![]() Seals Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) eating a fish. For sea otters, the hunt involves diving to the ocean floor, catching slippery prey in their forepaws, and bringing it to the surface to feast. River otters will snatch their prey with their teeth, while giant otters tend to grasp them in their paws while eating, consuming smaller prey in the water but bringing larger meals to shore. Otters use their vibrissae to detect prey moving in the water and stalk the animals before catching them. River otters are known to eat between 15% and 20% of their body weight daily, whereas larger sea otters consume 25-30% of their total weight each day, with large males eating as much as 25 pounds of food. ![]() Living in cool water, otters of all varieties boast high metabolic rates to generate body heat, and therefore require a high amount of food. River otters largely consume crayfish, crabs, fish, and frogs, though they may also prey on birds, rabbits, and rodents as well giant otters feed on fish and crab and sea otters take on slow-moving fish and invertebrates like crabs, sea urchins, abalones, clams, mussels, and snails. Otters appear to be playful, sweet and inquisitive creatures of the sea or river, but they can be quick and adaptive hunters. ![]() Otters An adult female European Otter ( Lutra lutra) rushing out of water towards camera with a large fish. Meerkats hunt every day and forage throughout daylight hours because their long, lean bodies have little fat to store energy. They also enjoy safer prey, including snake or bird eggs, insect larva, spiders, lizards, centipedes and millipedes, and small mammals, which they find with their sensitive noses and eat on the spot. Meerkats have perfected the hunt of these dangerous animals, and will bite the stingers and tails off scorpions and drag dead, poisonous prey across the desert before consuming their hunt, which helps to reduce the amount of toxin they ingest. Though their prey is small, meerkats are fierce hunters and foragers who have adapted resistance to the poisons of the snakes and scorpions it favors. Their large, black-rimmed eyes protect their sight from the harsh sun in desert-like conditions where meerkats tend to live, but also give the insectivores an innocent look. Meerkats A meerkat spotter watching a bird of prey. It will put its ear to the ground to listen for the slightest movement, then jump up and down to break through snow and ice with its front paws to find the prey below. With its bushy tail and perky ears, the arctic fox looks unassuming, but it has been known to take out baby seals in addition to its regular diet of lemmings, voles, hares and ground squirrels. Largely considered an opportunistic animal, the arctic fox happily eats leftovers of other animals, like its polar bear neighbors - but the white-furred pups, only about the size of a large house cat, are very talented hunters armed with super hearing powers that allow them to track prey, even hidden beneath layers of snow. Arctic Fox Don't go by its cute yawning face. These are 10 of the world's cute-and-cuddly-looking animals that are geared to take out their prey with swift movement and powerful attacks. Some will even take on humans who get too close, should they feel threatened or in need of a quick meal. From the dolphins adventurers swim with on vacation to tiny marsupials that look like they could be pets, some wild creatures are unexpectedly perfect predators, adept at stalking and slaying their dinner. They may look cute and cuddly with innocent faces, large eyes, and fuzzy fur coats, but some of the most unassuming animals in the world are ferocious when it comes to hunting down their prey. ![]() Not every fierce predator comes in the shape of a sharp-toothed shark or snarling wolf. Seals, often known as ocean puppies due to their large eyes and gentle appearance, are ruthless killers when it comes to filling their bellies.The black-footed cat boasts 60% successful kills in the wild.Dolphins have two stomachs - one to store food and one for digestion.A spectral tarsier feeding on a grasshopper. ![]()
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