Hyenas on the Hunt

When it comes to hunting prey, spotted hyenas seem to know the secret: divide and conquer! LINK: Youtube

Bald Eagle Catching a Starling

The National Wildwife Federation has an annual photography competition. The image above was the Grand Prize winner in the “Professional” category in 2009.

While watching a group of bald eagles that had congregated at a local cattle feed lot, Palmer noticed the raptors were climbing into the air to catch starlings and blackbirds—not necessarily typical prey for the large birds.

At the link are the winning photographs in about a dozen other categories.

Link. Via: Neatorama

30 vs 30,000

(YouTube Link)

A few years ago, Alex ran a post on the Japanese hornet, a particularly large and “mean flying machine.” As pointed out, the hornets prey on smaller honeybees, but can often be baked alive by a swarm. Interesting, but that’s not what happens here as 30 hornets lay waste to a colony of 30,000 bees.

Via: Digg, Via: Neatorama

Eagle vs. Water Chevrotain

The small water chevrotain has some big distant cousins, but it must rely on instinct when an eagle decides it would make tasty prey. LINK