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Predatory Collection

Background imagePredatory Collection: Sinking of the Emden

Sinking of the Emden
The predatory German cruiser Emden is sunk upon coral reef by the Australians

Background imagePredatory Collection: Wolves Attack Livestock

Wolves Attack Livestock
A vicious pack of wolves, unhindered by a dog & two men, who sit talking by a farmhouse, set upon the livestock (cattle, goats & sheep)

Background imagePredatory Collection: Map of the continents and seas in the Upper Carboniferous

Map of the continents and seas in the Upper Carboniferous era. Atlantis, North America, Asia, European Peninsula, Gondwanaland

Background imagePredatory Collection: Cupid Imprisoned

Cupid Imprisoned
This illustration depicts an old crone with a predatory owl upon her head, pulling along a cart decorated with poppy flowers, upon which sits a cage containing an imprisoned Cupid, the god of love

Background imagePredatory Collection: Sa Majeste Guillaume II

Sa Majeste Guillaume II
This illustration portrays Wilhelm II, the last German emperor, and king of Prussia, reigning between 1888 and 1918, he is shown here with the head of a predatory bird as he struts across

Background imagePredatory Collection: Black Cats

Black Cats
This painting shows a haunting scene of a band of large, black predatory cats with yellow eyes, emerging from the edge of a dark forest. Date: circa 1922

Background imagePredatory Collection: Design for Front Recreation Hut

Design for Front Recreation Hut
A design for a decoration of a recreation hut at the Front, showing a predatory feline grappling with a pink, Galah cockatoo, with others flying around in a frenzy. Date: circa 1916

Background imagePredatory Collection: Predatory Megalosaurus feeding on a dinosaur corpse

Predatory Megalosaurus feeding on a dinosaur corpse
Predatory Megalosaurus dinosaurs, Allosaurusgenus, feeding on the corpse of a large herbivorous animal. North America, Cretaceous

Background imagePredatory Collection: Extinct giant predatory dinosaur attacking a horned dinosaur

Extinct giant predatory dinosaur attacking a horned dinosaur
Extinct giant predatory dinosaur between 5m and 10m tall, attacking a horned dinosaur, North America, Cretaceous. Illustration from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life

Background imagePredatory Collection: Extinct Iguanodons fleeing a predatory Megalosaurus

Extinct Iguanodons fleeing a predatory Megalosaurus
Extinct herbivorous Iguanodons fleeing a predatory Megalosaurus. Both about 10m. Illustration by Hugo Wolff-Maage from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer

Background imagePredatory Collection: Extinct Mosasaur, Pterosaur and sea turtle

Extinct Mosasaur, Pterosaur and sea turtle
An extinct seasnake-like Mosasaur in the Niobrara sea, North America, late Cretaceous. A pterosaur, Pteranodon, at left, and sea turtle at right

Background imagePredatory Collection: MEDICAL / DOCTORS

MEDICAL / DOCTORS
Satire on self-serving medical profession: predatory fox dupes easily-led geese Date: 1833

Background imagePredatory Collection: Eulyes illustris, assassin bug

Eulyes illustris, assassin bug
Assassin bugs mainly inhabit tropical regions. They are blood-sucking predatory insects and are usually brightly coloured

Background imagePredatory Collection: Female Types / Predatory

Female Types / Predatory
Three predatory women eye the local talent from a balcony: " There is no one down here worth looking at... with one or two exceptions." Date: 1876

Background imagePredatory Collection: Female Type / Predatory

Female Type / Predatory
Predatory woman: The war may have put a stop to hunting game, but hunting men is still permitted... Date: 1917

Background imagePredatory Collection: Episcopal miter or mitre shell, Mitra mitra

Episcopal miter or mitre shell, Mitra mitra, a large predatory marine gastropod mollusk.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw

Background imagePredatory Collection: Tylosaurus pelor, a type of mosasaur, a large

Tylosaurus pelor, a type of mosasaur, a large, predatory marine lizard from the Cretaceous.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Background imagePredatory Collection: Dimetrodon, extinct predatory synapsid genus of the Permian

Dimetrodon, extinct predatory synapsid genus of the Permian.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F. John from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1910, Hamburg

Background imagePredatory Collection: Dimetrodon dollovianus, predatory synapsid from the Permian

Dimetrodon dollovianus, predatory synapsid from the Permian.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F. John from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1910, Hamburg

Background imagePredatory Collection: Electric eels shock horses

Electric eels shock horses
Some electric eels(Gymnotus Electricus)wreak havoc on a herd of terrified looking horses. A large eel with a particularly mischievous expression reclines in the foreground

Background imagePredatory Collection: Pug Peter -- vultures, dog and rabbit

Pug Peter -- vultures, dog and rabbit
Pug Peter -- The Vultures smiled disagreeably. A dog comforts a rabbit in the face of four predators. Date: 1905

Background imagePredatory Collection: Monochus aquaticus, nematode

Monochus aquaticus, nematode
A magnified image of the nematode worm (Monochus aquaticus)

Background imagePredatory Collection: Tendera aridfolia, Chinese praying mantis

Tendera aridfolia, Chinese praying mantis
A close-up side view of the predatory insect, the Chinese Praying Mantis (Tendera aridfolia). Specimen from the Natural History Museum

Background imagePredatory Collection: The Uninvited Serenader by A. K. Macdonald

The Uninvited Serenader by A. K. Macdonald
Fantasy illustration showing a group of 18th century maidens in various states of undress distressed to be interrupted in their bathing by the figure of Pan playing his pipes across the lake

Background imagePredatory Collection: Eagle as us Symbol

Eagle as us Symbol
The eagle symbolises the way Americans choose to think of themselves - rapacious, aggressive, isolationist, predatory. You wouldn t want one as a pet !

Background imagePredatory Collection: Bird-Eating Spider C1870

Bird-Eating Spider C1870
A Bird-Eating Spider lives up to its name

Background imagePredatory Collection: Five shrikes perched on a bush

Five shrikes perched on a bush -- lanius rufus (1, 2 & 3) and lanius collurio (4 & 5). The shrike is also known as a butcher bird, because it skewers the insects

Background imagePredatory Collection: Shark pursuing a shipwrecked sailor

Shark pursuing a shipwrecked sailor
A Common Shark (carcharias lamia) about to make a meal of a shipwrecked sailor


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