predation

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How Europe's common chameleon hunts

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Also Known As	prey • hunting

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trophic cascade

Watch: A chameleon's projectile tongue at work

Aphids' birth and predation by hover fly larvae

Study the migratory, predatory, and living habits of North American bald eagles

Witness an orb-weaving spider using silk wrappings to immobilize grasshopper prey

How Europe's common chameleon hunts

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