Animals in Conflict Natural Selection in Action REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH CAPTURE THE VICIOUS BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL IN THE WILD • It's fight not flight that keeps them alive. From snarling lionesses in the bush to a great white shark snatching a seal from the air, these amazing pictures show nature at its most dramatic. The wildlife photographers who took them prowled four continents and placed themselves within yards of some of the wilds most lethal creatures to take these spectacular images. • Not all animals involved in conflicts reach in a messy end. In many cases animals are fighting creatures of the same species for dominance (establishing territory, establishing “breeding rights,” etc. In other situations it is the prey that has the upper hand. Predation and the Food Chain DOMINANCE