predation

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trophic cascade

Watch: A chameleon's projectile tongue at work

Aphids' birth and predation by hover fly larvae

Study the migratory, predatory, and living habits of North American bald eagles

Witness an orb-weaving spider using silk wrappings to immobilize grasshopper prey

How Europe's common chameleon hunts

Watch cheetahs playing and grooming one another before hunting gazelles

Diving with seals: A glimpse into the North Sea ecosystem

Watch a Herpestes mongoose attack and kill its common prey, a venomous Asian cobra

Observe polar bear predation on walrus on Wrangel Island

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Also Known As	prey • hunting

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trophic cascade

Watch: A chameleon's projectile tongue at work

Aphids' birth and predation by hover fly larvae

Study the migratory, predatory, and living habits of North American bald eagles

Witness an orb-weaving spider using silk wrappings to immobilize grasshopper prey

How Europe's common chameleon hunts

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orb web What Eats Snakes?carnivore hyphal loop cooperative hunting perceptual set constriction web How Do Spiders Make Webs?communal web animal learning reproductive behaviour locomotion animal communication avoidance behaviour learning display behaviour agonism territorial behaviour play

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Cougar in woods. Cats, felines, puma.

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