Random Crazy Moves That Animals Really Use to Hunt Prey (15 items)

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  (#14) Giant Centipedes Paralyze, Then Eat Small Mammals (Like Bats)

  This huge insect hangs out on the ceiling of caves and uses its venomous claws to grab passing bats, paralyze them, and then take about an hour to devour the prey.
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  (#10) Tentacled Water Snakes Fake Out Fish in a Clever Way

  Like the bottlenose dolphin, this clever snake fakes out fish with its tail. The snake positions itself with its head and tail on either side of its prey. When the snake flicks its tail, the fish instinctively heads in the opposite direction, straight into the snake’s mouth.
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  (#11) Green Heron

  • Butorides virescens

  Some birds wait and watch until their prey is within striking distance. Others use their speed to chase down their food. In a move that is creepy just because of how human it is, the green heron uses tools to fish for its prey.

  This eighteen inch tall bird hangs out by the water's edge of a lake or pond and uses objects like twigs, feathers, and crusts of bread to lure in delicious fish. When the prey comes to investigate, the green heron strikes with its dagger-like beak and swallows its victim whole. 
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  (#5) Orca

  • Orcinus orca

  Orcas work in teams to hunt prey. They will either chase their prey to exhaustion or in some cases, they'll work together to create waves that can bump seals from icebergs. They have been known to hunt seals right off the beach. What seems even more maniacal: orcas sometimes "play with their food" and fling animals around (who are clinging on to life) for hours just for fun. 
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  (#4) Bottlenose Dolphin

  • Tursiops

  Using their tail fins to slap the mud below shallow water, these dolphins work together to stir up the surface of the sea and create a mud ring that fish can't swim through. When the fish jump out of the water to escape, they conveniently land in the dolphins' mouths.
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  (#12) Secretary Bird

  • Sagittarius serpentarius

  This bird may look like a runway model or Tilda Swinton, but it can stomp a black mamba to death. The bird flushes out its prey by stamping rapidly on the ground. It then pounces and stomps the life out of its dinner. In the video above (fast forward to 1:50) you get a chance to see the noble predator in action. Kind of like how we’d kill an insect in the shower. . . only this bird kills the deadliest snake on the planet with this method.

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