Originally posted by tvochess
Bird, Elephant, Dragon... Any others?
* Black Mustang Defense 1.Nf3 Nc6;
* Bullfrog Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4;
* Canard Opening 1.d4 Nf6 2.f4;
* Clam Variation 1.e4 e5 2.d3;
* Crab Opening 1.a4 e5 2.h4;
* Elephant Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5;
* English Orangutan 1.c4 Nf6 2.b4;
* English Rat 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5;
* Fried Fox Variation 1.e4 f6 2.d4 Kf7;
* Giraffe Attack of the Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Qg4;
* Great Snake 1.c4 g6;
* Halibut Gambit of the English Opening 1.c4 b5;
* Hawk Defense 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.Nf3 c4;
* Hedgehog a pawn formation adopted usually by Black that can arise from several openings;
* Hippopotamus Defence a name for various chess opening systems in which Black moves a number of his pawns to the third rank (usually a6, b6, d6, e6, g6, h6);
* Kangaroo Defense 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+;
* Kingfisher Gambit of the Dutch Defense 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4;
* Lizard Attack of the Dunst Opening 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 d4 3.Nce2;
* Lobster Gambit of the Latvian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.g4;
* Medusa Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g5;
* Monkey's Bum of the Modern Defense
1.e4 g6 2.Bc4 Bg7 3.Qf3 e6 4.d4 Bxd4 5.Ne2 Bg7 6.Nbc3;
* Mosquito Gambit of the Englund Gambit 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Qh4;
* Orangutan Opening 1.b4;
* Porcupine Variation 1.c4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4;
* Raptor Attack of the Trompowsky Attack 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.h4;
* Rat Defence 1.d4 d6;
* Scorpion-Horus Gambit of the Caro-Kann Defence
1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.Bg5;
* Sicilian Pterodactyl 1.e4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.d4 c5;
* Snail Variation of the Old Benoni Defense 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Na6;
* Snake Variation of the Benoni Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 Bd6;
* Tortoise Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Bd3;
* Vulture Defense 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 Ne4;
* Wasp Variation of the Elephant Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nxe5 dxe4 4.Bc4 Qg5;
* Whale Opening 1.e4 e5 2.c4;
* Wild Bull Defense 1.e4 Nh6;