Predator vs. Prey: National Geographic's 2009 Photo Contest
We've culled 10 killer shots of predators in the heat of the kill, with captions written by the photographers themselves, from National Geographic's great contest
Neil Wilkinson
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ARTHROPODS
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BIRDS
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FISH & SHARKS
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GEOLOGY & SEISMOLOGY
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- Grand Canyon, Dead Sea Among 'Seven Wonders of Nature' Finalists
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THE HUMAN MIND & BODY
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- Women Are Better Than Men at Pounding Nails
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- Scientists Get First Image of Memory Being Made
- Toddler Has Same IQ Score as Stephen Hawking
- Study: Conservatives More Easily Disgusted Than Liberals
MAMMALS
- Bad Monkeys to Go to Reform School in India
- How Green Is Hunting?
- New Long-Tailed Monkey Discovered in Amazon
- Stoned Wallabies Create Crop Circles in Poppy Fields
- Scientists Find Dogs Don't Feel Guilt at All
- Measuring Cow Burps in Fight Against Climate Change
- 'Montauk Monster' Mystery May Have Been Solved
- Baby White Rhino Debuts at Madrid Zoo
- Tickled Apes Prove Laughter Is 10 Million Years Old
- Mammoth Skeleton Unearthed in Serbia
MATHEMATICS
- Mathematicians Rethink the Biological Clock
- Scientist Predicts 2009's Best Baseball Teams
- MIT Professor Becomes Second Woman to Win $250,000 Turing Prize
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- Fans of Pi Have Their Day
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MICROBIOLOGY
- Microbe Wakes Up After 120,000 Years in Ice
- Bacteria in Air So Numerous They Form Clouds
- Million-Year-Old Microbe Colony Found Under Antarctic Ice
- Strange Beings Found in Great Lakes
- Common Cold DNA Deciphered, Congestion Continues
- Fuel-Making Fungus Challenges Oil Creation Theory
- Fungi Caught Having Sex in Humans
- New Species of Bacteria Found in Ancient Roman Tombs
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OCEANOGRAPHY & MARINE BIOLOGY
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- Amazing Creatures on 'Top 10 New Species' List
- Life Thrives Atop Steaming Underwater Volcano
- 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' Cleanup Effort Begins
- Every Octopus in World Is Poisonous, Scientists Find
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OTHER ANIMALS
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- Rare Baby Rhino Debuted at Madrid's Zoo
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- Tiny Water Bug Able to Survive in Space
- Bigfoot Hoaxers Resurface, Blame California Promoter
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- Bigfoot Body Revealed to Be Halloween Costume
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