Smokybrown Cockroach
Has up to 45 eggs per egg case
Mali
Brown-banded Cockroach
Females glue egg cases to furniture
Brown Dog Tick
Can live its entire life indoors
Ortolan Bunting
The tradition of hiding your face with a napkin or towel while eating this bird was begun by a priest who was a friend of the great French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.
Egyptian Goose
A duck species that resembles a goose when flying
Lappet-faced Vulture
Lappet-faced vultures are tidy and wash their heads in a body of water after they’ve eaten
Red-Billed Quelea Bird
Is the most populous bird in the world
Electric Catfish
The electric catfish can discharge an electric shock up to 450 volts
False Cobra
When it feels threatened, it mimics a cobra in an attempt to dissuade a potential attacker.
Hawk Moth Caterpillar
Many hawk moth caterpillars eat toxins from plants, but don’t sequester them the way milkweed butterflies do. Most toxins are excreted.
Codling Moth
Pupae are able to undergo diapause to survive poor fruit yield years and winter.
Viper
Vipers are one of the most widespread groups of snakes and inhabit most
Lavender Albino Ball Python
The first two lavender albino ball pythons were wild-hatched and imported from Africa.
African Jacana
The males raise the young
Golden Eagle
Their calls sound like high-pitched screams, but they are quiet most of the time.