2005, a South African man named Marius Els adopted it after rescing a hippot baby from the river. Six years later, the hippocampus dragged him into the same river and ate it. ☠️
No matter how much we know about the mother of nature, the outside world is always a mystery for humans. In some ways, this is a beautiful place for the harmonious and plants of animals and plants, but it may also be full of mystery and danger.
These photos spans the world from South American jungle to Antarctica. Each one proves that our planet is awesome and full of terrible reality. Are you ready to find out how terrible and beautiful the earth is? Please note that
Please note that some of these photos will be shocking, but other photos will make you open up with unimaginable possibilities.
carefully check each photo ... It may take one minute to understand what is happening and let you believe it is actually real ... It is recommended that the viewer decide by himself.
011, a more bizarre animal story took place when a South African farmer named Marius Els was bitten by his pet Humphrey. Five years ago, Els rescued Houveri from a rapidly rising river near his house, thus adopting him. The two soon became friends, and Els even described the animal "like a son". Five years after
rescue operation, when Hamfrer started to act and attacked the Els farm, the incident turned. It is unclear the cause of the dispute, but people discovered that Els's stabbing corpse was submerged in the same river that he saved Hamphre.
Leopard carrying a female black long -tailed monkey's body, its baby is also hanging on
, this real sad image is just one of the most violent hunters in nature and seizing life to further develop its own life. Out One aspect. Leopard to this little monkey is not just for cruel and cruel. It is likely to use a little monkey as a bait to attract more delicious long animals. It sounds weird, this is one of the ways of leopard hunting.
According to the German photographer Thomas Retterath who has witnessed the leopard, it is clear how the leopard is hunting, not other animals. He told " Daily Mail " :
[Leopard] biting hard, the monkey was not injured. She put it in her mouth, as if transporting her offspring. This cat apparently uses this kitten as a bait, the purpose is to make one of the adults careless and start rescue operations. We watched this spectacle for 30 minutes. No monkey became arrogant, we left the crime scene because we had to fly to the jungle. At that time, the cat had not killed the monkey.
, Florida Night Crocodile
. The amazing short alligator , their eyes are sparkling, waiting for meals to enter them Water nest. It turns out that their eyes have not naturally glowing, which comes from the flash used by Ume. Although the number of crocodiles in this photo seems to be very large, Wu Mo said that the number of terrible reptile in the water is much more than he captured with his mobile phone. This may not be a gratifying idea, but it is fascinating to see such a large group of people floating on the southeast coast.
Lion's tongue is rough than rough sandpaper. Its tongue or mastoid makes the tongue rough. If the lion only licks your hand several times, you will not have any skin
lion's tongue is no different from any other mammal's tongue, but it is better than ordinary cat cats than ordinary cats. The tongue is bigger and rough. The lion's tongue is not only used to clean their fur, but also to clean the feathers and fur of the prey. You don't want to let your tongue approach your face.
The approximate value of the closest to the lion's tongue we can think of is rough sandpaper, but it is bigger. As soon as the king of the jungle lick, it will definitely take blood blood. Let us don't think of what will happen if they decide to clean up.
A bald eagle chasing a great blue heron A bald eagle
This footage of an eagle chasing a bald eagle is unfortunately a very normal occurrence in the animal kingdom. Not only because eagles have no qualms about tracking herons , but because herons can't help but nest near their mortal enemies. Herons on British Columbia's southwest coast are known for nesting exclusively near eagles — the worst place they can nest, according to researchers.
Why are herons so close to their natural enemies? It's simple, by nesting near pairs of eagles and herons, ensuring they are safe from other predators, even if it means losing some of their young. It's a difficult trade-off, but it ensures the continued survival of the species.
Huge anaconda underwater. The heaviest snakes in the world, they use water partially to support their weight
This giant snake may look like something from a horror movie, but it's very, very real. These giant anacondas (yes, there's more than one out there) live in the muddy waters of South America, but divers can get a good look at them in the clear waters of Brazil's Formosa River.
Professional shark diver Bartolomeo Bove came face to face with a 23-foot-long, approximately 200-pound python and discovered that it had no real interest in him beyond the first meeting. He told the dodo :
the boa constrictors swam around peacefully and calmly, completely indifferent to our presence. Sometimes she would come closer, curious about my camera, and lick the lens. The python's behavior debunks the myth that it is an aggressive and violent creature that can endanger people's lives.
