These vampire bats have heat sensors in their noses — all the better for finding the sweet spot on a sleeping victim… and sipping half their own weight in blood!

When you’re an anaconda, you don’t need venom to take down your prey… even if it’s the world’s largest rodent, a capybara, weighing somewhere in the neighborhood of one hundred pounds!

Cheetahs usually hunt alone. But in this video, two male cheetahs join forces to attack prey much larger than themselves — and it isn’t going down without a fight.

In an extraordinary twist on age-old hunting tactics, this group of bottlenose dolphins has honed its ability to make a kill… by taking its hunt to the shore. It’s a high-risk maneuver that threatens to strand them with each attempt.

It might look ordinary when at rest. But when a hungry snake slithers into the picture, the basilisk lizard shows off its ability to walk… er, run… on water.

Fathers can also protect the young among mugger crocodiles in Sri Lanka. And while Dad has their backs, it doesn’t take long for the baby crocs to catch a small frog for a meal.

Mugger Crocs Video

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Sri Lanka Facts, Photos & More

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/sri-lanka-facts/

When they say jumping spider, they’re not kidding. This spider can jump 50 times its body length. It sounds like bad news for its intended victim — in this case, a bee. But can the bee’s stinger turn the tide?

In the scorching desert sky, a hawk spies prey — a venomous rattler! Who wins out in this battle of the predators?

In Bolivia, a unique festival features men fighting until blood is shed. It pits village against village to see who will have the best harvest

Bloodsucking moths have been found in Siberia — evidence of evolution at work, scientists say.