower**: A glossy "blood sweat" from glands in its skin that protects its thin, sensitive skin from the sun, with more of it seen during hard exertion. - **Musical Match**: Salif Keita (African Rumba & Mande Pop) - [Quokka](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/quokka/) (*Setonix brachyurus*) - **Superpower**: Three spectrally distinct cone types for colour vision that may help it spot predators. - **Musical Match**: Vampire Weekend (Indie Rock & Jangle Pop) - [Rainbow Trout](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/rainbow-trout/) (*Oncorhynchus mykiss*) - **Superpower**: One gene, sdY, decides whether it becomes male or female - **Musical Match**: Fleetwood Mac (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues) - [Red-Bellied Piranha](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-bellied-piranha/) (*Pygocentrus nattereri*) - **Superpower**: Triangular, razor-sharp interlocking teeth that bite down with great force and shearing ability - **Musical Match**: Battles (Math Rock & Instrumental Virtuoso) - [Red-Eared Slider](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-eared-slider/) (*Trachemys scripta elegans*) - **Superpower**: Nest temperature decides its sex. - **Musical Match**: Glass Animals (2020s Pop & Modern Alt) - [Reticulated Python](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/reticulated-python/) (*Malayopython reticulatus*) - **Superpower**: Extreme length, up to 33 feet (10 meters), plus heat-sensing pit organs that detect prey without necessarily seeing it. - **Musical Match**: Russian Circles (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom) - [Saltwater Crocodile](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/saltwater-crocodile/) (*Crocodylus porosus*) - **Superpower**: A bite that hit 3,689 pounds in one individual, the highest measured in any animal, and dermal pressure receptors that detect the ripples prey leave on the water's surface. - **Musical Match**: Jinjer (Modern Metalcore & Djent) - [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) - [Signal Crayfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/signal-crayfish/) (*Pacifastacus leniusculus*) - **Superpower**: Highly resistant to the crayfish plague - **Musical Match**: Ladytron (Dance-Punk & Electroclash) - Previous Page: https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/freshwater/page/2/ - Next Page: https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/freshwater/page/4/