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In the animal kingdom, predators rely on their cunning to capture prey.
From inescapable traps to deceptive lures, here are some of the animals with the most crafty ways of capturing their prey.
The female bolas spider spins a sticky lasso to capture her prey.
Large humpback whales release bubbles to form a "net" that surround shoals of fish, trapping them in condensed groups.
The green heron (Butorides virescens), which lives across North and South America , fishes for its food in a similar way to humans.
Alligator snapping turtles ( Macrochelys temminckii) are the largest species of freshwater turtles.
Their tongue is adapted to look like a tiny worm that wriggles to lure fish inside its jaws.
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