The eyes of most animals cannot cope with ultraviolet light because it carries enough energy to damage vision. However, living on Arctic frozen wastes that reflect around 90% of the UV light, reindeer have adapted to see it.
Enclosing all of District 12 is a high chain-link fence topped with barbed-wire loops. It’s supposed to be electrified twenty-four hours a day as a deterrent to the predators that live in the woods.
Enclosing all of District 12 is a high chain-link fence topped with barbed-wire loops. It’s supposed to be electrified twenty-four hours a day as a deterrent to the predators that live in the woods.
Flying fish live in all oceans. Their unusually large pectoral fins allow them to escape from predators by leaping out of the water and gliding short distances.
The Great White, one of the most feared predators on earth, is an incredibly efficient hunter. Scientists have yet to understand the drive behind their feeding behavior.
The jaguar is a largely solitary, stalk-and-ambush predator, and is opportunistic in prey selection. Like all cats, the jaguar is an obligate carnivore, feeding only on meat.
Because their digestive process is so energy-consuming, snakes will often regurgitate food if threatened by a predator; otherwise, they'd be sitting ducks!
The Allosaurus, one of the largest dinosaurs, was a large bipedal predator that paleontologists believe grew to over 12 meters (39 feet) long and 5 meters (16.5 feet) tall.
Tiger sharks, large blunt-nosed predators, have a duly earned reputation as man-eaters and are second only to great whites in the number of recorded attacks.
Great white sharks are the largest predatory fish on Earth. They are streamlined, torpedo-shaped, and have up to 300 serrated teeth arranged in several rows.
Instead of blending into the background, the animal impersonator often uses a daredevil strategy of making itself more conspicuous to predators, passing itself off as a toxic fish or sea snake.