Predators
When we think of predators, frightening images come to mind. Our heart rate jumps and we glance around warily. In society predators have thrown off the balance of life and need to be stopped. It's another story in the wild. There is a check and balance between predator and prey. One cannot exist without the other.
A true predator is one which kills and eats another organism. They may hunt actively for prey, or sit and wait for prey to approach within striking distance. They may eat their prey whole or tear it into shreds. They are the carnivores of the world.
There are many Predators featured on Squidoo. This lens features a collection of some of my favorites.
Predators in the Wild
- Predator and Prey
- Hawks and Falcons
- Snakes and Lizards
- Coyotes are beautiful creatures.
- Bears, Coyotes, Wolves, Lions, and the Fox
- Eagles and Condors
- Predators of the Sea
- Spiders and other Arachnids
- Predators of the Night: The Owls
- Owls of the United States and Canada
- Comments Please!
- About the Author
- The Raptor Almanac

Predator and Prey
Hawks and Falcons
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American Kestrel
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Size isn't everything! The American Kestrel may be the smallest falcon in North America, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in color and beauty! This falcon has a huge range, spanning all the way down to the coast of Chile near Antartica to th...
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The Swainson's Hawk
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The Swainson’s Hawk is an impressive bird of prey, but unlike other hawks, it doesn’t prey on rodents and songbirds. They are predominantly insectivores eating an average of a hundred grasshoppers a day. During mating season when the need...
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Peregrine Falcons
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The Peregrine Falcon is an impressive bird of prey. It searches for prey from a high perch or while circling above. Once its prey is spotted, the Peregrine Falcon folds back its tail and wings, tucks its feet in, and dives. It is an incredibly fast b...
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The Red-tailed Hawk
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The Red-tailed Hawk is the most common hawk in North America. This beautiful bird of prey soars over the open country in search of its prey or perches in a tree at the edge of a field or meadow. With its sharp eyes peeled, it watches for the slightes...
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Red Tailed Hawks
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You've seen this bird before, whether you've realized it or not! If you live in North America, there's not much of a chance that you haven't seen one of these birds hovering over the highways and backroads at some point. The Red Tailed Hawk is the mo...
Predators: Hawks and Falcons
Snakes and Lizards
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Venomous Snakes - Rattlesnakes, Sidewinders, Cottonmouths, Copperheads
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Growing up in Montana and New Mexico, I had plenty of chances for learning about some of the most dangerous aspects of hiking, camping, and otherwise enjoying the great outdoors in those areas. Most of the time (except when they are molting), the rat...
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Komodo Dragons and Relatives - the Monitor Lizards
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My experience with the Western Pacific monitor lizard, Varanus indicus--also known as the mangrove monitor--has been over 12 years of living on the Western Pacific island of Guam, with side visits to Saipan, Tinian, Rota, Belau (Palau) (The big lizar...
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Snakes and Poisonous Snake Identification in the U.S.A.
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Let's face it, many if not most people have some anxiety about snakes and with good cause. Snakes are wild reptiles that will bite and defend themselves if threatened. For the welfare of both humans and snakes, it is best to leave them alone and to a...
Predators: Snakes and Lizzards

Coyotes are beautiful creatures.
Bears, Coyotes, Wolves, Lions, and the Fox
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Lions
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Lions are one of the 4 big cats that roar, also known as the Great Cats. Lions are mammals and are carnivores. They live about 15 years in the wild and up to 30 years in zoos. There are 2 types of lions, the African Lion and the Aisan Lion. They are...
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Foxes
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Foxes The Fox. Read about Foxes. Red Fox, Artic Fox. Find information and products about foxes. Find more info on Foxes Here: Foxes "A fox is a member of any of 27 species of small omnivorous canids. The animal most commonly called a fox in the...
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Brown Bears (aka Grizzlies and Kodiaks)
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Brown Bears, known as Grizzly bears in the Lower 48 states live 20 to 25 years in the wild. in Alaska the bear is known as the Alaskan Brown Bear or Kodiak bear. Here you find facts about their habitat, range, breeding, habits along with photos, vide...
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Learn About The Grizzly - Brown Bear
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The brown bear (known as the grizzly in the Lower 48 states) is a large predator distinguished from black bears by a distinctive hump on the shoulders, a dished profile to the face, and long claws about the length of a human finger. Coloration is u...
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Coyote 101
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Coyotes are highly adaptable and live in a variety of different niches. Their behavior can vary widely depending on where they live, but in general they live and hunt singly or in monogamous pairs in search of small mammals including rabbits, mice, s...
Wolves, Bears, and Coyotes
Eagles and Condors
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The Bald Eagle
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The Bald Eagle in flight is an impressive sight to see. It is a powerful flier soaring on the thermal convection currents reaching speeds of 35 to 44 mph. The Bald Eagle is the only eagle unique to North America, and is a symbol of freedom in America...
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Bald Eagles
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The eagle is known for many things - most notably it's beauty, power, vision and graceful flight. Eagles are a member of the Accipitridae family, which includes hawks, kites, and old-world vultures, which is why they are also considered ravenous birds...
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The Golden Eagle
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The Golden Eagle is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. They prefer the open country rather than forests and can be spotted in desert grasslands, and above the timberline.
