Crowd Control

Watch: Ingenious hawks learned to thwart their prey's greatest defense

They dive into the crowd and leave the rest up to fate.

by Jennifer Walter
Close up of a hunting Swainson's Hawk on a pine tree branch. Wyoming prairie Wildlife USA
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These bats may think they have the element of confusion on their side.

But their chaotic swarm can’t throw off a hungry Swainson’s hawk.
Caroline Brighton (Oxford Flight Group)
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