Otter had other plans! @Morganthebayer Boulders Beach is best known for its picture-perfect sands and adorable colony of African penguins. But nature doesn’t do happy penguin marches without a catch. In February 2023, someone caught a rare and brutal sight: an apex-level intruder had crashed the beach party. Out in the water, what looked like a seal turned out to be something far more unexpected, a giant otter, a predator usually found patrolling the rivers and wetlands of South America. Somehow, this aquatic assassin found its way to the South African coastline and started hunting. And its target? The local influencers favorite penguins. In the video, one unlucky bird tries to escape, flapping and diving for dear life, but this otter came to eat, not play. The penguin lost that fight. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nature Is Metal is powered by you! Did you record a wild video that you would like to get @ featured here? natureismetal.com/submissions is the absolute best place to send it. We personally check the submission page every day.

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Life Doesn’t Get a Vote Out Here 📽 by @zacoley Snapped in the Serengeti - a female wildebeest, mid-labor, stuck in a brutal mess. Something was wrong from the jump. No squirming, no kicks, nothing from the calf. Just a dead lump hanging there while she fought to shove it out, like nature had already clocked out on the deal. She was at it for hours. Up, down, dragging herself back to her feet, every muscle screaming to push out what wouldn’t budge. Normally, a calf twists and thrashes to help things along, but this one? Nothing. She was on her own, running on fumes, battling a ghost. No clue how it played out. Maybe that lifeless calf finally dropped, cold and still. Maybe she gave out first. Or maybe a lion, cheetah, or a gang of vultures swooped in to clean up the wreckage. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nature Is Metal is powered by you! Did you record a wild video that you would like to get @ featured here? natureismetal.com/submissions is the absolute best place to send it. We personally check the submission page every day.

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No Hint Given 📽 by @Caliiiman One second, you’re drifting in the Santa Barbara Channel - maybe catching your breath, maybe eyeing lunch. The next, you’re gone. No splash, no heads-up-just a black-and-white blur and a brutal finish. Out here, life doesn’t deal in do-overs, especially with orcas on the board. Orcas stalk coastlines, harbors, open water-waiting for some sea lion to slip too far from the herd. Top-tier predators don’t rush; they bide their time. A strike lands in under a second, fueled by tactics honed across generations. The ocean’s a gallery of raw mechanics and savage brushstrokes. It paints survival in icy tones, no sympathy in the swell. Drift too far, miss the beat, and you’re done -feeding something else’s story. Nature’s metal as hell. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nature Is Metal is powered by you! Did you record a wild video that you would like to get @ featured here? natureismetal.com/submissions is the absolute best place to send it. We personally check the submission page every day.

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Dinner in the Drain 📽 @ooooooooren A pack of black vultures throws a bone party in a concrete pit, feasting on the near-pristine remains of a drowned dog. The ribs are eerily intact - like nature pressed pause mid-destruction just long enough to frame the perfect shot. These are Coragyps atratus - Black Vultures. No ceremony, no sympathy. Just purpose. They’re built to strip away the soft parts of death so the rest of life can go on. Stray dogs are a heartbreaking reality here. Thousands roam the streets, often abandoned, invisible, and left to fend for themselves. But in nature, nothing stays forgotten for long. Emotion doesn´t feed ecosystems. To them, it’s just Saturday night dinner. Nature doesn’t moralize - only metabolizes. #natureismetal #keepnaturemetal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nature Is Metal is powered by you! Did you record a wild video that you would like to get @ featured here? natureismetal.com/submissions is the absolute best place to send it. We personally check the submission page every day.

