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SURPRISING
PREDATORS
Not all hunters are at the top of the food chain
Words Ella Carter
hen you think of a abilities – like that of the short-tailed
predator, what comes shrew. Or there’s just a can-do attitude
to mind? A huge lion, like the honey badger, coupled with a
stalking prey on the handy immunity to poison. There are
WSerengeti? A colossal even animals such as the mongoose
polar bear, cruising the sea ice for a and the king cobra, who live in a
meal? These top hunters are experts at perversely harmonious relationship of
tracking down prey, but predators come being each other’s predator and prey
in all shapes and sizes. simultaneously. Read on to find out
From tiny insects to hungry plants, the more about these crazy hunters and
natural world has plenty of surprising how they’ve evolved to stalk, munch,
hunters. Evolutionary adaptations fight and trick their way into scoring
have helped predators develop unique their next meal.
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