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Ambush Predator

212 objects

Meet masters of surprise! These clever hunters hide quietly and wait patiently for their prey to come close before pouncing with a quick move.

An ambush predator hunts by patiently waiting and concealing itself, then launching a sudden attack when unsuspecting prey comes within range.

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Objects with this trait

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Alligator Snapping Turtle
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Alligator Snapping Turtle
Amazonian Giant Centipede
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Amazonian Giant Centipede
American Alligator
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American Alligator
American Bittern
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American Bittern
American Boas
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American Boas
Anaconda
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Anaconda
Anglerfish
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Anglerfish
Arachnida
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Arachnida
Arizona Mantis
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Arizona Mantis
Assassin Bug
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Assassin Bug
Axolotl
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Axolotl
Barn Owl
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Barn Owl
Barreleye
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Barreleye
Bee-eating Beetle
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Bee-eating Beetle
Bee-mimic Robber Flies
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Bee-mimic Robber Flies
Bird-eating Spider
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Bird-eating Spider
Bitis gabonica
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Bitis gabonica
Black Caiman
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Black Caiman
Black-crowned Night Heron
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Black-crowned Night Heron
Black-headed Heron
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Black-headed Heron
Boa Constrictors
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Boa Constrictors
Boat-billed Heron
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Boat-billed Heron
Bold Jumping Spider
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Bold Jumping Spider
Broad-banded Copperhead
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Broad-banded Copperhead
Burmese Python
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Burmese Python
Caiman
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Caiman
California moray
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California moray
Canada Lynx
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Canada Lynx
Caracal
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Caracal
Carnivorans
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Carnivorans
Carolina Mantis
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Carolina Mantis
Carpathian lynx
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Carpathian lynx
Central American Eyelash-Viper
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Central American Eyelash-Viper
Chaco Owl
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Chaco Owl
Chameleon
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Chameleon
Chilabothrus angulifer
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Chilabothrus angulifer
Chinese Mantis
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Chinese Mantis
Colubrine Snakes
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Colubrine Snakes
Common Snakeflies
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Common Snakeflies
Common Water Monitor
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Common Water Monitor
Cookiecutter Shark
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Cookiecutter Shark
Cooper's Hawk
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Cooper's Hawk
Copper rockfish
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Copper rockfish
Copperband Butterflyfish
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Copperband Butterflyfish
Copperhead
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Copperhead
Cottonmouth
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Cottonmouth
Cougar
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Cougar
Crab Spider
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Crab Spider
Crested Eagle
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Crested Eagle
Crocodile
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Crocodile
Crocodilia
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Crocodilia
Crocodilians
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Crocodilians
Crowned Eagle
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Crowned Eagle
Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman
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Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman
Dark-sided salamander
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Dark-sided salamander
Deer Fly
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Deer Fly
Desert Horned Viper
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Desert Horned Viper
Dragonfish
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Dragonfish
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
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Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Eastern Screech-Owl
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Eastern Screech-Owl
Eastern Slowworm
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Eastern Slowworm
Eastern Toe-biter
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Eastern Toe-biter
Emperor Dragonfly
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Emperor Dragonfly
Eurasian Kestrel
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Eurasian Kestrel
Eurasian Scops-Owl
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Eurasian Scops-Owl
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
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Eurasian Sparrowhawk
European Lynx
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European Lynx
European Mantis
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European Mantis
European Wildcat
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European Wildcat
Florida Predatory Stink Bug
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Florida Predatory Stink Bug
Florida panther
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Florida panther
Fossa
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Fossa
Freshwater Crocodile
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Freshwater Crocodile
Funnel-web Spider
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Funnel-web Spider
Geoffroy's cat
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Geoffroy's cat
Giant African Bullfrog
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Giant African Bullfrog
Giant Water Bug
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Giant Water Bug
Giant kingfisher
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Giant kingfisher
Grammostola pulchra
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Grammostola pulchra
Grammostola pulchripes
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Grammostola pulchripes
Great Egret
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Great Egret
Great Gray Owl
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Great Gray Owl
Great Horned Owl
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Great Horned Owl
Great White Shark
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Great White Shark
Green Heron
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Green Heron
Green Lacewings
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Green Lacewings
Green Rat Snake
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Green Rat Snake
Grey Heron
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Grey Heron
Grouper
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Grouper
Gulper Eel
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Gulper Eel
Iberian lynx
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Iberian lynx
Jaguar
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Jaguar
Javan Pond-Heron
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Javan Pond-Heron
Jungle Cat
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Jungle Cat
King Cobras
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King Cobras
Komodo Dragon
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Komodo Dragon
Laphria fernaldi
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Laphria fernaldi
Largemouth Bass
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Largemouth Bass
Lasiodora parahybana
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Lasiodora parahybana
Leopard
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Leopard
Leopard Seal
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Leopard Seal
Lionfish
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Lionfish
Little Blue Heron
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Little Blue Heron
Little Egret
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Little Egret
Little Owl
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Little Owl
Loggerhead Shrike
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Loggerhead Shrike
Lone Star Tick
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Lone Star Tick
Lynx rufus floridanus
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Lynx rufus floridanus
Lynxes
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Lynxes
Mantids
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Mantids
Mata mata
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Mata mata
Mertens' Water Monitor
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Mertens' Water Monitor
Milkweed Assassin Bug
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Milkweed Assassin Bug
Monocled Cobra
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Monocled Cobra
Moray Eel
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Moray Eel
Morelet's Crocodile
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Morelet's Crocodile
Muskellunge
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Muskellunge
Narrow-collared Snail-eating Beetle
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Narrow-collared Snail-eating Beetle
North American Wheel Bug
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North American Wheel Bug
Northern Dune Tiger Beetle
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Northern Dune Tiger Beetle