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What prey in the animal kingdom has it the worst?

Of all the animals that are hunted, which one probably has the worst means of death because of how the predator hunts? Or if not the worst death, what lives in the worst state of constant fear?

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u/VividVermicelli8115 — 2 days ago
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Black Widows are somewhat metal

The things you’ll find while airing out your backyard shed…

u/cahlm — 2 days ago
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Polar Bear Eats Cub

Source: IG @audundahl

Because these bears are so dominant, they see everything with a heartbeat as a potential meal. This includes humans and the cubs of other bears. In this case, the latter bore the brunt of this bear's overbearing hunger.

This type of infanticide differs from that of other predators like lions, who are known to kill the cubs of rival males after taking over a pride to make the females more accepting of their husbandly advances. With bears, more specifically polar bears, the primary goal is to feed, and the mother re-entering estrus can be a beneficial side effect of losing her cubs.

u/SerpentFinger — 3 days ago
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Another cicada molt which ants got to before it could fully molt

I saw another post on here about a day ago that had something very similar

u/TiredButDoingMyBest — 2 days ago
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During peak lemming years, prey can be so plentiful that the male Snowy Owl will stockpile lemmings around the edge of the nest scrape - far more than the incubating female and chicks can immediately eat.

Credit: (1) Denver Holt, (2) Christine Blais-Soucy, (3) Jeroen Reneerkens, (4) Daniel J. Cox

u/freudian_nipps — 4 days ago
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Went outside to find this happening in my yard

I thought this was so cool! Not 100% sure but I’m guessing a garter snake, the toad was still alive; I guess he just accepted his fate lmao!

u/self_love_and_sushi — 4 days ago
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Snapping turtle in Kyoto eating a Pidgeon in the water.

Sorry if the video isn't great I just thought this was pretty wild. It kept having to keep its meals away from all the other turtles and big fish. Wild how fast and brutal they are in the water.

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u/Innuendoughnut — 4 days ago
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Praying Mantis violence in my lavender patch

Praying mantis v hummingbird. right in my own yard. Mantis whispered to me that she’d appreciate a hummingbird feeder next summer. I had heard they could do this, but thought it was far fetched.

u/MaleficentScratch144 — 4 days ago