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    TINY TERRORS

    Jul 28, 2022 5 minutes
    Photos: Gail Ashton (unless otherwise stated)

    If you think you need to go to the far reaches of the planet to see savage animals, then I have news for you. Some of the most ferocious battles and gruesome deaths are happening right under our noses, in the fields, woodlands and clifftops of the UK.

    In every part of our countryside, tiny creatures face a day-to-day battle for survival as they fly, scurry and dig their way out of the path of terrifying predators. Seemingly peaceful wetlands, woodlands and nature reserves are anything but, when you zoom in on the microhabitats within them. Rather than a dog-eat-dog world, I would argue that it is, in fact, a bug-eat-bug world. I’ve never seen a dog eat another dog, but I have seen lots of invertebrates dining on each other.

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