/r/natureismetal

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Badass pictures, gifs and videos of the awesome yet vicious cycle of nature

This subreddit contains graphic material that involves animals engaging in violence and other vicious conduct in their natural environments.

We do not condone animal violence for sport or training animals to be used for animal fighting.

This subreddit is to appreciate the vicious and unforgiving parts of nature.


SUBREDDIT RULES

1: ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY

No posting of zoo animals, domestic pets, animals in laboratories, circuses, hunting preserves, show business, feral cats and dogs, and alligator/crocodile wrangling. Farm animals and non-mammalian aquarium animals are allowed provided there is no human instigated feeding, baiting or violence. Anyone posting animal cruelty or organized animal fighting will be banned permanently.

2: ANIMAL REMAINS

No images of piles of feathers, bones, or blood and guts. Remains must have some metal factor to them. Uniquely bad ass skeletons and skulls may be allowed at mod discretion.

Human Remains are allowed only under the following conditions. Damage seen in the submission must have been caused by animals and animals only. No other forms of nature or disease are allowed. Any submission must be fully marked with both NSFW and Human Remains (NSFL) flair or the submission will be removed. Repeated violations may result in a ban.

3: NSFW TAGS

Tag bloody or gory submissions as NSFW. If a mod tags your submission NSFW do not untag it.

4: HUMAN INVOLVEMENT

Animals hurting humans is okay. Humans killing animals is not allowed. No intentional human orchestrated interaction. This also includes animals being harmed at the hands of artificial objects. Animals attacking humans on their own initiative is allowed.

For humans being metal, check out /r/HumansAreMetal: a place for people doing badass things.

5: NON ANIMAL CONTENT

Acts of nature are allowed provided the content is metal.

6: NO POLITICS, RACE, RELIGION, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR SIMILAR TOPICS OF HUMAN CONCEIT

We are here for the awesomeness of nature. These topics will be removed.

7: NO CLICK BAIT OR SHITPOSTS

Seriously. We will kill you.

8: NON-DESCRIPTIVE TITLES

Please use accurate and descriptive titles to your submissions: a descriptive title should at least identify the animals in the content and optimally briefly describe what is happening. We do not allow "I see you X and raise you Y" titles.

9: REPOSTS

Any submission that is reposted within 120 days will be removed. No posts that have previously been posted on this subreddit with over 10,000 upvotes in the past year may be posted again.

No submissions allowed from the NiM Top 50.

No submissions from the NiM Hall of Fame or the NiM Hall of Shame.

Only images that have appeared previously in NiM or NiFL count as reposts.

Reposting will be adjudicated on a 3 strikes policy. (1: warning, 2: temp ban, 3: permenant ban)

Word-for-word reposts will be removed.

Expanded clarification of the rules

Expanded clarification of the Human Remains rule

All rules are subject to moderator discretion.

You can message the mods using modmail if you would like to contest the removal of post or bans.

Please Visit Our Sister Subreddits

For nature in all its stunning and fascinating beauty check out r/NatureisFuckingLit

For extinct badass nature, check out /r/Naturewasmetal.

For dead animals doing crazy and badass things from the afterlife, check out r/taxidermy and r/taxidermyismetal

For badass people being metal as fuck please visit r/Humansaremetal


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/r/natureismetal

2,436,759 Subscribers

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Vulture And Stork Chilling On A Hippo Skeleton

0 Comments
2023/11/30
22:07 UTC

149

A fly flew into a cactus, still alive but stuck.

6 Comments
2023/11/30
21:33 UTC

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Found this on my morning walk, there’s a huge owl that’s been hanging around and I think he did it.

9 Comments
2023/11/30
16:10 UTC

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This lion cub has learned indoor dining beats dining al fresco on cold winter nights.

1 Comment
2023/11/30
14:39 UTC

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The Harpy Eagle will put up with no nonsense.

5 Comments
2023/11/30
13:27 UTC

2,261

Massive Red Deer that was killed by a Leopard in Russia.

66 Comments
2023/11/30
09:06 UTC

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Completely blind freshwater mussel mimics fish to lure bass in order to squirt youngs into the bass's mouth/gill. The miracle of nature is on full display.

4 Comments
2023/11/29
23:05 UTC

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Lioness eating her own cub after it had succumbed to injuries from a crocodile attack

274 Comments
2023/11/29
21:13 UTC

2,160

Mongoose vs crab

89 Comments
2023/11/29
16:28 UTC

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Magpie eating a corpse of another magpie... Sorry for shit quality.

12 Comments
2023/11/29
13:50 UTC

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While renovating my house I found this squirrel skeleton surrounded by its fur, stuck to my ceiling insulation.

11 Comments
2023/11/29
11:19 UTC

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Zebra facts but they quickly become disturbing (credit goes to Casual Geographic)

97 Comments
2023/11/29
01:01 UTC

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Giraffe killed a lion in a single kick

8 Comments
2023/11/28
21:41 UTC

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The python suffocated the king cobra while the king cobra bit it. Both snakes died, one from asphyxiation and the ther from the venom.

83 Comments
2023/11/28
20:34 UTC

3,835

Quite a bulky mountain lion

50 Comments
2023/11/28
17:05 UTC

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Siberian Worms Frozen For 42,000 Years Brought To Life. Once the worms were sufficiently thawed, they began moving and eating. Some are found living 0.8 miles (1.3 kilometers) below Earth’s surface, deeper than any other multicellular animal.

13 Comments
2023/11/28
16:33 UTC

11,595

Full-grown cougar lying peacefully on the riverbank

A possible victim of thin ice. Photographed by Ryan Peruniak at Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada in 2016.

247 Comments
2023/11/28
12:30 UTC

203

Shrimp eats a fish from the belly of another fish

17 Comments
2023/11/28
03:54 UTC

1,852

Insect remains in a dead frog

37 Comments
2023/11/27
20:57 UTC

704

The newly described cave king is the top predator in a pitch-black poison cave that hasn't seen daylight in more than 5.5 million years. It has a brownish-yellow body with pale yellow antennae, and its yellow legs are studded with 13 to 17 "saw teeth."

21 Comments
2023/11/27
11:51 UTC

796

Mini robberfly preying on a tiny beetle

Credit: Teguh Santosa

9 Comments
2023/11/27
11:01 UTC

3,598

A Sydney funnel-web and redback sharing the same drain. The funnel-web can kill a child in as little as 15 minutes, and the redback, whilst highly unlikely to kill you, will certainly ruin your day.

122 Comments
2023/11/27
10:56 UTC

274

Eagle enjoying his catch.

Taken in British Columbia

1 Comment
2023/11/27
06:07 UTC

3,606

Aftermath of a widow maker

Came across this bull killed by a falling tree while hiking. Looks like it snapped his neck instantly. Crazy stuff.

67 Comments
2023/11/27
02:58 UTC

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