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Detect. Lock on. Intercept. The remarkable hunting ability of the robber fly
A tiny fly, the size of a rice grain, might be the Top Gun of the fly world, with a remarkable ability to detect and intercept its prey mid-air, changing direction mid-flight if necessary before sweeping round for the kill.
When it sees a potential prey, the fly launches itself upwards while maintaining a ‘constant bearing angle’ – in other words, it moves in a direction such that while moving closer and closer to its prey, it still maintains the same relative bearing. This ensures it will intercept its prey.
Once the fly is around 29 cm away from its prey – though exactly how it judges this distance is still unclear – the fly displays a remarkable strategy never before observed in a flying animal. It ‘locks-on’ to its prey while changing its own trajectory, enabling it to sweep round, slow down and come alongside the prey to make its final attack.
Images 1-2: Sam Fabian; small robber fly Holcocephala, waiting patiently on a stick until an unsuspecting prey is detected with the help of those highly specialized eyes.
Image 3: Sam Fabian; Unlucky fruit fly did not escape the keen eyes and aerial virtuosity of Holcocephala, who now sits on a stick consuming its prize.
Image 4: Sam Fabian, with assistance for processing by the CAIC centre; scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) images of the three predatory dipterans
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Revealed: hunting strategy of the endangered African wild dog
A new study led by researchers at the Royal Veterinary College has revealed that African wild dogs may be more robust than previously thought.
The researchers used custom-built GPS collars to collect position and speed data to reconstruct the hunt behaviour of an entire pack of African wild dogs in northern Botswana.
The researchers found that given the the opportunity, African wild dogs hunt with frequent short chases. In addition, the pack showed no evidence of coopertive hunting, apart from travelling together and sharing the kills made by an individual dog.
Understanding the hunting strategies of a species helps conservationists to identify which areas should be protected, or where new populations can be reintroduced most successfully.
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Image credit: Neil Jordan, Megan Classe, Tambako The Jaguar
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unicorn hunt
Rothschild Canticles, Flanders c. 1300
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 404, fol. 51r
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snail hunt
Livre des merveilles du monde, France c. 1460
NY, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.461, fol. 78r
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Leatherman teams up with Jason Hairston, founder of Kuiu to go over the all new Tread Multitool
Nothing better than the feeling you get loading up at sunrise to head out on that dream adventure.
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Won’t you be my huckleberry? Mossberg 464™ SPX Lever Action Centerfire Rifle in 30/30 custom coated in FDE.
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We introduced the Lightning Bug luminous Kebari in late winter in anticipation of warm weather, twilight and nighttime pond fishing.
Now is that time! A small pond, some bluegill & bass and a cold beer or 3 are the makings of a memorable summer night!https://www.etsy.com/listing/222719493/lightning-bug-kebari-3-flies
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WANT!!
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Found these about 30 feet outside of my shelter. Guess who? #pnw #pacificnorthwest #oregon #tracking #outdoors #wildlife #animals #bigcat #cougar #pacificcresttrail #oregoncoastrange #bushcraft #hunting #primitiveskills #wildwoman #spiritanimal #naturepunk
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A Minoan hunting scene, painted on a funeral chest, 1300s-1100s BCE. The humans in the image are using nets, spears, and axes to kill animals (deer or cows); the animals seem to be mothers, each with a baby underneath it.
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A lion, killed in the lion hunt of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal, ca 640 BCE. In Mesopotamia, lion hunting was an activity that only royalty could partake in. When a lion was found, it was often trapped and presented to the king, who would kill the lion with arrows.
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