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Meme transcription:

Predators in nature

[Superimposed over an image of a tiger] I stalk my prey for hours before I make a sudden attack

[Superimposed over an image of a camouflaging octopus] I blend in with my surroundings to become invisible for my prey

[Superimposed over an owl in flight] I grow specialized feathers to muffle any sound I make during flight

Predators in movies

[Superimposed over a still from the 1990 movie Jurassic Park showing a screaming Tyrannosaurus Rex] Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!

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https://hdqwalls.com/wallpapers/great-horned-owl-to.jpg
https://scaquarium.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/octopus-izzy-03-1.jpg
https://st.depositphotos.com/1171396/2488/i/950/depositphotos_24882971-Tiger-stalking.jpg
https://d279m997dpfwgl.cloudfront.net/wp/2015/06/0610_t-rex1.jpg

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[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 39 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (4 children)

Bruh, what cherry picking. Literally in the exact same movie you have velociraptors stalking prey in groups and the dilophosaurus doing their own patronizing thing. If we look to other movies, you've got Xenomorphs, you've got tremor worms, you've got pumpkin head, you've got Moder (The Ritual), you've got the Blair Witch, etc.

There're plenty of good stalking monsters in film, some of which that you don't even know are there till it's too late.

EDIT:also, we see literally a few scenes later the T-Rex come outta nowhere and grab a gallimimus no problem, so they're even shown to be decent ambush predators in the same movie.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 4 hours ago

Well if we're listing all that, you forgot Predator! :p

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 19 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

In that scene the T-Rex is trying to flush out people which it knows are hiding somewhere as well. (Disregarding all the T-Rex specific science and just focusing on the idea of a predator screaming.)

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

the Blair Witch

We never even see her. How do we know for sure that's how witches behave?

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 9 hours ago

The witch stalks them for days, picks them off when alone, and at the climax of the film ambushes them in the abandoned house. I'd say that counts as a persistent ambush predator.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Blair Witch

Eh? That's not exactly comparable, is it?

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 9 hours ago

I'd say that a witch creature which stalks trespassing videographers counts as an indigenous predatorial species of a local ecosystem.