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California Condor
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The California Condor was on the brink of extinction with its numbers dropping to less than 25. They are still endangered, but conservation efforts have paid off. Last count there were 356 California Condors in existence with 180 of them flying free....
Predators: Eagles and Condors
Predators of the Sea
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Shark Photos
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Sharks (superorder Selachimorpha) are fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a streamlined body. They respire with the use of five to seven gill slits. Sharks have a covering of dermal denticles to protect their skin from damage and parasi...
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Jellyfish - Pulsating Sea Creature with a Sting
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Relatives of coral and sea anemones (and also of the Portuguese Man-O-War and the Australian Box Jelly), Sea Jellies or "Jellyfish" are marine invertebrates belonging to the class Scyphozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. These free-swimming...
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Shark Identification
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This lens has information about shark identification. Sharks are magificient predators that live in oceans, bays, and saltwater estuaries worldwide. Occasionally sharks even enter rivers and travel miles upcurrent.
Predators of the Sea
Spiders and other Arachnids
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Scorpions
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Welcome to Scorpion Lens The Buthids or thick-tailed scorpions are highly deadly to man and sponsor all continents, except Antarctica. At that place are all over 500 species of Buthids. The to the highest degree dangerous are the Parabuthus and Buth...
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The World's Most Dangerous Bugs
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Bugs play a major roll in the world's ecosystem. They're food for other critters higher on the food chain, pollinate plants, and they help decompose dead plants and animals. There are over a million known species of insects on earth, and tha...
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Black Widow Spiders
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There are over 30,000 types of spiders in the world, but the Black Widow is probably the best known and most feared. Arachnophobia, the fear of spiders, is one of the most common of all phobias. It doesn't matter if spiders are a part of the food cha...
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Spiders - Learn About Spiders
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Spiders are found all over the world in all sorts of habitats from the sea shore to the dessert - on the ground, under rocks, on plants, in trees, in caves, on water. Spiders' legs are segmented and each leg has 7 segments: a coxa (attached to...
Spiders and Other Arachnids
Predators of the Night: The Owls
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The Perfect Aerial Predator for the Arctic: Snowy Owls
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Snowy Owls...they're elusive, secretive, and a silent predator. Only a handful of animals can exist in the frigid, bleak Arctic region. The Snowy Owl has adapted to this open, perilous environment perfectly. Though the Snowy Owl is globally known, n...
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Owls Species of North America
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There are a huge variety of North American owl species that are around us all and can likely be found right in your own backyard. After all, there are over 200 owl species in the world! With diets ranging from insects and small rodents all the way up...
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The Barred Owl
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The Barred Owl's signature call, "Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you" is easy to identify. Many people simply refer to them as "Hoot Owls." They are fairly common here in South Carolina, and on a quiet night I can usually hea...
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The Eastern Screech-Owl
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The Eastern Screech Owl is an elusive nocturnal bird of prey. It is one of the smaller owls, but is every bit as fierce as its larger brethren. This horned owl is often referred to as the trilling or quavering owl due to its distinctive call, which v...
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The Great Horned Owl
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The Great Horned Owl is a phenomenal hunter. When it recognizes the sound of prey, it will hop from tree to tree until it pinpoints the source. Then it silently swoops in with its talons wide and pounces on the unsuspecting prey.
Owls of the United States and Canada
Owls of the United States and Canada: A Complete Guide to Their Biology and Behavior
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Wayne Lynch began work as a full-time science writer and photographer in 1979. Today he is the author of numerous award-winning books and television documentaries and one of Canada's best-known and most widely published photographers.
Comments Please!
Have you ever seen an eagle soar or heard a coyote cry in the night?
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- _Joan_ _Joan_ Aug 22, 2009 @ 10:00 am
- Hi! I've added this lensography to my SquidooSchooling lens.
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- AndyPo AndyPo May 25, 2009 @ 12:39 pm
- Excellent lens. I love the danger associated with predators. We have very few big one left in England - wolves were all killed many years ago and there is a lot of opposition to their mooted reintroduction in Scotland, although in London we have a lot of foxes. I saw Coyotes in the wild for the first time, last year, in Yellowstone (and a few wolves)
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- spirituality spirituality May 16, 2009 @ 12:35 am
- Great lens - you've been blessed by a squidoo angel :)
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- Evelyn_Saenz Evelyn_Saenz Mar 29, 2009 @ 8:01 am
- It's easy to forget that birds are predators too!
Another great lens with beautiful pictures.
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- singaporehosting singaporehosting Jan 31, 2009 @ 6:19 am
- I rear snakes before, pythons non poisonous, not easy to rear though. Can't imagine rearing of the predators you highlight in your lens esp that rattle snake :)
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About the Author
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The Raptor Almanac
The Raptor Almanac: A Comprehensive Guide to Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, and Vultures
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Amazon.com Review
Few people, writes Scott Weidensaul, are apathetic toward raptors. Once you've seen a hawk or a falcon or an eagle in action, you're likely to take an interest in how these great birds of prey make their homes in the world. The Weidensaul's encyclopedic guidebook to the world's principal raptor species, well illustrated with photographs, maps, and charts and full of detailed information, is an ideal companion.
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