Edwin Giesbers / Indigo snake (Drymarchon corais) captive, from Central and South America

Pete Oxford / Assassin bug {Reduviidae} Yasuani NP, Ecuador South Americ

JIM CLARE / Arrau turtle laying eggs in sand {Podocnemis expansa} Rio Trombactus, Brazil, South Americ

Premaphotos / Cockroach (Paratropes lycoides), which from a distance resembles a fallen seed pod but close-up has warning coloration somewhat like a distasteful lycid beetle, in rainforest, Peru

Rod Williams / Coscoroba swan {Coscoroba coscoroba} captive from S Americ

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Tarantula hawk (Pepsis sp.) portrait, Audubon Insectarium, Louisiana. Captive, occurs in North and South Americ