--- title: "#Predator Animals & Superpower Traits (42 Species) | AnimalTracks.wiki" description: "Active carnivorous hunter utilizing acute sensory tracking, stalking tactics, and lethal offensive weapons. Explore all 42 species with this trait in the AnimalTracks wildlife encyclopedia." image: "https://animaltracks.wiki/icon-512.png" --- # #Predator Animals & Evolutionary Adaptations > Active carnivorous hunter utilizing acute sensory tracking, stalking tactics, and lethal offensive weapons. - **Trait Category**: Behavior & Tactics - **Species Count**: 42 Curated Creatures - **Browse Web**: [View interactive trait gallery](https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/predator/) ## Species With #Predator - [Amazonian Giant Centipede](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-centipede/) (*Scolopendra gigantea*) - **Superpower**: Venom-bearing fangs modified from the legs on its first body segment. - **Danger**: High | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Korn (Nu-Metal & 90s Alt-Metal) - [Antlion](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/antlion/) (*Myrmeleon formicarius*) - **Superpower**: Its larva throws sand out of its pit with a backward jerk of the head - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Russian Circles (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom) - [Army Ant](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/army-ant/) (*Eciton burchellii*) - **Superpower**: Builds its nest out of the bodies of its own workers - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: MONO (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral) - [Asian Giant Hornet](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/asian-giant-hornet/) (*Vespa mandarinia*) - **Superpower**: Raiding parties that can kill 5,000 to 25,000 honeybees in a few hours - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych) - [Atlantic Bluefin Tuna](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/atlantic-bluefin-tuna/) (*Thunnus thynnus*) - **Superpower**: Keeps a warm body, dives past 1,000 meters and can cross the Atlantic in under 60 days - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Stereolab (Krautrock & Electronic Pioneers) - [Atlantic Cod](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/atlantic-cod/) (*Gadus morhua*) - **Superpower**: Has lost the genes for MHC II, a standard part of the jawed-vertebrate immune system, but carries a highly expanded set of MHC I genes - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: Sleater-Kinney (90s Riot Grrrl & Grunge) - [Atlantic Halibut](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/atlantic-halibut/) (*Hippoglossus hippoglossus*) - **Superpower**: Moves an eye to the other side of its head during metamorphosis - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Near Threatened - **Soundtrack**: Windhand (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom) - [Barramundi](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/barramundi/) (*Lates calcarifer*) - **Superpower**: Sex change: most mature as males, then switch to female as they grow - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Tycho (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes) - [Black-Footed Cat](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/black-footed-cat/) (*Felis nigripes*) - **Superpower**: A hunting success rate of around 60 percent, paired with a high metabolic rate that needs about a fifth of its body weight in food each day. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: Kittie (Nu-Metal & Heavy Alt-Metal) - [Bold Jumping Spider](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bold-jumping-spider/) (*Phidippus audax*) - **Superpower**: Sneaks up and pounces on prey, trailing a silk safety line - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Eville (Nu-Metal & Heavy Alt-Metal) - [Carolina Wolf Spider](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/carolina-wolf-spider/) (*Hogna carolinensis*) - **Superpower**: Carries its spiderlings on its back, and those that stay with her learn mazes better - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Pixies (90s Grunge & Alt-Rock) - [Common Wasp](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-wasp/) (*Vespula vulgaris*) - **Superpower**: Workers rapidly remove worker-laid eggs: 4 of 120 were left after an hour, against 106 of 120 queen eggs - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Elastica (Britpop & 90s Madchester) - [Eastern Brown Snake](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/eastern-brown-snake/) (*Pseudonaja textilis*) - **Superpower**: A ready-made clotting engine, pseutarin C, preassembled in the venom gland - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Ramones (Classic Punk & 70s Garage) - [Egyptian Giant Solpugid](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/egyptian-giant-solpugid/) (*Galeodes arabs*) - **Superpower**: Camel spider jaws reach up to one-third of body length - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Megadeth (Thrash Metal & Speed Metal) - [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 - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Venetian Snares (Breakcore & Chaotic Drill) - [European Hornet](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-hornet/) (*Vespa crabro*) - **Superpower**: Makes its own body heat, arriving home with a thorax averaging 30 to 40 °C - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Chromatics (80s Retrowave & Synthwave) - [European Polecat](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-polecat/) (*Mustela putorius*) - **Superpower**: A key-lock jaw hinge whose grip is tenacious enough that it can be lifted and suspended by whatever it holds in its teeth, backed by a strong-smelling secretion from its anal glands when threatened. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Green Day (Pop-Punk & 2000s Alt-Rock) - [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 - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: J Dilla (Chillhop & Lo-Fi Beats) - [Flamboyant Cuttlefish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/flamboyant-cuttlefish/) (*Metasepia pfefferi*) - **Superpower**: In captivity it often sends colors traveling across its mantle, in many kinds of situations. Other cuttlefish are generally seen doing this while hunting or showing aggression. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Data Deficient - **Soundtrack**: Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band (West African Highlife & Palm-Wine Music) - [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. