Predation. It's meat and drink to anyone interested in our obsessive documenting of the natural world. Maybe it has to do with parallels with the culture we live in, where many seem only too eager to prey on perceived weaker individuals for their own prosperity. You'll doubtless enjoy the following pics – while we offer a verdict on what the animals mean culturally. We kept expecting the voice of Donald Trump or Allan Sugar to declair: "You're fired!"
Continue reading...Thursday, June 25, 2009
They say the eyes are the window to the soul, but the ones collected here make you ponder whether they lead straight to the stomach. Still, staring back at you, they also show that bloodthirsty can be beautiful – like this shot of a crocodile’s eye close up. Check out the detail in the croc's iris. It's like gazing at a landscape from above, with the pupil an opening into an abyss.
Continue reading...Friday, June 12, 2009
Following last month's popular Death is Milliseconds Away post, this time we've decided to turn the tables on the beastly bullies who reckon they're in for an easy snack. Here we bring you some equally special snapshots in which would-be victims have decided to take a stand in a bid for survival – giving their foes something to go away and think about or at least making them work for their meal.
Continue reading...Friday, April 4, 2008
Ah, Boston. Home to the Celtics, the Red Sox, 40 year-old men who go by “Tommy” and “Jimmy”, and now, a fierce predator that picks off preteen girls with extreme prejudice. He sees your Jonas Brothers t-shirt, little girl, and it makes him angry. Grarr. [...]
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Friday, July 10, 2009
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