Zoology Pictures from the Internet

Pretty cool footage of a Hawaiian predatory caterpillar snatching a fly...

More unusual ones:

African fish eagle snatches small crocodile.






If you thought Tsavo maneless lions were odd, take a look at these maned lionesses from Mombo, in the Okavango delta:





(Unfortunately for these lionesses, male lions from other prides tend to attack them on sight, and of course, they rarely if ever get to reproduce).

Very rare camera trap photo of a Florida panther chasing a wild pig:



Thoughtful cougar:





More weirdness from Mombo, Botswana; a lone African wild dog that first joined a couple of jackals, inviting them to hunt with her and basically becoming one of them. Later, the wild dog even kidnapped the jackal's pups trying to raise them as her own in her own den- regurgitating flesh for them and all-, much to the annoyance of the real parents who tried several times to retrieve their pups. Eventually they reached a "truce" and apparently they all live in harmony once again.




As if that wasn´t bizarre enough, this particular wild dog (the last one in the area after the rest died out, partly due to an increase in lion population) gets along well with some of the local hyenas- usually enemies of wild dogs- and sometimes everyone (hyenas, jackals and the wild dog) are seen feeding together peacefully.


The wild dog even has "friendly" interaction with the adult hyenas:

Just look at the size of these snakes:

Brown hyenas hunting seals:











More brown hyena:



This pic has been recently claimed to be of a barred owl snatching a house cat. In reality the house cat probably tried to catch the owl instead;



Here's a kind of similar pic that shows a house cat trying to catch a friggin sea eagle:

Brutal pics with a sad ending; a black-backed jackal and a bat-eared fox fight in the Kalahari.
The jackal wins.

Haha sorry, I tend to be impressed by such "red in tooth and claw" photos

That clouded leopard looks silvery, almost like a snow leopard :eek: Is it a lighting effect? I thought they were always more orange-ish...

More clouded leopards:

Camera trap pics:





Its famous fangs (longest relative to body of all cats)





Jeff Corwin of Animal Planet fame holding a clouded leopard. Easy to underestimate their size:





Bunch of lions:












Smaller fry: tarantula vs centipede:








Scorpion vs centipede:

Do never underestimate a giant river otter:















Or any mustelids for that matter.