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  • A leopard lurks in a tree looking for dinner. When it comes to the night, these cats enjoy a big advantage exceptional vision and hearing.
  • A leopard lurks in a tree looking for dinner. They are great climbers and have the ability to keep watch over rivals from their treetop cache.
  • This hyena is hoping to scavenge the leopard's recent kill.
  • On the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, lives the mini, but mighty, primate called the Spectral Tarsier. Long hind legs help power a tarsier to leap 40-times its body-length towards his prey.
  • When the sun sets on the deserts of North Africa, the Fennec Fox comes out to hunt. This 1 foot long fox with 6-inch ears is the smallest fox in the world.
  • A pair of Tasmanian Devil's hunt in the forest. These little devils are seasoned hunters by 10 months old. The youngsters are most active at dusk and dawn in order to avoid competition and predators.
  • Barn Owl lands right on top of a mouse and kills it with its talons. It begins to eat.
  • A Blakiston's fish owl swallows fish held in mouth before flying off, Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido.
  • South and Central America: The deadly Margay makes its home in the forests of South and Central America. It could be easily mistaken for a very large house cat. The margays long tail gives it exceptional balance thats a big asset when hunting in the trees.
  • By day the hippo chills out in the water to stay cool. Hippos are some of the most aggressive animals on the planet.
  • Only one male hippo, the dominant bull, gets to mate with all the females in the herd. The rest of the guys are out of luck.
  • A lion knows every watering hole in its territory. Sometimes it will luck out and a meal is just waiting there, ready to be pulled out. The trick is to get it without getting sucked in too!
  • Lions relish hunting at night. The scorching heat makes daytime hunting much more tiring. One key to tackling big prey is teamwork an thats something the pride must teach the cubs.
  • Able to sprint 50 miles per hour and leap up to 36 feet in the air, this lioness attempts to catch a vulture.

  • Lurking Leopard

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels/ Aquavision TV Productions

    A leopard lurks in a tree looking for dinner. When it comes to the night, these cats enjoy a big advantage exceptional vision and hearing.

  • Treetop Perch

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels/NHNZ Moving Images

    A leopard lurks in a tree looking for dinner. They are great climbers and have the ability to keep watch over rivals from their treetop cache.

  • Keeping Her Distance

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels/NHNZ Moving Images

    This hyena is hoping to scavenge the leopard's recent kill.

  • Spectral Tarsier

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels/NHNZ Moving Images

    On the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, lives the mini, but mighty, primate called the Spectral Tarsier. Long hind legs help power a tarsier to leap 40-times its body-length towards his prey.

  • Fennec Fox

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels/NHNZ Moving Images

    When the sun sets on the deserts of North Africa, the Fennec Fox comes out to hunt. This 1 foot long fox with 6-inch ears is the smallest fox in the world.

  • Young Devils

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels/NHNZ Moving Images

    A pair of Tasmanian Devil's hunt in the forest. These little devils are seasoned hunters by 10 months old. The youngsters are most active at dusk and dawn in order to avoid competition and predators.

  • Swoop In for the Kill

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels/FootageBank

    Barn Owl lands right on top of a mouse and kills it with its talons. It begins to eat.

  • Fish Owl

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels/T3Media

    A Blakiston's fish owl swallows fish held in mouth before flying off, Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido.

  • Deadly Margay

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels/FootageBank

    South and Central America: The deadly Margay makes its home in the forests of South and Central America. It could be easily mistaken for a very large house cat. The margays long tail gives it exceptional balance thats a big asset when hunting in the trees.

  • Peekaboo

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels/T3Media

    By day the hippo chills out in the water to stay cool. Hippos are some of the most aggressive animals on the planet.

  • The Lucky One

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels/T3Media

    Only one male hippo, the dominant bull, gets to mate with all the females in the herd. The rest of the guys are out of luck.

  • Stuck in the Mud

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels/ Aquavision TV Productions

    A lion knows every watering hole in its territory. Sometimes it will luck out and a meal is just waiting there, ready to be pulled out. The trick is to get it without getting sucked in too!

  • Resting Pride

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels/T3Media

    Lions relish hunting at night. The scorching heat makes daytime hunting much more tiring. One key to tackling big prey is teamwork an thats something the pride must teach the cubs.

  • Leap of Faith

    Photograph by National Geographic Channels/David Koncal

    Able to sprint 50 miles per hour and leap up to 36 feet in the air, this lioness attempts to catch a vulture.
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Blake K.
Blake K.

Wow some of those are so small you wouldn't think of them being a ferocious night hunters