ITV valued at £5.2bn amid speculation it is a target for predators 

ITV valued at £5.2bn amid fresh speculation it has become a prized target for predators By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 18 May 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 18 May 2021 Takeover fever in the entertainment industry has sparked fresh speculation that UK broadcaster ITV could be snapped up. The FTSE … Read more

Nature: Female putty-nosed monkeys use males as hired guns to defend against predators like leopards

Female putty-nosed monkeys use males as ‘hired guns’ to defend against vicious predators such as leopards Researchers studied groups of putty-nosed monkeys in the north of the Congo They exposed the monkeys to a ‘leopard model’ — a man in a leopard-print sheet The team found that the sexes responded differently to the simulated threat Females … Read more

Private equity predators set to snap up swathes of UK firms

Private equity predators expected to snap up swathes of British companies this year after deal volumes hit their lowest level in seven years in 2020 By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:01 GMT, 1 February 2021 | Updated: 00:01 GMT, 1 February 2021 Private equity predators are expected to snap up swathes of … Read more

Spot the bird! Camouflaged creature stumps predators by blending in with a wooden fence post

Spot the bird! Camouflaged creature stumps predators by blending in with a wooden fence post The potoo bird stands on a wooden post in Brazil and is perfectly camouflaged When it flies away it leaves an egg behind that it has been sitting on to protect  In more footage, the egg hatches and stands on … Read more

Takeover frenzy grips City as predators go bargain hunting

Pandemic plundering: Takeover frenzy grips City as predators go bargain hunting on Britain’s bombed out stock market By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 7 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 7 December 2020 The City was gripped by a fresh frenzy of takeover activity yesterday as cash-rich suitors hunted for bargains … Read more

Fearless tiger attacks world’s deadliest bear before the predators battle it out in bloody fight 

Fearless tiger attacks world’s deadliest bear in battle of the predators at Indian reserve Guide in an Indian reserve caught the moment a tiger took on a fierce sloth bear Incredible encounter took place yards away from a tour group in tiger reserve Tiger initially takes the upper hand but grows tired and is forced … Read more

MAGGIE PAGANO: Why do UK firms look so tasty to foreign predators?

The hawks at the Bank of England predict economic output will shrink by 11 per cent this year, the worst annual collapse in growth for 300 years, beating the fall during the First World War. The Old Lady also warns another one million jobs will be lost, taking unemployment to around 2.6m over the next … Read more

Donald Trump claims Biden calls young black men ‘super predators’

Donald Trump defended his previous claims that Joe Biden has referred to black American men as ‘super predators’ by insisting Sunday morning that his ‘sources’ told him the Democratic nominee has used the phrase. ‘Joe Biden called Black Youth SUPER PREDATORS. They will NEVER like him, or vote for him. They are voting for ‘TRUMP,” … Read more

Australian caterpillar constructs a weapon in its head from shedded skulls to fight predators 

A caterpillar native to Australia constructs a tower of its shedded skulls atop its head to use as a weapon against predators. Called the gum-leaf skeletonizer, this insect is just two centimeters long and stacks its molted heads to create a horn like structure to swing at its enemies – specifically stink bugs. The creatures … Read more

Animals lose fear of predators after they start encountering humans, study says

Animals such as mammals, birds and reptiles lose their fear of predators after they start encountering humans, experts say.   Biologists analysed nearly 200 scientific studies to investigate changes in different ‘anti-predator’ traits – which can help an animal outwit a predator and escape with their lives – following human contact.  Contact with humans – such as … Read more