Predation

The ocean became a stage with many roles, and evolution rushed to fill them with forms that still echo around us.

Predation drove armor, speed, camouflage, and complex senses.

Once animals began eating other animals, the rules changed.

A world of peaceful filter feeders can be stable, yet a world with hunters creates constant pressure to avoid becoming dinner.

Some hid through coloration and pattern, blending into sand, rock or seaweed.

Others evolved warning signals, telling predators they taste bad or carry toxins.

Predation also rewards information.

Better eyes help a hunter strike and help a prey animal flee.

Fish and Wildlife Service.

Protection from Predators.

Cats.

Nesting birds are extremely vulnerable to cats.

... out about that call, 'cause that's one of the calls he, he remembers.

Predatory, though.

But anyway.

84 average last year.