40-million-year-old whale discovered in Egypt
The fossils were discovered in the Egyptian desert in 2021 and belong to a 43-million-year-old prehistoric whale named Phiomicetus anubis. Instead of simply swimming in the ocean and catching its prey with its mouth open, this terrifying underwater behemoth moves around on four legs and rips its prey to pieces with its incredibly sharp teeth.
Phiomicetus anubis weighs up to 1,300 pounds and has been compared to a cross between a killer whale and a large dog, which sounds pretty scary. This is not the first whale to be discovered with legs, it is believed to be the earliest semi-aquatic species found in Africa.
What a fish sees in Antarctica
We often think of penguins as the docile, aloof tailcoats of the animal kingdom, but they can also turn ferocious when the need arises. These unique birds may be flightless and somewhat awkward, but each one of them is a formidable predator. Their diet consists of fish, krill, and small squid, and they catch their prey in a variety of ways.
In some cases, penguins swim deftly through the water, silently catching prey, but as you can see from this photo, they can also become ferocious on land. After all, penguins will stop at nothing to hunt, often traveling in large groups to ensure they are well fed on the Arctic tundra.
The bird known as the "Australian Fire Hawk" seeks out prey fleeing wildfires and has been known to pick up burning tree branches and carry them into dry bush to start more fires
This may look like It's a perfectly timed photo of a bird standing in front of a fire, but it's actually a photo of a rare avian arsonist - the Australian Fire Eagle. These creatures are known for using fire to wash down their prey, which is all too human.
Mark Bonta, assistant professor of earth sciences at Penn State Altoona, explains that this isn't as strange as it sounds:
In the Western mind, fire is one thing that animals don't have. Fire makes us human. We take our ability to light and burn for granted. There's a lot to be said for what fire does for us - incredible weapons, firearms, being able to set fire. Fire is our power over other animals...there's a lot to find out. We just learned in 2016 that neurons in birds are arranged differently. They are much smarter than we think.We're just beginning to understand bird memory. Crows’ problem-solving abilities are amazing. There are many tool usage behaviors.
Hippos, crocodiles and wildebeests battle for supremacy
This perfectly timed photo taken in South Africa's Kruger National Park shows how cruel nature can really be. According to onlookers, the fight broke out when the crocodile stalked up to the wildebeest and trapped its hind legs in its massive jaws. The wildebeest would have been toast had it not been for a pair of hippos emerging from the water to rescue them.
The wildebeest survived the battle, but animal experts fear the animal could be out in the world soon after the attack. Doug McCauley, an ecologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, told Live Science:
It kind of dodged a bullet, but it's unlikely to miss the next one from terrestrial predators — lions, hyenas and the like. — Unless he can somehow get rid of the damage to his hind legs, which looks serious.
Herons enjoy alligator dinners
When we think about the ongoing battle between alligators and birds, we often assume that the alligator is the aggressor, not in this case. In 2020, a Florida photographer captured some truly wild photos of a heron chomping on an alligator just north of Orlando. Shirley Gilliam said she was birdwatching on the shores of Lake Apopka when the heron swooped in and grabbed the reptile.
Herons have an ubiquitous diet, eating bugs, rodents, fish, and even other birds, so if they could get their beaks around it, they'd definitely enjoy a gator or two. According to the Audubon Society, herons wait on the shoreline until they see prey they can catch, and then they light up whatever they are hunting.
If a lake with alligators freezes over in the winter, the alligators will stick their heads or noses above the waterline and wait for the lake to melt.
To a college-age human in the Western world, being frozen means something very different than it means to alligators around the world. different. For these cold-blooded animals, "freezing" refers to their method of surviving frigid winter temperatures.
For mammals it's called hibernation, but for reptiles it's called brumation, essentially lowering the animal's metabolic rate to sustain itself through the harshest winter months. Alligators are perfectly fine as long as the water they're in remains liquid, and since their noses are made of pure cartilage, they don't feel any pain during the process.
tiger vs sloth bear
This brutal shot of a tiger and a sloth bear jumping on it reminds us all of how cruel the animal kingdom can be. Witnessed by Akshay Kumar, chief naturalist at the Bamboo Safari Park in Maharashtra, the fight began with sloth bears trying to steal tiger cubs, a major no-no. Both animals were injured in the fight, but the bear's thick fur kept it from taking too much damage. Kumar told NDTV:
The tiger attacked the bear for more than five minutes. It caught up with the sloth bear, but she kept charging to protect her cub. It lasted 15 minutes. The tiger is roaring. It was a fierce battle.
