#ambush predator

[obaewankenope]

In honour of the new recruits from reddit and shitter, poll for you:

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[whereserpentswalk]

Some people sat the grim reaper is cruel, others say he is kind, he is neither actually. The grim reaper is basically a creature, he may be intelligent but he has the mind of an ambush predator. If he's nice to the people he's taking its basically the equivalent of an orca playing with its food, same goes for if he chases you or plays chess with you or something. He doesn't think about things like good and evil, he just finds reaping souls fun and it nourishes him. Sometimes he'll chase someone and then let them go for fun. Some people are spared by him simply so that he can hunt more people later. He's not good or evil, he's part of nature, just a part of nature that hurts humans.

#196 #my thougts #worldbuilding #fantasy #writing #urban fantasy #my worldbuilding #my writing #grim reaper #tw death #death personified #death #philosophy #ambush predator #weirdcore #angel

[an-eddy-in-the-river]

Found a beautiful tree bark camouflaged mantis while working on Halloween decorations.

#insect #insect photography #bug picture #mantis #ambush predator

[sitting-on-me-bum]

"Mayan Derriere"

This Triangular Spider species (Arkys curtulus) is an ambush predator, not a web-based hunter like most.

By Jamie Hall

Close-Up Photographer of the Year Awards

#jamie hall #photographer #close-up photographer of the year awards #triangular spider species #arkys curtulus #ambush predator #nature #spider #insect

[shiftersandspacebirds]

Some Creachurs in the same clade with very different lifestyles. Their common ancestor had 4-point symmetry, fed on minerals in rocks, and had metal “teeth”.

Top left: Gravel/coarse particle feeder. It attaches to substrate with a strong foot, swimming away when the area is depleted. They can also crawl/hop around for shorter distances. The dots below their four jaws are simple eyes, only able to see light and dark; this is enough for them to see the shadow of a predator and react, however!

Bottom left: A completely sessile organism that feeds on fine sand grains. Teeth feel more like a rough brush, and indeed, dead ones are often dried and used by Karraguls as brushes or scratches. Due to their delicate nature, they’re usually found in quieter waters than their cousins, and have greatly reduced eyes.

Right: A free-swimming, croc-sized creature that supplements its diet with flesh. Its toes have flattened and fused into a single paddle, and to accommodate its large jaws, two of them shrivel and die shortly after hatching. It uses its tentacles to capture sediment for feeding, as well as sensing the environment and locating prey. A big issue for Karraguls living near estuaries or on flood plains.

#karragul #alien #spec bio #filter feeder #rock eater #ambush predator #my art

[unmakxr]

There's a flurry of dust, massive claws digging in, before the air clears.

Two horns and a pair of wings stick out of the ground. Conspicuous.

#text #AMBUSH PREDATOR

[deweydecimalchickens]

Me: *looking for the cat under the bed* "nope"

Me: *goes to get up*

Wife: "she's behind you. Like, RIGHT behind you."

Me: *deep breath, iron self-control* "of course she is. How's my little jump scare?"

Living with this cat is terrifying I swear to god. It's like having a Weeping Angel at ankle height. It's like living in a survival horror game. At any moment she could be suddenly, silently RIGHT THERE and you will suppress your startle response because sudden noise and movement makes her violently angry (WELL DON'T SNEAK UP ON ME THEN, CREEPY MEEPY).

#This is my cat #My cat from heck #Furry baby jump scare #JESUS FUCKING CHRIST MEEMS #Creepy Meepy #She's been working working on her lurking #Ambush Predator

[leehallfae]

a lot of things about jean jacket are terrifying but one thing that i can’t stop thinking about is how her idle behavior mostly consists of hiding. she conceals herself within the clouds & only comes out to hunt. we don’t know anything about jean jacket’s home world, but the instinct for hiding seems like the behavior of prey. if jean jacket isn’t the apex predator on her world, what the hell is?

what hunts jean jackets?

