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"This is Frank, the jumping spider that eats our house flies for us. The mods at r/aww apparently think this is too metal for their sub"
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"A Tarsier shows off all of his features he uses to survive in the night."
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"This is not how to wake up a lioness"
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"The Ganges River Dolphin lives in extremely murky water. And thus has tiny, essentially useless eyes"
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"This bird came to my feeder and left something realized it was a heart"
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"A snake covered in algae"
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"Shrimp isolated in a water droplet using surface tension to make their way back to the water"
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"A wolf running along a highway a 30mph"
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"Regeneration of whole fertile plant from 30,000-year old fruit tissue buried in Siberian permafrost"
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"No clear winner after many head-butts"
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"An extremely toxic Dofleinia Armata, the Injuries resulting from contact with this species are considered very painful, and can take several months to heal, washed ashore near Broome, Western Australia."
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"Hercules beetle larvea"
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"This is the inside of a sea turtle's mouth - they're anti-barfing spikes."
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"This White Tail buck that was recently killed had a very rare cateract defect that caused hair to grow. *On its eye*"
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"A massive river otter casually rolling around in the sand in front of a bunch of crocodiles"
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"Cheetah chasing impalas"
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"Tigers generally appear orange to humans because most of us are trichromats, however, to deer and boars, among the tiger's common prey, the orange color of a tiger appears green to them because ungulates are dichromats. A tiger's orange and black colors serve as camouflage as it stalks hoofed prey."
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"Gibbon teasing tiger cubs"
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"Known as Wrap-around Spider, this spider can flatten and wrap its body around tree limbs as camouflage"
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"An absolutely massive gator making its way along a Florida golf course"
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"Grizzly running hundreds of feet in seconds"
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"Aftermath of a Kudu killed by hyenas in a resort reception area"
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"Devil's in town. Church in our town gets struck by lightening."
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"A donkey in Georgia grabs a coyote by the neck and promptly stomps it to death. The farmer later reported the coyote was flat like a rug when the donkey was done."
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"Buffalo calf isn't in the mood for coyote's BS."
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"Two Male Moose that Died Fighting and Subsequently Froze Together in a Stream."
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"Lioness mother gets gored by buffalo, but it misses her vital organs. Gets treated by vets and recovers, with the wound tearing during the healing process."
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"Baby bird mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to ward off a perceived predator"
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"Iranian spider tailed viper in action"
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"This fungus is known as dead man’s toes! 😳 Official name: Fungi Xylania Polymorpha."
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"An orange-colored alligator in South Carolina. Most likely, according to an official, this alligator overwintered in a rusty steel culvert and became dyed by the iron oxide contained in the water around its body. It will lose this coloration once it molts."
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"Yacare caiman who is about feast on another one"
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"Warthog in dead end"
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"Croc in the mud"
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"Bugs seeking higher ground during flood"
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"Three lions try to take on a croc, but croc skin is like sheetmetal"
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"The bird known as an “Australian Firehawk” hunts for prey fleeing wildfires and has been known to pick up burning branches and carry them to dry brush to start more fires."
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"Nematode slowly eaten alive under a microscope"
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"Hippo gets tired of an antelope stuck in its mudhole, so it thrashes the antelope about and tosses it to a pack of wild dogs"
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"A trucker driving through Tornado Alley"
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"Octopus rides a moray eel to avoid its deadly jaws"
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"Cougar taking on a bear cub"
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"Moose are reasonably big"
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"Japanese honeybees 'slow cook' giant hornets to death"
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"This Harpy Eagle is without a doubt one of the super-villains of the animal kingdom."
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"Golden Wheel Spider escape mechanic against a Spider Wasp"
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"Not sure if this counts... Kangaroo Rat spin kicks Rattlesnake"
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"Parasite swimming around in a toad’s eye."
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"A Norway lemming aggressively defending its territory on the ski slopes"
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"Boaters trying to outrun a volcano in Italy"
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"Butterflies often feed from decaying animals, rotten fruits, blood, animal feces and urine."
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"Lion cub playing with a gemsbok horn"
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"Hawk making his way through town murdering every pidgeon he can. The total is up in the double digits so far."
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"Lion having a seizure, the old King's time has come"
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"When threatened, Fulmar chicks vomit a stinky, sticky orange oil at the predator. The oil glues feathers to stop flight. When the birds goes to water to rinse the oil in water, it loses buoyancy and drowns"
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"Barn owl mother protects her chicks from a rat snake trying to invade her nest"
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"Adult monkey snatches juvenile by his head."
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"Frog doesn't like the way a beetle tastes, slaps them. Twice."
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"Snowy owl fucking with some wolves."
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"Marine Iguana - exclusive to the Galapagos"
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"An awesome time lapse of a tuna carcass being devoured by an array of aquatic creatures"
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"The Snow Leopard is brutally camouflaged !!"
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"Massive Anaconda underwater. The heaviest snakes in the world, they partially use the water to support their weight."
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"1,300lb Cape Buffalo gets tossed around by Rhino"
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"Owls can be metal and creepy at the same time."
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"Indian Flying Fox with pup"
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"this impala that survived a lion attack"
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"Birds using a dead Pike's mouth to nest."
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"Decapitated wasp grabs its head before flying away"
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"The ants have captured the worm"
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"This is how a cone jellyfish eats another cone jellyfish"
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"Arabian camels were seen swimming in the Arabian Sea to Masirah, an island off the coast of Oman where camels frequently go to forage. They are known to travel back and forth regularly, approximately 10 km each way. Camels are good swimmers and can swim for hours."
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"Blue whale swallows entire school of fish"
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"This green snake wrapped itself around the Great White Herons beak to prevent the bird from eating it"
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"These worms moving as one"
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"First found mechanical gear in a living creature"
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"A spider disguised in a flower attacking a fly that is masquerading as a wasp."
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"Great white shark fully breaching in Mossell Bay, South Africa"
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"Lightning strike"
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"This perfectly spun web with spider waiting for visitors."
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"Friend of mine saw mountain lion tracks and set up a game camera underneath his deck."
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"Leopard cub drops an impala on their mother's head"
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"Pitch black, smart as hell and advisor to Odin himself. The most metal bird is, of course, the raven."
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"Male brown bear attacks female at whale carcass, only for third bear to intervene"
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"human skull, slowly being absorbed by the limestone"
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"A powerful moose"
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"An iceberg rolling over"
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"White bloodcells attacking and destroying a parasite"
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"Nature showing what terror looks like"
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"Seal safe on land."
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"Caribou remains found by Jens Bjerge in Nuuk, Greenland"
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"Horn-Eyed Ghost Crabs Can Move 100 Body-Lengths Per Second!"
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"The fastest attack in the animal kingdom by hairy frogfish"
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"Panther in Rain"
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"The body of a two-headed dolphin had washed ashores in Izmir, Turkey."
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"Comparison of the tip of a hypodermic needle, viper's fang, spider's fang and the stinger of a scorpion"
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"Feeding frenzy at a swordfish carcass, leads to grouper swallowing a shark."
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"I love all the cute pictures of seals on reddit lately, but here's a little reminder that they are, in fact, predators."
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"Seagull flew to the wrong pondhood"
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"Is it an alien? No.. it's a Dutch lobster moth caterpillar!"
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