This fungus is known as dead man’s toes! 😳 Official name: Fungi Xylania Polymorpha.1yr ⋅ Technical_Charge1781 ⋅ r/natureismetal
A Huge Male Orca with his mother and baby sister. Despite their much greater size male orcas remain loyal/affectionate with their mothers for their entire lives.1yr ⋅ EmptySpaceForAHeart ⋅ r/natureismetal
My rooster got into it with something last night. Defended his girls with honor.2yr ⋅ rasta4eye ⋅ r/natureismetal
Tigress disciplines her nearly full grown daughter for marking her territory7mo ⋅ SinjiOnO ⋅ r/natureismetal
Lions fight while eating a water buffalo, then it casually walks off5yr ⋅ KempGriffeyJr4024 ⋅ r/natureismetal
I keep my duck eggs in my pantry and heard a lot of commotion in there and found this2yr ⋅ Rezenebe ⋅ r/natureismetal
Tigers generally appear orange to humans because most of us are trichromats, however, to deer and boars, among the tiger's common prey, the orange color of a tiger appears green to them because ungulates are dichromats. A tiger's orange and black colors serve as camouflage as it stalks hoofed prey.2yr ⋅ SingaporeCrabby ⋅ r/natureismetal
The Ganges River Dolphin lives in extremely murky water. And thus has tiny, essentially useless eyes2yr ⋅ bsmith2123 ⋅ r/natureismetal
Donner Summit, California. Interstate 80 is closed 15 miles to either side of me after 6 inches of rain immediately followed by 25 inches of snow2yr ⋅ dagoby ⋅ r/natureismetal
Adult ground squirrels are immune to rattlesnake venom, so they will actively antagonize the snakes in order to distract them from a nest full of babies who haven’t developed the resistance yet3yr ⋅ My_Memes_Will_Cure_U ⋅ r/natureismetal
The bird known as an “Australian Firehawk” hunts for prey fleeing wildfires and has been known to pick up burning branches and carry them to dry brush to start more fires.2yr ⋅ MaGilly_Gorilla ⋅ r/natureismetal
The 10,000 year old skull of an extinct Giant Irish elk found by a fisherman5yr ⋅ to_the_tenth_power ⋅ r/natureismetal
The Rosette Nebula is known for its skull like shape. It's 65 light years in radius.3yr ⋅ Raumschiff ⋅ r/natureismetal
Man discovers a family of barn owls nesting in his shed who try intimidating him with a threat display2yr ⋅ unnaturalorder ⋅ r/natureismetal
Swordfish chasing a tuna so fast they both breach the surface. Too late for the tuna though, he got diced1yr ⋅ FoxEngland ⋅ r/natureismetal
Pre historic Parasite attempting to escape from its host as it is drowning in Amber1yr ⋅ -PS5 ⋅ r/natureismetal
An orange-colored alligator in South Carolina. Most likely, according to an official, this alligator overwintered in a rusty steel culvert and became dyed by the iron oxide contained in the water around its body. It will lose this coloration once it molts.2yr ⋅ KimCureAll ⋅ r/natureismetal
This is a fishhook ant discovered in Cambodia in 2007. It is capable of piercing skin and getting lodged into the throat of would-be predators. They are known to link together in huge swarms creating a spiked floor to ward off attackers.1yr ⋅ GoldenChinchilla ⋅ r/natureismetal
While in musth, a Tusker killed an adolescent elephant and shows unusual behaviour afterwards.8mo ⋅ SinjiOnO ⋅ r/natureismetal
Grizzly defending a bison carcass. Looks like a heavy metal album cover.1yr ⋅ Blindlyhang ⋅ r/natureismetal
Inside every armadillo is a skeleton that looks like two armadillos...uh...making more armadillos.2yr ⋅ thyman3 ⋅ r/natureismetal
Chinese water deer, a species of deer that evolved fangs instead of antler.3yr ⋅ Bepoft ⋅ r/natureismetal
An American alligator does its part to help curb the invasive population of Burmese pythons in Florida.2yr ⋅ aquilasr ⋅ r/natureismetal
A Norway lemming aggressively defending its territory on the ski slopes2yr ⋅ KimCureAll ⋅ r/natureismetal
An Alligator Snapping Turtle Hibernating Under a Sheet of Ice1yr ⋅ distinctChestnut618 ⋅ r/natureismetal
Leopard carries the carcass of a female vervet monkey with its baby still hanging on2yr ⋅ jimilimijimi ⋅ r/natureismetal
Massive Anaconda underwater. The heaviest snakes in the world, they partially use the water to support their weight.2yr ⋅ Peachy-Persimmons ⋅ r/natureismetal
The Hero Shrew had the strongest backbone of any mammal. The shrew weighs 0.25 pounds, yet its back can support up to 150 pounds, giving it the highest body to weight lifting ratio.2yr ⋅ Peachy-Persimmons ⋅ r/natureismetal
700lb alligator pulled from Georgia ditch, alligator was 4 meters long1yr ⋅ GoldenChinchilla ⋅ r/natureismetal
Horsefly landed on my buddy's arm to have a bite, Dragon fly landed and had it for lunch instead. Ate the whole Horsefly in 5 minutes. near Conklin Alberta Canada.1yr ⋅ cromthemighty ⋅ r/natureismetal
In Alaska, wolves hunt reindeer relentlessly. To avoid predation, arctic reindeer have evolved a life saving adaptation. They can see UV light, so a perfectly camouflaged wolf against the snow would appear black to them as it’s fur absorbs UV light.1yr ⋅ EmptySpaceForAHeart ⋅ r/natureismetal
A donkey in Georgia grabs a coyote by the neck and promptly stomps it to death. The farmer later reported the coyote was flat like a rug when the donkey was done.3yr ⋅ KimCureAll ⋅ r/natureismetal
Silverback gorilla blocking traffic while his family crosses the road5yr ⋅ to_the_tenth_power ⋅ r/natureismetal
Orca Tooth and Jaw structure in relation to prey preference.1yr ⋅ EmptySpaceForAHeart ⋅ r/natureismetal
Dolphin sends fish somersaulting through the air. Fish survives, jukes Dolphin and gets away1yr ⋅ SeeThroughCanoe ⋅ r/natureismetal
Another view of the pantry snakes. Slowly digesting the fresh duck egg.2yr ⋅ Rezenebe ⋅ r/natureismetal
Barnacle geese are not fed by the adults: instead, the day after hatching, they jump for more than 100 meters to reach their food.5mo ⋅ Me-Lucky ⋅ r/natureismetal
Great blue heron snatches a baby gator and momma’s chasing in the background - near Orlando1yr ⋅ Notori0us_P_I_G ⋅ r/natureismetal
Vulture bees feed on rotting meat instead of nectar and their honey is called meat honey. This is their hive1yr ⋅ quailmanmanman ⋅ r/natureismetal
An almost abstract view of a murmuration of starlings dodging as a peregrine falcon begins hunting them.1yr ⋅ aquilasr ⋅ r/natureismetal
Wild male lion in South Africa with a severely swollen face, likely from a snake bite3yr ⋅ gensher ⋅ r/natureismetal
The wings of this moth (Macrocilix maia) mimic two flies feasting on bird droppings.1yr ⋅ Firmwillies52 ⋅ r/natureismetal