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Territory is Temporary 📽 @joshshandera 📍Yellowstone As the last light bled from the sky in Yellowstone, a grizzly boar stumbled on what should’ve been an easy meal - a bison carcass likely claimed by the unforgiving winter, which is a predator. But death, even in the wild, is rarely uncontested. He approached cautiously. Uneasy. Coiled. Like he knew something was off. And he was right. Before he could get a full bite in, the shadows came alive - eleven gray wolves deep. This was no scavenge. This was an eviction. The kind that ends in blood or retreat. This bear, already missing an ear from some previous disagreement, knew better than to let pride get him killed. He backed off. No bluff charges. No bellowing. Just calculated surrender. Some days, survival means knowing when to be the bigger beast. Even when you’re the biggest animal in the fight. #natureismetal #keepnaturemetal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nature Is Metal is powered by you! Did you record a wild video that you would like to get @ featured here? natureismetal.com/submissions is the absolute best place to send it. We personally check the submission page every day.

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Brought Down by Bloodline 📽 by @itsmepodda 📍 Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya Four lionesses. One full-grown Cape buffalo. The odds weren’t in their favor, but that’s never stopped them before. This wasn’t a frenzied free-for-all- this was choreography soaked in blood. Each lioness knew her role: distract, flank, anchor, kill. When the dust settled, a 1,500 lb tank was no longer standing. This is golden hour in the Mara. Light for us, dinnertime for them. The lioness in frame has already started the feast-face stained red, paws planted in victory. Her sisters circle nearby, patience held in check by the raw scent of muscle and adrenaline still in the air. Cape buffalo don’t go down easy. They kick, gore, trample - and they’ve got the bodies to back it up. As the buffalo shudders one last time, a black cloud of flies explodes around it - startled mid-feast by the death throes of their host. Even a juggernaut eventually runs out of gas. That’s when nature sends in the team that doesn’t quit, doesn’t hesitate, and doesn’t lose. #natureismetal #keepnaturemetal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nature Is Metal is powered by you! Did you record a wild video that you would like to get @ featured here? natureismetal.com/submissions is the absolute best place to send it. We personally check the submission page every day.

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Mouse Ends Messy. 📽 by @moonman04 This is what breakfast looks like when you’re locked in by design Spotted just outside Sax Zim Bog in northern Minnesota, this Northern hawk owl honed onto its prey, drops into the grass, and resurfaces with a fresh kill. No hesitation. No wasted motion. Just hunger and execution. These birds don’t soar for the drama - they hunt fast and feed faster. While most owls prefer the cover of darkness, the hawk owl flips the script - hunting in broad daylight, relying on killer vision and surgical accuracy to stay fed. For the mouse, it’s just another brutal morning in the bog. For the owl, it’s just Monday. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nature Is Metal is powered by you! Did you record a wild video that you would like to get @ featured here? natureismetal.com/submissions is the absolute best place to send it. We personally check the submission page every day.

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Pride Sets the Trap. @russ_wildlife This large pride of lions had been failing all morning. Russ watched them botch hunt after hunt - warthogs bolting through the grass, kicking up dust, outpacing every ambush. Normally, that’s how it ends. Warthogs are faster than they look and almost always have the edge on open ground. Almost. But this pride plays the long game. With so many mouths to feed, they’ve learned to fan out - each lion strategically placed to cover escape routes. When this warthog sprinted from several attacks, it eventually thought it was in the clear. Wrong. It ran straight into another adult lioness lying in wait. She didn’t miss. One tackle, one crushed windpipe, and it was over. Within seconds, the pride closed in. There’s no room for error out here - no mercy, no second chances. One minute you’re free, the next you’re dinner. Nature doesn’t care who deserves to win. Nature is metal. #natureismetal #keepnaturemetal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nature Is Metal is powered by you! Did you record a wild video that you would like to get @ featured here? natureismetal.com/submissions is the absolute best place to send it. We personally check the submission page every day.

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In the wild, survival is everything—but sometimes, nature doesn’t follow the rules. Yet instead of delivering the final blow, it lingers. Hesitation, curiosity, or something deeper? Moments like this remind us how unpredictable the natural world can be. What do you think is happening here? #WildlifeMysteries #LionVsElephant #bigcats #wildlife #africa #mokete #wearewilderness

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