Cork-covered trapdoor spider. If you see what looks like an ancient coin buried in the sand, leave it alone
It started when photographer Nicky Bay originally posted his photo of this Cyclocosmia, a cork-covered trapdoor spider, online A whirlwind of misinformation. The idea of poisonous spiders tricking humans with fancy coins on their backs is an interesting concept, but it's not entirely true.
Although the cork lid trap spider is poisonous, it does not pose much of a risk to humans. This spider would rather hide from humans than attack them head-on. These arachnids are known to bite humans, but the impact is minimal compared to the bites of other, more venomous spiders.
is a U.S. alligator . Essence They are as weird as these huge snakes. They have nothing to gain in American alligator . American crocodiles are a top predator who always struggle to fight. Myanmar python was first brought to Florida for the first time in the 1970s and 1980s. At that time, they were brought into the region as a exotic pet.
is now fighting to 20 -foot -long snakes, but there is no way to choose obvious winners -unless one of them is a young snake. Wildlife biologist of the Nature Protection Association of Florida, Ian Bartoszek, explained to " News Weekly " explained this lasting battle:
was young. They are more vulnerable to predation, so the newly hatched python will not be able to match the young crocodile, and vice versa. We have tracked radio tracking of the young python and adult python in the abdomen of the American alligators, but we do not have reliable data to illustrate the frequency of predation from the perspective of these two species. In winter, adult pythons are often more interested in mating behaviors and do not often eat. But in addition, when they have the opportunity to meet a crocodile, they will appear on the menu.
This is not PS ... Look carefully, you will see a mud tiger
Due to its unique orange, black and white pattern, tigers are easily one of the most well -known cat animals in the animal kingdom. Even if humans can clearly see them in the jungle (famous green areas), their prey cannot say the same.
tiger hunting dual -color, or animals with only two functional color sensors in the eyes, which makes them traffic blind , so that they cannot see the differences between green and red tones. This means that the tigers running in the jungle cannot be distinguished from a lot of leaves. It is not so difficult to see a tiger in the wild for people who can distinguish between red and green and other colors. Unless they happen to disguise themselves with mud.
Hero 鼩鼱 Heroes with the strongest spine of all mammals.磅 weighs 0.25 pounds, but its back can support up to 150 pounds, making it the highest weightlifting ratio
鼩鼱 No matter what type of it is strange, heroes are a real strange creature. This furry small animal has a thick, connected vertebral bone, which is stronger than any other vertebrate. If you are willing, you can stand on the back of one of them, they can bear pressure, but don't do that.
people believe that due to "intermittent balance", these 鼩鼱 have such a strong thorn. In this balance, a species remains unchanged during the long period of evolution, and then rapidly changing many times has caused it to become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it becomes a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form, or it has become a new form. Branch it into a new type of animal.
Orange Crocodile of , South Carolina. It is likely to overwinter in the rusty culvert and be stained by iron oxide in the water around the body. After molting, it will fade
. When the orange criminals started to appear in the southeast of the United States in 2011, people began to doubt whether these carnivores were on the edge of natural evolution. It sounds cool, but this is not the case. So what is the culprit behind these Erle color creatures? Iron oxide.
Florida fish and wild animal official Gary Morse told WWSB-TV:
The official opinion of our crocodile expert is that this is not natural orange. We think it is orange caused by paint, stains, iron oxide or other elements in the environment. These elements leave a layer of coating on animals to make it look orange.
Wolf exposes the teeth
We often think that wolves work together like a family, or may be a hive thinking, but when they involve group dynamics, they do handle their inner turmoil.The leaders of the wolf group may not be challenged every day, but if there are too many wolves in the wolves, things will become very adventurous. Lee Spector, a professor of computer science at
Handip County College, explained why the wolf group broke out in chaos:
If a pack is too large, all hells will be scattered. In the mathematical sense of Chaos theory, , dynamics is chaotic. If you exceed a certain number of wolves, prey can escape. This can explain why you can't see a small number of wolves. When observing animal behavior, you want to explain why this is like this. Computing and mathematical models provide a new method of exploring candidate explanations.
This shark was completed by
. Here refers to the ocean near the Mexico coast. In March 2021, a group of fishermen in Cabo found the little shark on the beach, and a stretch of stinged stretch was stretched out. Although Makos and hacks are not natural enemies, people believe that the end of this violent outbreak is caused by the momentary impulse to compete for common prey.
