Endangered Species Athletics Opening Ceremony

Alt Text: A six-panel comic strip featuring animals that are competing in the Endangered Species Athletics.
Panel 1 shows a polar bear wearing a suit looking like a sports commentator saying, “Prepare your Votes! This week, athletes will go head-to-head, fin-to-fin, beak-to-beak to make it to the top in the Endangered Species Athletics!”
Panel 2 shows illustrated depictions of a bull trout, Ozark hellbender, sea otter and Arkansas River shiner, swimming aggressively through waves with looks of determination on their faces. Text says, “Competitors are ready to show you what makes them the best of the best in… Swimming against the current.”
Panel 3 shows illustrated depictions of a Florida panther, fisher, Virginia big-eared bat and leedy’s roseroot plant climbing a steep hillside. Text says, “Climbing the steepest slopes.”
Panel 4 shows illustrated depictions of a rufa red knot, desert tortoise, and Sonoran pronghorn traversing a bleak landscape with a river running through it and a chinook salmon swimming upstream. Text says, “Traversing the harshest terrain.”
Panel 5 shows illustrated depictions of an Eastern massausaga rattlesnake, Kemp’s ridely sea turtle and whitebark pine on a shore next to a river where there’s a dwarf wedgemussel poking out of the water. Text says, “And using raw muscle!”
Panel 6 shows the polar bear commentator saying, “Sixteen athletes, four sports. Whose story will win your vote? Tune in this week to judge our competitors and crown this year’s athletic champions!”