Everyone’s favorite pussy-faced alien motherfucker turns 32 today. Predator was released June 12th 1987, and has been my favorite movie of all time since then, and not just because we share a birthday. Now back to pushing too many pencils. . . . #predator #gettothechoppa #stickaround #poster #screenprint #alien #predators #illustration #horrorart #scifi #art #posterart #digitalillustration @predator (at Val Verde) https://www.instagram.com/p/BynoH3FF4R9/?utm_medium=tumblr
There has been much speculation as to the purpose of the sawfish’s saw. Speculation was that they were used to literally saw chunks of meat from large prey such as whales or dolphins. In fact, the saw is lined with thousands of sensory organs that allow the sawfish to detect the electric fields emitted by living creatures, thus helping them track prey. Once a fish is detected, the sawfish will strike the prey with a sideways slash of the saw, stunning it, or else use the saw to pin it to the sea floor. While the saw is not used specifically to cut prey, a fish may be sliced in half by a particularly vigorous swipe. The saw is also used to defend the sawfish against large predators such as sharks, or in battles with rivals.
In contrast to stories of sawfish cutting through the bottom of boats or sawing humans in half, sawfish are known to be docile and harmless animals when left undisturbed.
A #lion at the #oregonzoo munches on what’s left of a whole carcass. The lions get fed #meat every day, but once a month, they get two whole carcasses as #enrichment! He’s already gorged himself on this calf, but wasn’t willing to give up what was left to the #lionesses yet. Feeding out whole carcasses help keep predators’ jaws healthy and strong, keep the animals active, encourage natural social dynamics within the pride, and educates guests about the reality of top predators and the circle of life. #zooanimals #predators #environmentalenrichment #felidae #cats #wholeprey #gore #deadanimal (at Oregon Zoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoDFL9Wggo_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tpeohvfdib4i
Ok Since I mentioned Emmy is taken lady - I just had to doodle Emmy with her elder hubby who my friend roleplayed, so just note the the man isn’t my oc! Only Emerald. On other notes: he is blind from one eye & misses a mandible. around huge scar.
Three generations in the front - Emmy, the twins and her old momma figure ( not of blood as you may tell… ) She is very old lady with experience and wisdom. There are also some other ladies in the back. Some peaceful time.
Emmy never grew bigger than teenager so she’s small compared to most ladies of the clan but she’s doing great. A career mom, what else would you need?
People who ‘love nature’ but violently hate their native coyotes, spiders, snakes, and scavengers are fake.
Here’s the thing about the post. You don’t have to love or even like every animal. You can dislike things! Humane, intelligent pest control is fine and necessary. This isn’t the issue and never has been.
It’s violent, blind hatred and hypocrisy that’s the problem. People who gush over foxes and owls and hawks but want coyotes and snakes dead in the next breath. People who will rescue prey from predators because predation is mean. People who find it appropriate to leave sadistic comments on pictures of spiders or snakes someone is appreciating or owns. People who insist on labeling species as ‘good’ or ‘evil’. This is the sort of behavior that bothers me.
People who only appreciate nature when it’s aesthetically pleasing to them and want to destroy the parts they find ugly and unpleasant don’t truly understand or love it. They love an ideal that isn’t actually representative of reality.
Ok, but what good are wasps? I’m really curious.
Wasps are one of the single most important insect predators. They control not only other insects but also spiders, as well as acting as pollinators for certain plants (such as fig trees, which famously cannot fruit without a wasp inside them) there are hundreds of different types of wasp, the vast majority of them harmless to or fearful of humans.
this is the cutest video in the entire world. this seal is just so afraid for this dumb weird baby she thinks she’s found out in the ocean. have a bird. have another bird. no, see, eat the bird! the bird is food! why won’t this stupid baby eat. open your mouth you idiot baby i will feed you bird if it’s the last thing i do
Getting to Know the Animals of Mpala: Predator Edition!
Keep an eye out for these helpful guides from our partners on the ground in Mpala, Kenya. Follow along on the African Wildlife Live Cams and see if you can spot the predators talked about HERE!
The people of Dorians species are born with 3 eyes, the middle one remains closed until adolescence. Once open, the eye stays open even while asleep. Always watching, learning and adapting to it’s environment. Due to being prey on their homeplanet, this is necsssery for survival.
This is kinda old, but I haven’t been around for some time soooo… Post link
She enunicated this SO PERFECTLY and completely in a single tweet. A whole informed essay in a single tweet. Your fave could never!
Same problem we have with cops. Police are more likely to have certain characteristics and personality flaws not because becoming a cop makes you that way, although that may amplify the effects, but rather, men with these problems gravitate to the position. That’s why so many bullies end up becoming cops
You pointing out the cops means I need to point out; Female bullies tend to go into nursing! A position that puts them in power, and gives them control over people. If you knew a girl in highschool who was just an awful human being but thought she was great? Chances are she went into nursing.
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“The vulture was trekking the hyena while it was running away with its catch. The hyena stopped all of a sudden and the vulture flew over it. The proud hyena must be thinking ‘I got you there!’” Photograph by Chan Onn Fong