Patrick Jambura at at the University of Vienna speculates that
is either occurred at the moment. When both species hunt on the same prey resources (fish groups or squid), it may even be even to get rid of competitors.
snow -capped tiger ❄️
was not until late 2010 that the researchers believed that Indian Tiger lived in the snow, and they thought it was only for the tiger from Sibra. It turns out that among the large number of Indian tigers (they occupy more than two -thirds of tigers on the earth), many of them live in Arunechal, which live in the northeast of India, a extreme mountainous area.
now believes that since the beginning of the 1900s, tigers have been breeding in the area, although the tiger's patrolling on the mountain may be more than 100 years. Tigers can occupy a variety of territories in extensive regions, so it is not surprising that you can find them in whatever you see. This is actually quite terrible. Anyone who deny the existence of dinosaurs at
has never seen the feet of 鸸鹋 鸸鹋
. Let us face reality, 鸸鹋 is terrible. Not only are they larger than any bird, but their claws are as close as the large -scale lethal weapons in the animal kingdom. The distant relative of 为 is a dinosaur called Anzu Wyliei. This dinosaur weighs about 500 pounds and stretches to nearly 11 feet, but their similarities cannot be ignored.
Pittsburgh Cunburg Cunburg's top dinosaur scientist Matt Ramana talked about the dinosaur ancestor in an interview with NPR:
If you take the time machine back to the end of the dinosaur era and encounter this animal, Your first idea may be, "How big, weird birds." I actually think that "chicken from hell" is a good nickname of this thing.
A crocodile turtle grabs the feet of a duck while swimming on the surface of the pond, and then drag it to the depths of
, okay, this is just cruel. The screenshot of this turtle dragging the duck underwater is part of a video, which shows the terrible part of the mother of nature, especially in the relationship between predators and prey. Animal attack occurred in the St. Macos River deep in the center of Texas. The documentary YAKONA shot in 2014 was a movie about wild animals in the area.
We often regard Turtle as a kind ancient animal that moves at the speed of snails, but it is a completely different story underwater. When turtles are under the water, they can quickly move to remove their prey, especially when they provide zero resistance underwater.
Tropical Tracker attacked this lagoon
This photo shows the nightmare power of the storm without warning. In 2021, a typhoon attacked Philippines with a record of a record, causing about 300,000 people to take care of their island without infrastructure.Sadly, this kind of thing is not unique to East Hemisphere . Even if people living in the area recognize that they will often be attacked by typhoons, they can never really prepare for pure destruction. Reporter Dennis Datu, a reporter from
ABS-CBN, talked about the consequences of typhoon:
We saw people walking on the street, and many of them were stunned. All buildings are severely damaged, including the provincial disaster office. It seems to be hit by a bomb.
, a male Morgery mistakenly regarded his reflection as an opponent and attacked my parents' windows ...
Morquoise attack is not a joke. This photo proves this. As we all know, these large animals are very aggressive to all things from dogs to other large animals, especially any other moose they encounter -even their reflection even.
these big boys are more than 7 feet tall and weigh more than 1,400 pounds. Once they set their eyes to you, it is difficult to stop. These animals are not only wild, but they are also very aggressive, so that when they start attacking, it will feel that it is more likely, not just territory. If you see a big camel in the wild, run.
Vulture Eat Bone. It is the only animal that is known as the most nutritious animal
gypaetus barbatus. A fearful bird, it is in Eurasia and the mountains in Africa Wandering, especially in areas with low ambient temperature. These feathers are mainly eaten by the wreckage of the corpse, instead of insisting on the diet based on the meat protein .
bones do not have much nutritional component, but this only means that the beard vulture must eat a lot of bone substances to obtain a diet comparable to animals based on meat. For example, due to the high fat content in the bones, the beard bald eagle will absorb about 387 kilograms of protein every 100 grams of bones.
Divers meet a crocodile in the Atlantic Ocean near the Florida coast. The crocodile rests at 60 feet deep.
The alligators will roll up innocent onlookers near the Florida coast? It seems to happen frequently. In 2022, a nearly 12 -foot crocodile floated directly on a paddy boarding of Yinquan State Park, and almost turned her. People believe that people are feeding crocodiles, causing it to no longer regard people as predatory curiosity, but more as food machines. In March of the same year in
, the crocodile was taken away by the local hunter after being authorized by the Wild Animal Administration. Local resident Brady ToEnsing told CBS News :
This is a great animal. This is sad, but these people are just doing their job. When people decide to start feeding it, the fate of the crocodile is doomed.
is stranded in the coatplate jellyfish, which contains fish prey
This nightmare fuel shows how dangerous the animal kingdom is. The primary jellyfish eats small fish, crabs and other jellyfish, but they can also stab the people who blocked the road. The image absorbed by the dome by the jellyfish shows how rough it is in the ocean.
