David Fleetham / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) dorsal fin visible on surface. Guadalupe Island, Mexico.

David Fleetham / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaking surface with mouth open. Guadalupe Island, Mexico.

Emanuele Biggi / Predatory bush cricket (Saga pedo) waiting for prey on Eryngium, Italy. June. Vulnerable species.

Tony Wu / Pygmy blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) diving with pelagic fish (likely yellowfin tuna or similar open ocean predatory species) visible in the background, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Huge terrestrial flatworm (Bipalium kewense), Mindo, Ecuador, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Predatory protozoa moving through cilliate action. The protozoan has consumed photosynthetic diatoms, visible within the cell. The predator disgorges some of its prey.

Jeff Rotman / Shark handler wearing chain mail suit holding Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) in hypnotic trance. Caribbean sea Model released.

Norbert Wu / Tunicate (Megalodicopia hians) predatory deep sea species, Monterey, California

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Striated heron (Butorides striata) with Scorpionfish (Scorpaenidae) in beak, standing on rock. Oman, November

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Crab-plover (Dromas ardeola) flying with crab in beak. Oman, June.

Nigel Cattlin / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septem-punctata) larva predating Black bean aphids (Aphis fabae) on Runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus). Bean with buds. Berkshire, England, UK. July.

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of an Andean lapwing (Vanellus resplendens) walking in high paramo landscape, looking for predators, Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuadorian Andes. (non-ex)