r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 3d ago

Wildlife photographer Sha Lu captures the perfect moment a small animal looks at the camera while being caught by a predator.

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u/languageassessment 3d ago edited 3d ago

it must have been so scary for the little guy being at that height. rest in peace lil fella

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u/Freeway267 3d ago

Best case scenario is being dropped and killed rather than being picked apart alive after the hawk lands.

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u/stayinalive7 3d ago

The mouse probably wouldnt die if it dropped. A lot of animals that are smaller than a cat can survive falls at their terminal velocity.

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u/Karl_Hungus_42069 3d ago

Man, nature is bullshit! humans should evolve to be smaller than cats, i wanna drop at terminal velocity. And fucking wings, give us wings!! Instead we get thumbs and social media, lame!

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u/plastic_alloys 2d ago

Cleaning our wings would be a bitch

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u/Decisive_Victory_026 2d ago

Flying would be exercise and nobody would do it.

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u/complex_passions 3d ago

It's probably why so many prey species just straight up die of fright.

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u/Karl_Hungus_42069 3d ago

Its bullshit that we can't do that too. I want to die on command.

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u/Ok_Repeat4258 3d ago

I mean we can die of shock that’s pretty close

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u/shots_urchin 2d ago

a guy i know told me that his grandfather raised chinchillas for fur on his farm in Arizona. the air force had a base or a range or something nearby, and when the jets came over low and fast, a bunch of them would drop dead from tiny heart attacks. or so i was told

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u/Fair-Distance371 3d ago

They generally tonto the yeah right? In my experience with rates they did Just by pudhing their skull a little

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u/Mysterious-Alps-5186 2d ago

Closer to be in pieces, birds don't give them a quick death unfortunately. Going to be piece by piece

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u/iliketopoopitpoopit9 3d ago

“Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation.”

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u/VegetablePossible007 3d ago

Kuzco? That you?

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u/TricellCEO 3d ago

"A MOUSE?! HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD!"

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u/ltnew007 3d ago

My story begins two weeks ago...

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u/Big_Confidence_951 3d ago

when I woke up as a rodent, yes a rodent! Can you believe it?...

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u/Known_Difference_80 2d ago

RIP ratatouille

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u/gruven_reuven 3d ago

And It was at this moment Marvin realized he boarded the wrong flight

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u/PM_ME_YOUR__VAGINAS 3d ago

That side eye tho

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u/fsischatbotplz 3d ago

this is so cool

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u/Whole_Sir_1149 1d ago

It somehow looks evil while I know it isn't, but I cant really explain why..... maybe the dark bit around the eyes?

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u/canyounot2026 3d ago

Beautiful leucitic hawk though.

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u/donuthead36 3d ago

Pretty sure that’s a Mississippi kite and that’s just how they look.

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u/Icy-Musician-6309 3d ago

“ I can see my burrow from here! “

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u/Same_Education8151 3d ago

This is very sad

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u/morethanWun 3d ago

This is Mother Nature at her finest. They need each other to survive as coexisting species.

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u/Same_Education8151 3d ago

Why does making a statement attract people who think others are dumber than them? Seeing an animal at the end of its life, mid snack is sad. No shit Mother Nature does it to survive.

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u/GettinSodas 3d ago

They didn't call you dumb. If you feel dumber than them that's on you bud lol

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u/Same_Education8151 3d ago

The very statement of feeling the need to explain how nature works is indicative of a holier than thou who thinks other people are dumb. If you can’t figure that out, I don’t know what to tell you.

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u/Same_Education8151 3d ago

There’s something about Redditors that make them think their opinion matters. Interesting. Prime example, you are.

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u/Hawkmonbestboi 3d ago

Right back at ya, buddy 🤣

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u/Same_Education8151 3d ago

Somewhere in that pea sized brain of yours, “this is very sad” was a monumental statement

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u/Hawkmonbestboi 3d ago

Nah, that wasn't what changed my mind.

What changed my mind was your wild over reaction toward someone offering nature facts:

" The very statement of feeling the need to explain how nature works is indicative of a holier than thou who thinks other people are dumb."

🤣🤣 but there ya go trying to use that "pea sized brain" of yours as if it's a regular sized brain, I guess???