British readers are most likely to see such things in the southern and western coasts in the summer, but you must be very lucky to see such a jellyfish dome once a lifetime.
Similar to Eater
When the income of cold -blooded scales is some of us, we can follow the time. The alligators and crocodiles are common in today's era, but YaCare Caiman is a completely different type of beasts (please forgive the double level Spec). These animals that are almost dinosaurs are located in South America, hidden in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay 's dense vegetation swamps.
do not often eat their brothers and sisters, but at the critical juncture, they will eat the closest things. No one will stop them. These creatures often eat fish, snakes and snails found in the area, but with these teeth, these teeth are with these teeth. They can order anything they want from the menu.
A highly toxic striped striped . The damage caused by the contact with the species is considered very painful. It may take a few months to heal. It was rushed to the coast
, the coast of Western Australia. Striped seafood often appears on the front beach in Western Australia and the Philippines. Although they look beautiful, as long as they press lightly, they will cause extreme pain. Their tentacles accommodate a huge wicked sac or explosive cells, which will bring terrible tingling to the victims. Under normal circumstances, human beings that eventually appear on the commercial side of the nematode of the Dofleinia Armata are accidental, or they have stepped on this creature or too close. Therefore, if you plan to travel to the Southeast Hemisphere soon, remember to open your eyes and your limbs.
斑马的反击
有很多关于鳄鱼在午餐时间摧毁斑马并返回几秒钟的故事，但很少看到斑马在这些顶级掠食者中保持自己的地位。 Zebra is a herbivorous animal, which mainly eats grass and any other plants they can find, but when they are forced into the corner, these peaceful animals will fight for their lives. Although
is not a natural enemy, the zebra has first -class vision and hearing, and their speed can reach 35 miles per hour. When it comes to close battles, it is well known that the zebra will kick out with legs and cause serious damage. If you find that you are in danger, usually, the leading zebra will shout loudly to ensure that his family escapes safely. In the case of this photo, the leaders of the wolf group have prepared to teach how the crocodile reads in the words.
California Donna Summit. No. 80 State Highway was closed 15 miles on both sides of my sides. After 6 inches raining 6 inches, it immediately snowed 25 -inch
. This group of pioneers westward traveled from the Midwest and found that they were trapped in the Nevada Mountains by snow in the winter of 1846. The large amount of snow in this photo of
allows you to understand what the Donner party must endure, but no modern facilities can keep them warm and entertaining. The group had a terrible ending, and only 48 of the original 87 members survived in winter. Those surviving people will never forget the terrible fate suffered by other members of their party, and Donna commemorates the establishment of State Park in 1927 to commemorate their tragic last days.
Heng Houjen lives in extremely turbid water. Therefore, there are tiny, essentially useless eyes
Heng Piplochetes is basically blind. They live in the freshwater river in the East Himalaya. Essence These dolphins were discovered in 1801, and their original hunting grounds in the Indian Nepal River system were almost extinct. The number of dolphins in
is rarely due to hunting and females that only have a small dolphin every two or three years. These incredible ancient creatures can grow to nine feet long and weigh 374 pounds. The dolphins in this photo are obviously closer to Mavericks than adult animals. Is
an alien? No ... This is the Dutch lobster moth caterpillars
"Lobster Moth Cycum". This phrase may sound like the worst picture of humans, but it is actually a reasonable reference to the protruding appearance of the lobster. As early as the 18th century, Carl Linnaeus discovered this charming creature in the 10th edition Systema Naturae, which grew into a very furry moth.
discovered in the northern half of the ancient northern or eastern hemisphere that the behavior of these caterpillars is more like Ant and spiders, not anything else. In the process of growth, they eat their own shells and show the bright red of lobster because they grow long and thin legs and hooks from their bodies. Once the larvae woven itself into a solid cocoon, it will keep it in place from May to July, and then appear in a new form.
, an giant lizard in India, brings the breath of dinosaur
is one of the strangest climbing animals in the animal kingdom. They not only look very similar to the dinosaurs. In addition to the physical characteristics of reptiles, the reason why the giant lizards are as dinosaurs are their breathing. In
Gabon 's orange cave dwarf crocodile is compared to ordinary dwarf crocodiles. The dwarf crocodile has a unique DNA strain may have a charming change in the evolutionary chain.
