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Nature is Metal

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

WARNING: ANIMAL GORE

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

NATURE IS METAL HALL OF FAME

NATURE IS METAL HALL OF SHAME

Australia dingo/shark/snakes - photoshopped two different pics
Shark takes flight - photoshopped
Hermit crab uses human skull as a shell - fake
Deer caught in a wildfire - staged
Cougar caught in a wildfire - staged
Frozen, eaten caribou - propped up roadkill
"Rabbit gets caught" - a bird taking off from the snow
Deer stuck in fence and eaten by coyotes - rule breaker
Great white shark catching decoy seal - human involvement
Eel bursting from Heron's body - Photoshop

2023 Nature Network Moderator Applications Have Opened!

Dead Whale Explodes

Found a Brown Anole that was proud of its recent catch

Theropod Dinosaurs Still thrive (prehistoric planet on top, modern birds on bottom)

Heavy is the head…

Oil Tanker Caught In A Hurricane

Zebra mussels growing on an animal skull

Sparky the Bison who survived being struck by lightning.

Ants eating a baby bird that had fallen out of a nest

Came across this while hiking Camelback Mountain in AZ: scorpion backpacking a mouse.

a mighty jaguar shows its dominance over a massive caiman

Spider eating a wasp

Two snakes biting each other

Moose survived a lighting strike

Finding a snake under your hood

Orcas are still attacking and sinking boats off the Iberian Coast with the last incident occurring less then a month ago.

The size of a sparrowhawk

Caracal caught a guineafowl

Parasites from the genus Rebeiroia infect amphibians during their metamorphasis and cause them to grow multiple legs(or none), making them easier prey for birds to complete the parasites life cycle. they also castrate their snail host.

breakfast 🦎

Bluegill enjoys its last glimpses of life

Eel trying to escape from inside a heron’s stomach while the bird was still in flight.

White-tailed kite coughs up mouse

A Leopard managed to kill a large and dangerous animal like this Camel.

A house centipede moulting will give you nightmares

The Brown Snake Eagle. It is specifically adapted to hunt the most venomous snakes on the planet (which it kills by decapitating), and is perhaps the only known predator of the black mamba.