Alex Mustard / RF - A portrait of a stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus) lying in ambush in the sand at night. North Sulawesi.
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David Hall / Crocodile snake eel (Brachysomophis henshawi), head sticking out of gravel. Pantar, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia.
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David Hall / Crocodile snake eel (Brachysomophis henshawi) peering out of burrow. Pantar, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia.
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Daniel Heuclin / Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox), flicking tongue and with rattle raised, Arizona, USA. Controlled conditions.
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George Sanker / Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) fishing at dusk, ready to pounce. Myakka River State Park, Florida, USA. February.
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George Sanker / Green heron (Butorides virescens) fishing from branch perch above water. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. March.
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Heather Angel / White flower crab spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged against Golden Mexican orange blossom (Choysia ternata 'Sundance') flower. Spider is an ambush predator killing visiting pollinators such...
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Alex Hyde / Long-spinnered Bark Spider (Hersiliidae sp) camouflaged on tree bark where it waits to ambush passing prey. Tropical rainforest, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar. October.
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Alex Hyde / Long-spinnered Bark Spider (Hersiliidae sp) camouflaged on tree bark where it waits to ambush passing prey. Tropical rainforest, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar. October.
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Alex Hyde / Long-spinnered Bark Spider (Hersiliidae sp) camouflaged on tree bark where it waits to ambush passing prey. Tropical rainforest, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar. October.
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Alex Mustard / Coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) waits in ambush, hiding against a seafan (Annella sp.) hunting silversides (Atherinidae), with schooling bigeye snapper (Lutjanus lutjanus) behind. Misool, Raja A...
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Alex Mustard / Group of five reef lizardifsh (Synodus variegatus) waiting in ambush. These were perched on the highest point of a coral reef attempting to catch schooling baitfish above. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indo...