These orange dwarf crocodiles discovered in 2008 and confirmed in 2010. Because a large number of bat bird manure is deposited, their water supply is high, so their color is different from their compatriots. Researchers in the region conducted a DNA test of orange and standard caves dwarf crocodiles, and found that orange dwarfs are passing a unique pool to their offspring, which may indicate that evolution has changed.
has an uninable tail Kaimang
. This Kaimang crocodile with strange little tails is not a natural monster or anything. You may know that small lizards like geckos can grow back their limbs, but we do not often think that Kaimang and Podgeon have the same ability. The dagger has become so big that it is not easy to grow a tail again, at least for an adult crocodile.
young alligathery can grow 9 inches of tails again, which is about 18%of their body length, but there are some precautions. Cindy XU, a biologist studying reptiles at the University of Arizona, explained:
, but what really surprised us is that the crocodile has no skeletal muscle regeneration. The regeneration of the organization is very energy. If you use all your energy to perfectly rebuild the structure, then you separate your energy from other more important processes (such as development and growth).
The catfish
if you shouted, "What!?" You are not alone on your display. The crazy vision of catfish eats the pupa is abnormal, but it is not as crazy as you think. Although catfish will not jump out of the water to try to grab the prey, their appetite is really large. How does this happen to
? Catfish will chew out anything (ponds, lakes, etc.) at the bottom of their territory, so it is likely that the ponds of this catfish will be drowned or fell directly into the pond after death. Although we tend to the former because we basically become a bulletproof skeleton after the death.
was found by the snake. The creepy photo proves that you may fail in the animal kingdom, but you may not go out in the animal kingdom. It is not impossible to eat snakes in the photo, but they often prefer small mammals and lizards. It seems that the insects that have been eaten at the critical juncture are fought than snake expectations. A researcher at
said:
In general, this type of vertebrate is very tough: it is difficult to kill adults. Therefore, we cannot rule out the possibility of snake swallowing, and it is contradictory that the prey has eaten the snake and almost reaches its freedom.
gliding tree frog runs on the palm piercing
Costa Rican photographer and a scholar RABY Núñez e On the spine of the tree.Although this unique footage appears to capture the moment of the frog's death, it actually survived the ordeal. Núñez E. explains to Newsweek:
I took this photo in Serpe and we were surrounded by nature. We have a lagoon filled with rainwater and frogs breed and lay eggs on the surrounding vegetation. This species is famous for its gliding skills. They jumped from the treetops and slid toward the nearby vegetation surrounding the lagoon. These frogs reproduce in what we call explosive reproduction, with thousands of frogs gathering day and night to lay eggs. There are far fewer women than men, so competition is fierce. So at least two or three frogs were impaled on palm tree thorns during this incident.
Dragonfly eating lunch on your shoulder
Okay, this is gross. Even though we know dragonflies must eat other insects to survive, seeing it in person is absolutely crazy. Dragonflies eat 10 to 15 percent of their body weight in food every day, and their diet consists mostly of flies and mosquitoes, so it's not crazy that they hunt prey for a feast.
Imagine a dragonfly goes to town on your meal right in front of you, it's not the worst thing we can imagine, but it must be scary. Or maybe it's magical? The only way to solve this problem is to round up a dragonfly and watch it eat the flies in front of us.
Remember to lock up your eggs...
This horrific image comes from Reddit user u/Rezenebe, who walked into their pantry one morning to find a snake making its way to town on duck eggs. Snakes have an excellent sense of smell to compensate for their limited vision. Once they hone in on what they want, they won't stop until they get it.
The man behind this nightmare fuel later explained how he thought the snake got into the pantry:
We converted this bathroom into a pantry and there are still holes in the drywall for the sink pipes. The snake moved through the crawl space, into the wall, and into the storage room. One snake has eaten an egg and the other appears to be mating.
Be careful when re-nesting...
Often, when humans think they are doing something kind to an animal, it feels good, but often results in disastrous consequences for the animal. For example, this photo is of a snake biting a re-roosting bird. Even if you're destroying an ecosystem or creating a bodega where predators can slip in and out like hungry customers, it's easy to think you're doing something good.
When this image was posted to Reddit, viewers were understandably shocked, not only at the snake's behavior, but also at the poster's surprise that something like this could happen. They're not doing anything wrong by trying to save a bird (it's what we would do), but sometimes the harsh nature of the animal kingdom wins out.
Inside each armadillo is a skeleton that looks like two armadillos...uh...making more armadillos
Armadillos are strange but fascinating members of the animal kingdom and marvels of evolution. Just one look at their skeletons proves that generations of growth have given these little guys the ability to survive in a harsh climate surrounded by vicious predators. Although their skeletons look like two overlapping armadillos, the top skeleton is actually a carapace, or a collection of thousands of small bones.