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Bring Me The Horizon (Modern Alt-Metal & Post-Hardcore) - [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. - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Carpenter Brut (French Dark Electro & EBM) - [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 - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: Spiritbox (Modern Metalcore & Djent) - [Giant Huntsman Spider](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-huntsman-spider/) (*Heteropoda maxima*) - **Superpower**: A leg span of up to 30 cm - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Lustmord (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes) - [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 - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Electric Light Orchestra (70s Pop & Glam Disco) - [Great Barracuda](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-barracuda/) (*Sphyraena barracuda*) - **Superpower**: A scissor-like bite that cuts prey in two - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Melt-Banana (Mathcore & Chaotic Noise) - [Great Torpedo Ray](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/torpedo-ray/) (*Tetronarce nobiliana*) - **Superpower**: Twin kidney-shaped electric organs that fire 170 to 220 volts, enough to stun or kill a fish and, from a large adult, to disable a person. - **Danger**: High | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: The Prodigy (Big Beat & 90s Acid Techno) - [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. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Cassyette (Alt-Metal & Nu-Rock) - [Harbor Seal](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/harbor-seal/) (*Phoca vitulina*) - **Superpower**: Highly sensitive whiskers that detect the water movements a swimming fish leaves behind; blindfolded seals can use them to accurately follow a hydrodynamic trail. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Washed Out (Dream Pop & Shoegaze) - [House Centipede](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/house-centipede/) (*Scutigera coleoptrata*) - **Superpower**: Rear legs that cross above and outside the legs in front of them, which prevents entanglement - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Tune-Yards (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk) - [Hydra](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/hydra/) (*Hydra vulgaris*) - **Superpower**: Replaces all of its cells within four weeks - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: GAS (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes) - [Long-Bodied Cellar Spider](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/long-bodied-cellar-spider/) (*Pholcus phalangioides*) - **Superpower**: Spins its body into a blur when its web is disturbed, and walks into other spiders' webs to eat them - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: My Bloody Valentine (Dream Pop & Shoegaze) - [Mahi-Mahi](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mahi-mahi/) (*Coryphaena hippurus*) - **Superpower**: Grows over 4 feet long in its first year. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Alphaville (80s Pop & Dance Anthem) - [Maned Wolf](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/maned-wolf/) (*Chrysocyon brachyurus*) - **Superpower**: Long legs to see over tall grass and large rotating ears to listen for prey in it, plus territory-marking urine that smells like a skunk to many people. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Near Threatened - **Soundtrack**: Hole (90s Grunge & Alt-Rock) - [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. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Nirvana (90s Grunge & Heavy Alt-Rock) - [Red Lionfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-lionfish/) (*Pterois volitans*) - **Superpower**: The persistent-predation strategy: it chased a faster fish at about half its speed and caught it in 61% of lab trials. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Electrelane (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk) - [Serval](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/serval/) (*Leptailurus serval*) - **Superpower**: Ultrasonic hearing that picks up rodents' high-pitched calls, and a standing leap more than 2.7 meters (9 feet) straight up - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Hailu Mergia (Ethio-Jazz & Horn of Africa Grooves) - [Seven-Spot Ladybird](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/seven-spot-ladybird/) (*Coccinella septempunctata*) - **Superpower**: Bleeds toxic alkaloids from its leg joints - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: The White Stripes (Garage Blues & Swamp Rock) - [South American Bushmaster](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/south-american-bushmaster/) (*Lachesis muta*) - **Superpower**: Facial heat-sensing pits that let it aim a strike at a warm body within 50 centimeters with no other senses needed, backed by venom produced in quantities of up to 400 milligrams. - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: ROSALÍA (Latin Trap & Heavy 808s) - [Southern Black Widow](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/southern-black-widow/) (*Latrodectus mactans*) - **Superpower**: Venom that acts on the motor endplate to allow a massive release of noradrenaline and acetylcholine, causing excessive stimulation and fatigue of the muscle. - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Intervals (Math Rock & Instrumental Virtuoso) - [Swordfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/swordfish/) (*Xiphias gladius*) - **Superpower**: A heating tissue in one of its eye muscles that warms the brain and eyes up to 10 to 15 degrees C above the water, one adaptation that lets it swim in depths where the water may be just above freezing - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Near Threatened - **Soundtrack**: Squarepusher (Drum & Bass / Precision Jungle) - [Tuatara](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/tuatara/) (*Sphenodon punctatus*) - **Superpower**: A light-sensitive third eye with a retina and lens, and the lowest optimal body temperature of any reptile, 16 to 21 degrees Celsius. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: God Is An Astronaut (Post-Rock & Cinematic Space) - [Yellowfin Tuna](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/yellowfin-tuna/) (*Thunnus albacares*) - **Superpower**: Warm swimming muscle: a heat exchanger holding a 10 degrees C temperature difference would typically double the muscle's peak power - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Anna Meredith (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/predator/#collection", "name": "#Predator Animals", "description": "Active carnivorous hunter utilizing acute sensory tracking, stalking tactics, and lethal offensive weapons. 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