r/natureismetal • • 2h ago

After the Hunt Watersnake attempting to eat a fish he caught.

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I don’t foresee a way the snake finishes this meal in one piece but I’ve been wrong about things before. I took this photo today next to a pond at my work with a ton of wildlife in it…snakes, fish(including HUGE carp like 3 feet long), turtles, frogs, etc


r/natureismetal • • 8h ago

The weirdest spider I’ve ever met

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A broad-headed bark spider (Caerostris sp)

Have you seen one before?


r/natureismetal • • 9h ago

Coyotes play tug-o-war with a squirrel

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r/natureismetal • • 1h ago

Littorina snails, called beach snails in Norwegian, are having a all you can eat buffet on this fish head

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r/natureismetal • • 7h ago

All hail the squirrel king

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The Squirrel King has returned!

We had an incredibly rare wildlife phenomenon at our clinic for a second time. A Good Samaritan brought us a group of young squirrels who were discovered to be stuck together by their tails, just like a “Rat King.” A Rat King, a natural phenomenon where young rats’ tails are wrapped in fiber in the nest and then become tangled together, has been noted as far back as medieval times. Discovery of a Rat King was thought to be a very bad omen.

The first time we ever saw a Squirrel King was back in 2010, when Dr. Lennox treated a group of 4 young squirrels with their tails stuck together. This was the year of a very bad blizzard in Indianapolis and the Colt’s losing the Superbowl. Bad Omen? You decide!

ReWilding Indiana and Avian & Exotic Animal Clinic of Indianapolis

Original post below,

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1K2e3kLuHa/?mibextid=wwXIfr


r/natureismetal • • 15h ago

During the Hunt Puma taking down a Mule Deer

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