The carapace grows under the armadillo's skin but does not fuse with the bones on the animal's skeleton. This makes this animal different from turtles, whose shells are completely fused to the bones and ribs.
Kelp in the Waves
It may look like a sea monster wreaking havoc in the waves, but it's nothing more than kelp, and disgusting masses of it fill the water when people try to swim. According to studies in 2012 and 2016, areas with lots of kelp are also areas with lots of waves. The fewer waves, the less kelp.
The correlation between large waves and large amounts of kelp comes from the amount of marine vegetation exposed by the waves as they penetrate deeper into the ocean floor. In shallower areas, waves don't dig out as much kelp at higher densities.
Male 蚱蜢 mate with female, and female ravioli eats third -party
This incredible strange scene may look like the scene in horror movies, but in fact it is only natural in progress. Indeed, it has made great progress, but the progress has not diminished.
was as early as 1858. Gonzales Inquirr from , Texas, noticed that he was eating each other after devouring the local vegetation, which can understand the locals. An article pointed out:
蚱蜢 一 has almost completed the work of destroying vegetation, and starts to swallow each other; at least, they seem to die quickly, where there is one dead, and there are six surroundings. Eat it to eat it. Lose.
polar bear and her cub
This polar bear and her cub is cute or terrible? This actually depends on whether you are in person or watch the image online. This is really not the kind of scene you want to meet. The polar bear mother protects themselves very much, so that they rarely let them leave their sight, and they will face the male bears' toes (or claws). Essence
Polar Bear Mother protects their cubs very much. Even if there are threats in the area, they will look at the dead children. This should tell you all the knowledge close to a polar bear around her child, which will make you on the business end of a strong big paw.
A tree makes a rootless tree alive!
is really surprising to see a tree being maintained by another tree, especially when both creatures are competing for the same nutrients. It is believed that this organic partner system occurs before the stump died completely to the root of the adjacent tree to ensure that it survives in one or other. Ray Callaway, an ecologist at
Montana University, talked about this amazing discovery:
, which proves that many individuals we think working in competition are actually more complex dance interactions.
prehistoric parasites try to escape from the host
when drowning in amber. No, it is not a time machine, but cultural relics like this are the key to understanding the past through scientific detective work. The prehistoric parasites found in amber in
in amber are not only fascinating curiosity, but also provided scientists and researchers with opportunities to study ancient insects to better understand how they evolved. For example, in 2017, paleontologists discovered a new parasite that named it Deinocroton Draculi or "Dracula's terrible tapeworm" because it was found an ancient feathers attached to a hardening tree resin. superior.
seal is eating flip fish
. It must be painful. Shot a group of photos (the most distressing) by photographer Ralph Pez on the coast of San Diego. We often think that seals are fools in the ocean, but in fact they pose a huge threat to any fish that are regarded as food.
talked with Earth Touch News PaCe that when he saw pure aquatic violence when preparing a camera, he was attracted by the seal:
We saw that the sea lion was moving around. When we approached, we saw the fins, and we saw the fins. Essence When we slide into the water, we will definitely observe long distances, but when we see this epic event, the sea lion is becoming more and more comfortable to us, and it seems that Mora is actually closer.
Shilongzi's counterattack
Oh. kind of. This angry little guy is a Shilongzi, which is more than 1,200 members of the Scincidae family, living in almost every continent on the earth. These little guys can reach 8 inches tall and may look fierce, but their behavior is quite mild.
So how painful when Shilongzi bit your fingers? This is not a walk in the park with an ice cream egg tube or anything, but it does not really hurt.The sink may look like a nasty little lizard, but they're not poisonous, and they won't even attack a person with full force. We're not saying you should let skinks run around, but it's not the worst thing that has ever happened.
Tiny ticks suck big ticks, oops
This image of tick-on-tick violence may seem like a nightmarish one-off event, but it's actually fairly common in the animal kingdom. Not only do ticks often feed on other ticks, but these hungry little guys rarely bother to find another kind of prey. It's called working smart, not hard.
The behavior shown in this photo is called hyperparasitism, the behavior of a parasite that ignores a hot animal in favor of draining another parasite that has already done its job. This is most common in soft ticks and male hard ticks that feed on female hard ticks.
Sperm whale carcass with scars from fight with squid, left on UK beach
Thinking about the aquatic violence committed by giant underwater creatures isn't necessarily the first thing on anyone's mind in the morning, but this horrific photo shows just how life is possible beneath the waves Dangerous—even for one of the most revered animals on Earth. It's unclear whether the whale in the photo succumbed to its squid injury or passed away in some other way, but either way, this big guy lived an intense life.
