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Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues

15 creatures in this subculture

Electrifying Marshall stack riffs, blistering blues-rock solos, and timeless arena rock swagger.

Essential & sibling bands

Bands that share this sound. Each one opens a search on Spotify or YouTube.

Species in this vibe

Close view of an alligator gar's diamond-scaled back and blunt snout breaking a marsh surface

Alligator Gar

Atractosteus spatula

Described as a 100-million-year-old living fossil, armored in interlocking ganoid scales, with two rows of fang-like teeth in its upper jaw and a swim bladder that can work as a lung.

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▸ Creedence Clearwater Revival
Wild bison bull grazing a slope of standing dead pines in low evening sun, his winter coat shedding in patches along his back

American Bison

Bison bison

North America's largest land animal, up to 2,400 pounds of it, and a lone wolf that attacks an adult catches it only about once in 100 tries.

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▸ Clutch
American lobster in a rocky crevice off Newfoundland with both claws held open

American Lobster

Homarus americanus

A seafloor crustacean with a crusher claw and a ripper claw. Scientists believe some may live to be 100 years old.

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▸ AC/DC
Two wild Asian elephants grazing on open grassland with cattle egrets at their feet

Asian Elephant

Elephas maximus

A boneless trunk with about 150,000 muscle units, a pregnancy of nearly two years, and rumbles humans can barely hear.

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▸ Peter Frampton
Bald eagle swooping low over a lake, talons out to grab a fish

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

An apex fish hunter with a talon grip ten times as strong as an average human's, carried on a wingspan of up to eight feet.

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▸ Tom Petty
Large pale beluga sturgeon swimming in a dark aquarium tank above smaller sturgeons

Beluga Sturgeon

Huso huso

A giant sturgeon that mostly hunts open-water fish and now survives largely through hatcheries.

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▸ Led Zeppelin
Orange corn snake with red saddles stretched across a fallen log

Corn Snake

Pantherophis guttatus

The most commonly bred pet snake, and a lab model for how reptiles get their colours.

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▸ Queen
Pink young adult desert locust clinging to a twig

Desert Locust

Schistocerca gregaria

A shy loner that turns into a swarming crop-eater when it gets crowded.

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▸ Queen
Frilled lizard on a woodland floor facing forward with its orange frill fully spread

Frilled Lizard

Chlamydosaurus kingii

Australian dragon lizard that flares a bone-and-cartilage neck frill to startle predators, and if the bluff fails, runs off on its hind legs.

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▸ Wolfmother
White-headed frigatebird perched on twigs in a nesting colony with red-pouched males behind

Magnificent Frigatebird

Fregata magnificens

A seabird whose feathers aren't waterproof, riding wings up to eight feet across and mugging other birds for their catch.

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▸ The Black Keys
Spotted rainbow trout with a pink stripe along its side swimming near the bottom

Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

A stream fish whose sex is set by a Y-chromosome gene unrelated to any known sex-differentiating gene.

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▸ Fleetwood Mac
Rust-red red kangaroo leaning forward on dry red earth beside a small shrub

Red Kangaroo

Osphranter rufus

Australia's biggest marsupial, hopping at 64 km/h on powerful hind legs, balanced by a tail it can also rest on.

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▸ AC/DC
Striped bark scorpion on sand, holding a centipede in its pincers

Striped Bark Scorpion

Centruroides vittatus

One of the most common scorpions in the United States. In lab tests, its females stung at a faster rate than its males.

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▸ ZZ Top
Sydney funnel-web spider reared back on its silk, showing glossy black legs, a red-brown underside and its fangs

Sydney Funnel-Web Spider

Atrax robustus

Male venom carries a nerve toxin that likely evolved to deter bandicoots and birds, and is lethal to humans by unfortunate coincidence.

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▸ Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Brown tufted capuchin with a dark cap sitting in a tree, looking to one side

Tufted Capuchin

Sapajus apella

A stocky Amazon monkey that smashes fruit its jaws cannot crack, or opens it with a piece of branch.

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▸ Led Zeppelin