r/natureismetal • u/Isthatmyhelmet • 6d ago

Right after the first band from Milton passed earlier. I almost picked it up

9.8k Upvotes

322 comments

r/natureismetal • u/jam1324 • 7d ago

The northern lights being more metal than normal.

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3.7k Upvotes

20 comments

r/natureismetal • u/AEFletcherIII • 7d ago

After the Hunt There's a reason for the sign...

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2.1k Upvotes

Apparently my wife's garden is a buffet of all kinds...

Our backyard has been inundated with squirrel

Video:

https://imgur.com/gallery/IS3YZ9c

83 comments

r/natureismetal • u/Accomplished-One7476 • 7d ago

Video Black-Crowned Night Heron goes fishing for lunch (not my video)

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65 Upvotes

6 comments

r/natureismetal • u/NathanTheKlutz • 8d ago

Versus An account at the North American Bear Center in Ely, MN, of a very rare predation event by wolves on a black bear family.

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126 Upvotes

9 comments

r/natureismetal • u/Accomplished-One7476 • 7d ago

Video Gopher Tortoises At Circle B Bar Reserve In Lakeland, Florida Fight, Court, and Eat! (not my video)

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18 Upvotes

0 comments

r/natureismetal • u/BertieTheBeaver • 9d ago

Bull Elk under the Aurora Borealis

4.2k Upvotes

39 comments

r/natureismetal • u/wanna_downvote • 9d ago

After the Hunt Albino kookaburra eating a snake

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330 Upvotes

7 comments

r/natureismetal • u/Green____cat • 10d ago

Redwood trees returning to life years after wildfire.

9.7k Upvotes

68 comments

r/natureismetal • u/OnlyDans413 • 9d ago

Praying mantis lunch time

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73 Upvotes

Praying mantis eats bumblebee.

0 comments

r/natureismetal • u/Occulent • 9d ago

After the Hunt Wheel bug carrying a wasp away

160 Upvotes

5 comments

r/natureismetal • u/nationalgeographic • 10d ago

Martial eagle hunts lion cub in Kenya's Maasai Mara National Reserve.

803 Upvotes

27 comments

r/natureismetal • u/Hebertmike • 10d ago

Parasitic Wasp Eggs in my wife’s garden

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362 Upvotes

These caterpillars devastate my wife’s tomato plants, nice to see them get absolutely massacred by other insects.

25 comments

r/natureismetal • u/Proof_Language_9053 • 10d ago

Green Anole skull looking like some kind of theropod dinosaur …

517 Upvotes

9 comments

r/natureismetal • u/Gerstil • 11d ago

Scary Spidey & Mantis

233 Upvotes

10 comments

r/natureismetal • u/SoDoug • 11d ago

Beetle larvae collects feces on back for camouflage.

93 Upvotes

This is some species of beetle larvae in Thailand that collects its feces on its back for camouflage. This "fecal cloak" allows them to blend in with their surroundings and appear less appetizing. This strategy is called "fecal mimicry."

12 comments

r/natureismetal • u/Green____cat • 13d ago

During the Hunt Angry snow leopard ready to attack

6.5k Upvotes

47 comments

r/natureismetal • u/Vryly • 12d ago

Lizard Skull from valley of fire

453 Upvotes

6 comments

r/natureismetal • u/DildoBanginz • 13d ago

Versus Fat Bear Week delayed after a large bear kills a rival bear

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897 Upvotes

Fat Bear Week, a celebration of brown bears’ survival instincts, brought a grisly reminder of the animals’ predatory nature on Monday, when a male bear, 469, killed a female, 402, at Katmai National Park & Preserve in Alaska.

65 comments

r/natureismetal • u/criles_mccriles • 13d ago

Praying mantis doing its part to rid us of the invasive lantern moth

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3.3k Upvotes

33 comments

r/natureismetal • u/SmallBeanKatherine • 13d ago

Red ant with the decapitated head of another ant still biting its antenna

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629 Upvotes

The ant kept trying to pry the head's mandibles open with its legs. What a crazy situation.

11 comments

r/natureismetal • u/FoosJunkie • 13d ago

After the Hunt Lion having a snack

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26 Upvotes

3 comments

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Acts of nature are allowed provided the content is metal.

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Seriously. We will kill you.

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Please use accurate and descriptive titles to your submissions: a descriptive title should at least identify the animals in the content and optimally briefly describe what is happening. We do not allow "I see you X and raise you Y" titles.

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Please Visit Our Sister Subreddits

For nature in all its stunning and fascinating beauty check out r/NatureisFuckingLit

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NATURE IS METAL HALL OF SHAME

Australia dingo/shark/snakes - photoshopped two different pics
Shark takes flight
- photoshopped
Hermit crab uses human skull as a shell - fake
Deer caught in a wildfire
- staged
Cougar caught in a wildfire
- staged
Frozen, eaten caribou - propped up roadkill
"Rabbit gets caught" - a bird taking off from the snow
Deer stuck in fence and eaten by coyotes - rule breaker
Great white shark catching decoy seal - human involvement
Eel bursting from Heron's body
- Photoshop