Luck Be A Coney Tonight 📽 by @vitomaynez06 The crazy thing about this video is that there are people out there who try to capture something like this for years, only to come up short. You can count me as one of those people. This lucky guy points his camera at the window to record the bun and boom - instantly joins an elite group. To me this looks like a juvenile red-tail, but I’ve been wrong about IDs before (about 8 million times) so the other possibility is a red shouldered hawk. Besides some differences in habitat and minor differences in diet, they hunt the same things, although a red tail is more likely to go for something big like a rabbit, which is why I leaned that way. That said, hunting rabbits is not a regular occurrence for either of them, both species hunt smaller prey, and stack calories that way. Voles, mice chippers and squirrels are the bread and butter of these types of hunters, making the capture of this from the living room window just before returning to a spongebob marathon that much rarer. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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. Our team checks the submission page daily

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Swing Low Meat Chariot 📽 by @t4838596a Unable to gain much altitude with her hefty breakfast, this bald eagle is forced to use the road most traveled. Is it worth noting that the eagle and what it is carrying weigh roughly the same? I think so. When you think about it, this is a pretty amazing feat of strength we all get to witness. The average opossum weighs around 7-9lbs, and bald eagles range between 11.5 for females and 8lbs for males. I’m not sure how the eagle even achieved liftoff, but it did that and more. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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. Our team checks the submission page daily

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Not Log For This World 📽 by @lifeon_marz_ After standing for approximately 300 years, this ancient tree finally let go A bolt of lightning generates between 10 million and 1 billion volts, unleashing a powerful electrical surge that can devastate a tree. This immense energy rapidly heats and vaporizes internal moisture, producing steam that may cause the tree to split, explode, or in this case just give up completely. Older trees, with decayed heartwood or fragile structures, are particularly susceptible to such catastrophic damage. The electrical current may also flow through roots or wet ground, creating an electrocution hazard for anyone nearby. Sometimes, in addition to a potential collapse, the strike can spark a fire, further endangering the surroundings. Standing near trees during a storm risks injury from falling debris, electric shock, or flames. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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. Our team checks the submission page daily

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Tale of the Tape 📽 by @asianhuntress Here we have a black bear who is in the throes of passing several lengthy tapeworms. Bears that depend on the yearly salmon run often become hosts for these alien looking organisms that lodge themselves into the bruin’s intestinal tract. The life cycle of the broad fish tapeworm is a flat circle: eggs are released into the wild via the droppings of a host bear, they wash into the rivers and streams where crustaceans gobble them up. Next, salmon chow down on these compromised mud bugs and finally (you guessed it) the bears - who are able to crush 20+ salmon per day at the run’s peak - do just that. The tapeworm larva then latches on to the interior wall of the bear’s stomach and this parasitic life cycle begins anew. The adult tapeworm keeps itself alive by deriving nutrients through its skin from what the bear eats, and as you can see from the above clip, one bear can host multiple parasites at one time. Humans can get these as well by consuming uncooked salmon, which is really awesome if, like me, you also love to go out and eat sushi from time to time. This last part definitely wasn’t written by MY tapeworm, who is an accomplished slam poet and dabbles in antiquing. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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. Our team checks the submission page daily

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If you've ever wondered what would happen to a heron, if a mother goose decided to go full cobra chicken on it in retaliation for killing one of the goose's young, you can finally put that strangely specific ponderance to rest. 📽 by @chaitanya.amrutkar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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. Our team checks the submission page daily

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I’m sorry Jacob, I’m just not in the right headspace to be in a relationship at the moment 📽 by @seyan_nairobi Rejection is a bitch, but while it might be relatively easy to let a human know that they are barking up the wrong tree (blocking, ghosting, just straight up ignoring them, or god forbid - telling them) these methods only work because we can communicate verbally. This video is an example of physical communication. The male lion is pestering the lioness to mate, and she's had enough. However, no amount of friendzoning or unmatching him on Hinge will have any effect. So, it's time for him to catch a few paws to the face and neck, maybe a flip or two, then maybe he will get the message. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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. Our team checks the submission page daily

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Where’s His Body Gone? 📽 by @adamrender Unlike North America, where coyotes and wolves roam, England has no wild populations of either. The big bad wolf was eradicated here by the 18th century, and coyotes, native to North America, have never existed in the wild in Europe. In England, the red fox is the dominant wild canid, filling a role somewhat similar to coyotes in North America. Foxes are masters of adaptation, thriving in England’s woodlands, farmlands, and urban environments. Their keen senses - sharp hearing and night vision - allow them to hunt mammals, birds, and garbage bins with precision. So, that's my guess as to what relieved this mute swan of its pesky body. What’s yours? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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. Our team checks the submission page daily

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Tough Break 📽 by @a.h_glass This is the downside of not being blessed with the ability to envenomate your prey. According to the submitter, this little snake started with the upper hand. It had the chipmunk wrapped up with nowhere to go. Not sure what happened in the time between discovery and when the cameras were turned on to record, but the chipmunk was able to break free and go on the offensive. Since this looks like it could possibly be a young snake, I would like to point out that even very young venomous snakes have the ability to inject their prey with venom. In fact, they can do this from birth. The venom might not be as potent, and the fangs they use might not be as long or as strong, but they can certainly use it to their advantage. In this case it might have helped this little guy stay off the menu. As for scoring the chipmunk as a meal, venomous or not I'm not sure it would have been able to get that chunky guy down. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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. Our team checks the submission page daily

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Snagged It 📽 by @jakewalsh2 Shots like this one are hard to get, you can probably guess why that is by the shot itself. However, this behaviour is quite common for northern water snakes, who are known to actively hunt fish. These are non-venomous snakes, which IMO make them even more badass - I mean that in general - a non-venomous snake has to put in more work to get fed than a venomous one. It's the difference between having to fight tooth and nail to wear down and subdue something to eat OR walking up and injecting your target with a syringe and then laying back and waiting for it to take effect before acting. One of these things is not like the other, with the added bonus of nV snakes being relatively harmless to humans in comparison. Obviously we are not talking anacondas, but the little ones in your garden. Anyway, back to the northern water snake. To detect prey underwater, they use the same Jacobson's organ that they would use on land, only this chemosensory tool doesn’t work as well underwater because of the current. However, when paired with the snakes vision and ability to detect vibrations in the water, these snakes are quite efficient at locating and capturing what one might presume to be safe from the glare of the predatory serpent - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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. Our team checks the submission page daily

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