#okay. i know she’s an ambush predator i know okay stop telling me /lh #i still stand by this post bc i think it’s interesting to think about but like. whatever #her threat display !!! #personal log #nope #nope 2022 #nope spoilers #nope film #jordan peele #greatest hits

[beatcroc]

pest control TWO!!!!! heres the first one

adn heres the obligatory bonus bc i can't help myself :')

#i already threatened that little basard twice in these i may as well make good on it #pizza tower #peppino spaghetti #fake peppino #the noise #fp ''oh god wait that is not a real rat and also tastes awful'' moments. he doesnt actually have any interest in eating that thang ok #even if seeing a small scampering little guy like that WILL activate his prey drive without fail #peppino loves it he thinks it's the funniest shit in the world for fp to go after noise. so he is always encouraging this. #but anyway yeah. fp is *really* not the one noise should be worried about. #arting #pizzaposting #i still have lots of tag room thjis time so im gonna do some tangential nonsense rambling. e #fp gotta be like crazy good at hunting i think. not just for strength and predator instincts but also bc like #he doesn't have much in the way of a scent or body heat or anything that would give him away as an alive thing #not to mention he's uh... not particularly organically-shaped a lot of the time #so esp. to smaller prey that don't like... memorize a landscape; if he holds very still he's like completely undetectable #total ambush king. though i'm sure hes also very good at #persistence and pursuit hunting since he has peppino's speed and no way of getting muscle fatigue. ultimate beast #fortunately he doesnt care that much and doesnt really need to eat so hes not devastating the local ecosystem or anything #except for the rats.

[funkbun]

haven't drawn a baby grumpy in so long.... grumpus grub

#they're soooo baby creature.... babything supreme #modern day grumpuses are still ambush predators they just use that skill for different things aside from hunting creatures #like waiting 2 hours in a single spot just for one of their friends to walk by and scare em #The Journalist is 100% still a full on ambush predator tho. dont mess with them #bug game

[otiksimr]

Sandwing backs are really freckly with a wide range of shades which mimic sand so they can camouflage when looked down on from above.

#I like to think they bury themselves like a six eyed sand spider #both to ambush prey and also to hide from predators themselves #the tendons in their tail are really stiff that don’t allow for a lot of movement so they tend to bury themselves near big pieces of- #-driftwood so they can press their tail up against it to make it look like it’s part of the wood #so generally sandwings mainbody is more sandcolored and their tails are darker browns for theog camouflage #the tail muscles are stiff so there’s not a lot of movement possible outside of the usual strike #Kos speaks #wof #wings of fire #wof sandwing #sandwing

[jenfoundabug]

Ambush bug (a type of assassin bug) in the genus Phymata. These predatory insects hide on or under flowers, waiting to attack unsuspecting pollinators.

#ambush bug #assassin bug #bug #hemiptera #raptorial forelegs #predator #ambush #assassin #nature #bugs #nature photography #biodiversity #animals #arthropods #inaturalist #bugblr #insect appreciation #entomology #macro photography #flower #garden #cute bugs

[naffeclipse]

Hey Naff! I hope you feel better soon <3

I was surprised to see Eclipse as a tigertaur! Pretty unique (with the nagas its giving me Jungle Book vibes)! What made you go with that idea/design for him?

It's due to his personality, role, and presence within the Naga AU! Eclipse fits so well with a sleek, dangerous predator like the tiger. I also didn't want too many nagas because there is the briefly mentioned fourth creature in the fic. It's also a touch inspired by Jungle Book (as you can see by the series title).

#glad we're enjoying tigertaur eclipse hehe #he is such an ambush predator and y/n hates him (loves him eventually) #fever cold #tigertaur!eclipse

[mee1414]

Pirate Gem as a tiger

#just feels like it fits yk #ambush predator that lives in jungles and does well in water #and theyre orange like her hair #my brain associates them with gold/treasure for whatever reason #<------ and like pirates are all about gold and treasure #geminitay #hermitcraft #my art

[barksbog]

obsessed with him

#it's wild because he literally disappears for weeks/months into his tube and than emerges looking like a shriveled raisin #consumes so much worm and than just goes back in his tube #he is also absurdly high energy when he is hunting #i'm used to ambush predators but he actively hunts and even digs up mealworms #usually he doesn't get waxworms but my gecko nicked that one but than decided not to eat it #and i didn't wanna let it go to waste so he can have special worm #solifuligae #camel spider #spider

[onenicebugperday]

Jun (T*********[email protected]) submitted: Hello! I love your blog so much, and I’m very excited to finally have a bug I wasn’t able to ID.

If you look closely, there’s a second bug holding onto the bee here. The bug blends in really well with the flower, I originally thought it was an exoskeleton left behind of something, but I’m not sure.

Any idea what this beautiful little fella is? The bug was found between Hackensack, MN and Devils Lake, ND.

Hi! Thank you! That is some truly impressive camouflage. Definitely not an exoskeleton, it’s an ambush bug, which is a type of assassin bug. It’s about to make a meal of that bee. RIP.

#insects #bugs #submission #bee #ambush bug #true bugs #assassin bug #predation #bug death