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trophic cascade
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How Europe's common chameleon hunts
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Also Known As prey • hunting

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trophic cascade
Watch: A chameleon's projectile tongue at work
Aphids' birth and predation by hover fly larvae
Study the migratory, predatory, and living habits of North American bald eagles
Witness an orb-weaving spider using silk wrappings to immobilize grasshopper prey
How Europe's common chameleon hunts
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