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!"
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Everyone’s dreamed of being a fly, right? Well maybe not everyone. But if you were to be a fly for a day, there are quite a few dangers you’d have to watch out for. Fly swats and sprays would seem pretty obvious ones; predatory insects and spiders too; but a plant with gaping jaws? It wouldn’t hurt to land on that juicy looking sucker for a quick rest would it?
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Friday, July 10, 2009
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