In 2021, a sperm whale washed up on the coast of Australia and was left with similar battle scars when it came face-to-face with a squid. This phenomenon, while unsettling, actually helps researchers discover new information about whale biology.
Steller sea lions can become absolutely massive.
No, this is not a Photoshop trick, these sea lions are really as big as boats. Their size and weight put them in the upper echelon of carnivores, but they can still fall prey to killer whales and great white sharks if they're not careful.
A predator that poses no threat to Steller's sea lions? fishing boat. In December 2019, two of the big guns took up real estate on a small boat, essentially submerging it in the waters of Elder Bay in Olympia, Washington. Local man Josh Phillips, who caught the whole thing, told Popular Mechanics :
As we got closer we noticed that it wasn't sinking, but there were two very large stellers on board. sea lion.
Prehistoric spider-like arachnid found in amber
It might look like something from a horror movie, but it's actually the most fascinating thing in nature. What we have here is an ancient spider that looks more like a scorpion than what we would expect from amber, and it looks very similar to the most common spiders of the Carboniferous period, the Lagonomegopidae, many of which were found in resin, Fully pregnant and ready to hatch.
An article in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences about Burmese spiders fossilized in amber reads:
[This photo] shows a female lagonomegopid spider clutching a basket containing a specimen about to hatch. The oocyst of the egg. This is exactly what a living female spider looks like, nestled in a crevice in the bark of a tree.
The famous hyena whose legs were paralyzed by a lion attack nine months ago is still going strong and has even become a major member of his clan
Hyenas are scary, and not just because they are dog monsters, if they think they can eat a tornado, they You fight tornadoes because they're like the T-800s of the animal kingdom. The hyena's legs were paralyzed in a lion attack and it took the animal less than a year to prove its dominance.
Wildlife photographer Cathan Moore saw a similarly disabled hyena in South Africa's Kruger National Park and described the scene to Newsweek She was blown away:
At first glance, I was literally stunned. My heart breaks for that miserable-looking hyena.It took me a few seconds to comprehend what was happening before me, but I quickly realized that despite his disability, he was in good health and that I should be proud of this animal because he seemed to have overcome extreme adversity.
大short horned lizard Known for shooting blood from their eye sockets at high speeds as a defense mechanism when threatened
From the deserts of Guatemala to the wilderness of Mexico and the American West, horned lizards can be found running back and forth, avoiding coyotes, snakes, and hawks. Rather than simply burying themselves underground or hiding in bushes, these lizards have developed a unique way of protecting themselves from predators - old blood eyes.
Horned lizards squirt blood from their eye sockets when they find themselves backed into corners by predators. While this blood is not painful to predators, it is often wild enough to scare them and give the lizard enough time to escape.
Tigers generally appear orange to humans because most humans are trichomes
Tigers are among the most fearsome predators in the animal kingdom, not only because of their size, but also because of the way they use natural camouflage to hunt their prey. Rather than standing out from the jungle in a lavish orange, black and white pattern, the tiger truly blends into its surroundings.
Tigers not only blend into their surroundings to hide from humans, but they are virtually invisible to animals like wild boars and deer because of what is known as dichromatic light. They only have two functioning color receptors, which makes them unable to decipher between green and reddish-orange, which isn't really a problem you want in the jungle.
A wasp tries to eat a live mussel, only to be killed...
We don't usually think of insects and molluscs going head-to-head in battle, but this photo proves truth is stranger than fiction. It may seem as though the wasp in the photo was trying to sting the mussel just to end the creature's business, but is this really the mussel's way of protecting itself?
Mussels and other molluscs cannot escape their predators, but they can defend themselves when they feel threatened. According to a study by Anna Dzierżyńska-Białończyk and a team of researchers, multiple senses can cause mussels to hibernate, in this case crushing predators inside their shells.
An eagle eats a snake while blinking with its transparent membrane
This truly creepy look at nature in action shows the reality of the animal kingdom, cruelty with a capital B. Eagles and snakes are mortal enemies, but eagles often have a distinct advantage over their prey because they can hunt from the sky.
While snakes are capable of avoiding, attacking, and destroying many animals, they cannot fully protect themselves from hawks that dive-bomb from the sky in search of their tasty meal. When the eagle grabs the snake with its talons, it's game over for the snake, especially if it's caught off guard. The most a snake can hope for in the grasp of an eagle is a quick end.