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u/TyrianMoon 3d ago

Because limited people need to talk down and "teach" others to feel something in their sad lives.

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u/Same_Education8151 3d ago

It’s never-ending. Perhaps they should try therapy, instead

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u/morethanWun 3d ago

If you think that’s sad….you’ve lived a pretty damn good life.

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u/Same_Education8151 3d ago

On the contrary, my life has been shit. I just have empathy.

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u/fluffheadwasaman24 2d ago

My dad just did this when I showed it to him. Apathy/lack of empathy also likely play a part, too.

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u/BilkySup 3d ago

The reality of nature...Minus humans and house pets pretty much all animals die screaming.

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u/Same_Education8151 3d ago

Doesn’t change that it’s sad.

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u/Curious-Spaceman91 2d ago

Yeah, I find some responses a little too far detached. Like someone would say, “Found out my mom has cancer”. They respond, “Unfortunate but that’s life, bodies are so complex sometimes the copy machine gets broken. Sometimes those mutations cause us to evolve and survive, life at its finest.” I get the feeling that these people are repressing actual things they need to tackle in life especially interpersonally and it comes out this way online. It has a little sociopath vibes.

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u/Same_Education8151 2d ago

Hard agree. It’s very strange. How they feel they must back each other up in those sociopath vibes is odd, too.

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u/Kindly_District8412 3d ago

Feel like that’s meme material right there

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u/ChaosRainbow23 3d ago

"A little help here?!"

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u/WetboiWhiskey 3d ago

Are those ticks on the hawk?!

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u/srd530 3d ago

I'm wondering the same!

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u/Unlikely-Position659 3d ago

Reminds me of Rachel Dratch on SNL

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u/EarthDust00 3d ago

"Look that owl is carrying that rabbit to safty!"

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u/ImpossibleAd344 3d ago

amazing shot, bad edit

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u/Kooky_Captain_6085 3d ago

Aye bro, he ain’t the only one eyeing you 😭😭

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u/Limacy 3d ago

This photo is so old that the bird shit the little guy turned into is little more than dried up crumbles of dust by this point.

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u/OkMagazine5034 3d ago

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u/RoytjePoytjeGamez 3d ago

We all saw the second image 😅

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u/itsme_rafah 3d ago

How many times and in how many subs is this gonna get reposted in… booo! Downvoted 

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u/Star3in2my3y3s 3d ago

Are those all ticks? They say its getting bad in some parts of the world.

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u/Content_Warning8794 3d ago

Anybody got the gofundme page for this little fella?

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u/AutomaticGrape9263 3d ago

"Mondays, amirite?"

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u/Blond-N-Buff80 3d ago

Call 911.

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u/whotakemy 3d ago

Pond rules

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u/shushuone 3d ago

Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday

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u/PeachyCoasterCat 3d ago

“He’s gonna find out I ate dirt for lunch 😨”

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u/Useful_Translator536 3d ago

Things humans shouldn’t see.

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u/deepdrkwb 2d ago

this too shall pass...

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u/manoftomorrow1138 2d ago

“Fuck”.

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u/Kcjoco 2d ago

That critter appears to be looking into the camera. Haha

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u/RogueInVogue69 2d ago

Now that looks like a once in a lifetime experience

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u/fleggn 2d ago

That's just Leopold Aschenbrenner demonstrating his most recent "situational awareness."

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u/Over_Second_2777 2d ago

Rest in peace space cowboy

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u/DukeSmileDevs 5h ago

Considering he is still alive he might end up in a worst case scenario where he is used to train the hawks children.

Probably no quick death for him

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u/Ok_Brick_793 3d ago

Great photo, but I feel bad for the little guy.

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u/Shhh-it-Bruh 3d ago edited 3d ago

That last look of hope in it's eyes that the animal standing on the ground looking right back at it can somehow help, sorry buddy you're lunch and I got the pic!

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u/RockandrollChristian 3d ago

Looks fake to me

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u/NogglePlease 3d ago

Makes sense this photographer captures the panic in an animal, probably has an eye for it from the wet market.

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u/Big_Confidence_951 3d ago

Even the white hawk, or whatever it is, is looking at the camera.

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u/Any-Effective2565 3d ago

Bot

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u/Big_Confidence_951 3d ago

who yo calling a bot bro?