Tag: predation
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Orcas Hunt Great White Sharks in Mexico: Drone Footage
Uncovering a startling encounter: orcas and great white sharks in Mexican waters In recent drone footage captured off Mexico’s coast, scientists observed a striking and rare predator interaction: groups of orcas actively hunt young great white sharks and appear to feed on their energy-rich livers. This behavior adds to a growing body of evidence that…
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The World’s Oldest Spider: Number 16, a Gauis villosus Matriarch’s 43-Year Journey
The 43-Year Chronicle of Number 16 In the remote scrublands of Western Australia, a trapdoor spider earned an unlikely distinction: Number 16, a Gauis villosus, lived to an impressive 43 years, becoming the longest-living spider ever recorded. Her life, chronicled in a long-term study published in Pacific Conservation Biology, offers rare windows into the habits…
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Europe’s Largest Bats Hunt And Eat Migrating Birds On Wing, High In Sky
Groundbreaking Insight into a Remarkable Hunting Strategy For years, researchers have known that some bats can prey on sizable, nimble birds. Now a comprehensive study using high-resolution biologging has confirmed that Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule (Nyctalus lasiopterus), routinely captures and consumes nocturnally migrating passerine birds in flight high above the ground. This discovery…
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Europe’s Largest Bats Hunt Birds In Flight At Night
Breakthrough Evidence: Bats Diving After Migrating Birds For decades, researchers have known that some bat species can hunt larger prey away from water and near the ground. A new study, however, provides compelling, direct evidence that Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule (Nyctalus lasiopterus), hunts and eats nocturnally migrating birds in midair, high above the…
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Why a Bug’s “Dance” Isn’t About Dating—It’s a Stealthy Survival Trick
What Looks Like Dancing Isn’t About Courtship Insects rarely perform for the camera, and their behavior often hides deeper purposes. A recent study by STRI researchers Connor Evans-Blake, Juliette Rubin and Ummat Somjee uncovers a surprising truth about a group of colorful flag-legged bugs: their waving is not a courtship display but a sophisticated anti-predator…
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Seals Read Fish Escapes with Their Whiskers
How seals read a fish’s escape plan In the dim world beneath the waves, predators and prey play a high-stakes game of pursuit. Seals have long been admired for their ability to track fish by sensing the water’s flow—especially the wakes and spinning vortices that hint at a fish’s direction. A new study from the…