Predator - prey relationships

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Predator - prey relationships
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k9boy	Mar 30 2018, 07:20 PM Post #331
Apex Predator Posts: 4,236 Group: Members Member #254 Joined: Mar 26, 2012	ASiatic lionesses kill cow



Ryo	Mar 30 2018, 10:40 PM Post #332
Omnivore Posts: 1,329 Group: Members Member #4,595 Joined: Aug 6, 2017	Awesome to see some Asiatic Lions hunt something. And a group of 4 even, that is pretty big for Asiatic Lions. Now only the male was missing, which would make a total 5.



Grazier	Mar 31 2018, 07:26 AM Post #333
Omnivore Posts: 1,483 Group: Members Member #4,332 Joined: Dec 16, 2016	Vita Mar 26 2018, 07:25 AM Yikes I don't ever want to see that again.



221Extra	Apr 2 2018, 01:37 PM Post #334
Deny, deny, deny. Posts: 1,830 Group: Members Member #40 Joined: Jan 11, 2012	Tigress predating sambar: Tiger predating blue bull:



Grimace	Apr 3 2018, 04:07 PM Post #335
Kleptoparasite Posts: 2,288 Group: Members Member #2,170 Joined: Feb 11, 2014	According to half the people here this gharial should have broken its jaws https://www.facebook.com/bigsnakeguy/media_set?set=a.528946007148573.1073741830.100000995346409&type=3



k9boy	Apr 6 2018, 09:20 PM Post #336
Apex Predator Posts: 4,236 Group: Members Member #254 Joined: Mar 26, 2012	Weasel killing squirrel



Hydrus	Apr 12 2018, 10:43 AM Post #337
Autotrophic Organism Posts: 75 Group: Members Member #4,743 Joined: Dec 4, 2017	Jaguar with anaconda kill



Taipan	Apr 25 2018, 07:26 PM Post #338
Administrator Posts: 18,011 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Feb 25, 2011	Leopard hunting a Stork



Taipan	May 4 2018, 04:21 PM Post #339
Administrator Posts: 18,011 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Feb 25, 2011	Taipan Mar 17 2018, 02:59 PM Lace Monitor v Possum "A Lace Monitor Lizard eyes a Possum's nest as an easy meal but doesn't count on the the female Possum fighting tooth and claw to defend her babies." Possum 'won' this one against a predator: Python picks on wrong possum after mother scratches, bites snake to free its baby By Patrick Williams Updated 50 minutes ago PHOTO: The mother possum bit and clawed her way to victory. (Supplied: Christine Birch Williams) Images of a determined mother possum saving its baby from the grasps of a hungry carpet python in a short struggle in a Queensland backyard captures the attention of thousands, three years after they were taken. Photos of the melee were shared by almost 2,000 people after being posted to Facebook on Thursday night by a prominent snake catcher on the Sunshine Coast. They were snapped by Mackay woman Christine Birch Williams, who recalled stumbling across the backyard brawl late one night in 2015. PHOTO: The python was trying to strangle the baby possum. (Supplied: Christine Birch Williams) "I looked up and watched as a carpet python had just taken a baby possum from the back of its mother," Ms Williams told ABC News on Friday. "I grabbed my camera and started taking photos." PHOTO: The baby possum was well and truly in the python's stranglehold when the mother possum intervened. (Supplied: Christine Birch Williams) Her six photos depict the baby possum well and truly wrapped up by the python, with the mother possum leaping into action, clawing and biting the reptile. Eventually the python releases its prey. The photos sparked discussion as to whether Ms Williams should have intervened. "As hard as this would be to watch … this is all a part of nature," snake catcher Stu McKenzie wrote. "Would I interfere and save the baby if I was there at the time? Hard to say. PHOTO: The fight was short, Ms Williams said. (Supplied: Christine Birch Williams) "In one hand it would be horrible to watch, on the other hand the snake has earnt his meal." Opinions were divided among the comments. PHOTO: The mother possum bit and clawed her way to victory. (Supplied: Christine Birch Williams) "Leave it be, nature is what it is. Nature doesn't do it to be cruel and malice its the natural instinct to survive," Samii Lawson wrote. "I could not of just watched without helping the possum," Jill Patterson said. Ms Williams said she did not even think of intervening. PHOTO: Opinions on social media were split as to whether they would have intervened in a similar situation. (Supplied: Christine Birch Williams) "I was more fascinated with the battle," she said. Ms Williams said once the fight was won, the possums took off. "The last photo showed mum holding baby. Baby then jumped on mum's back and they took off." PHOTO: Both possums ran off into the night after the fight. (Supplied: Christine Birch Williams) Queensland Museum Mammals Collection Manager Heather Janetzki said it was not totally unusual to see the possum take on the python. "While I've personally never seen a possum act like that before and attack a snake, possums can generally be quite feisty animals, so that doesn't surprise me," Ms Janetzki said. "That said a mother's instinct is very strong, so it's not unusual for a mother to do whatever necessary to protect her young, which is what the possum is doing in this instance." http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-04/python-fights-possum-mother-freeing-baby-from-snake/9726566



CanineCanis	May 4 2018, 08:57 PM Post #340
Herbivore Posts: 922 Group: Members Member #4,826 Joined: Feb 20, 2018	Taipan Apr 25 2018, 07:26 PM Leopard hunting a Stork I know this reply is a little late, but that picture looks so cool......



Hydrus	May 16 2018, 03:40 AM Post #341
Autotrophic Organism Posts: 75 Group: Members Member #4,743 Joined: Dec 4, 2017



Fang Fatalis	May 18 2018, 03:15 AM Post #342
Autotrophic Organism Posts: 138 Group: Members Member #4,875 Joined: Apr 20, 2018	Edited by Fang Fatalis, May 18 2018, 03:28 AM.



221Extra	May 28 2018, 06:34 AM Post #343
Deny, deny, deny. Posts: 1,830 Group: Members Member #40 Joined: Jan 11, 2012	Chimp predating juvenile yellow baboon: http://mahale.main.jp/PAN/11_2/11(2)_05.html



Flesh	May 28 2018, 02:46 PM Post #344
Autotrophic Organism Posts: 133 Group: Members Member #4,898 Joined: May 24, 2018	Cougar hunting sloth



Hydrus	May 29 2018, 06:34 AM Post #345
Autotrophic Organism Posts: 75 Group: Members Member #4,743 Joined: Dec 4, 2017	Jaguar eating a leatherback sea turtle.



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