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  2. Ambush predator - Wikipedia

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    Ambush predators usually remain motionless (sometimes hidden) and wait for prey to come within ambush distance before pouncing. Ambush predators are often camouflaged, and may be solitary. Pursuit predation becomes a better strategy than ambush predation when the predator is faster than the prey. [2] Ambush predators use many intermediate ...

  3. Phrynus longipes - Wikipedia

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    Phrynus longipes are primarily nocturnal, and are considered ambush predators. They feed mostly on small insects and other arthropods as their primary source of food, but occasionally prey upon small vertebrates such as lizards and frogs. Cave populations primarily prey on cockroaches. [1]

  4. Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus - Wikipedia

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    It is a nocturnal ambush predator feeding on fishes and crustaceans. [9] When in shallow waters, swimmers may accidentally tread on them which may cause painful injury from the venomous spines. This species has unique vibrant orange colours and markings that allow it to camouflage itself well in between the rocky reefs.

  5. Urodacus novaehollandiae - Wikipedia

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    The scorpions are nocturnal ambush predators. They dig spiral burrows up to 1 m deep where they shelter during the day. They dig spiral burrows up to 1 m deep where they shelter during the day. They are known to live until at least 12 years old.

  6. Boa constrictor - Wikipedia

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    Boa constrictors are ambush predators, so they often lie in wait for an appropriate prey to come along, then they attack a moment before the prey can escape. However, they have also been known to actively hunt, particularly in regions with a low concentration of suitable prey, and this behavior generally occurs at night. [5]

  7. Reduviidae - Wikipedia

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    The Reduviidae is a large cosmopolitan family of the suborder Heteroptera of the order Hemiptera (true bugs). Among the Hemiptera and together with the Nabidae almost all species are terrestrial ambush predators; most other predatory Hemiptera are aquatic.

  8. Bird of prey - Wikipedia

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    Although the term "bird of prey" could theoretically be taken to include all birds that actively hunt and eat other animals, [4] ornithologists typically use the narrower definition followed in this page, [5] excluding many piscivorous predators such as storks, cranes, herons, gulls, skuas, penguins, and kingfishers, as well as many primarily ...

  9. Bothriechis nigroadspersus - Wikipedia

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    The species is mostly nocturnal. 70.2% of individuals relocate to a different perch each night, and only 6.4% remained at the same daytime perch site for more than two days. However, individuals may occasionally reside in the same perch for up to 14 days. [1]