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ANIMAL CONFRONTATION
A green-crowned brilliant hummingbird and a green pit viper look eye to eye. The snake hangs delicately from a branch as the hummingbird hovers midair in attack. The showdown captures an eternal dance between predator and prey.
(Bence Máté/National Geographic, Costa Rica)
