Threatening Collection

Highland cow (Bos taurus) rubbing its chin on a stile

Siberian / Amur TIGER - close-up of face
TOM-445 Siberian / Amur TIGER - close-up of face Endangered species (C.A.) Panthera tigris altaica Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Deux meres ( Two Mothers ), 1888. Artist: Leon-Maxime Faivre
Deux meres ( Two Mothers ), 1888. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Picture No. 10854827
Indian Mongoose - attacking Indian Cobra Date:

Great White Shark VT 2255 (M) Underwater close up of head and open mouth - South Australia Carcharodon carcharias
VT-2255-M Great White / White / White Pointer SHARK - underwater close up of head and open mouth. Carcharodon carcharias Photographed: South Australia

Tiger Shark - Shark swims in shallow water in lagoon. Coral sea. Australia TIG-018
VT-8485 Tiger SHARK - in shallow water lagoon Coral sea. Australia Galeocerdo cuvieri Distribution: found in temperate and tropical waters

Grizzly Bear WAT 4216 Standing Ursus arctos horribilis © M, Watson ARDEA LONDON
WAT-4216 GRIZZLY BEAR - standing and roaring USA Ursus arctos horribilis The Grizzly is a sub species of the North American Brown Bear Distribution: Alaska, Canada and United States. M

Great White Shark - Underwater with fin showing
RAF-72 Great White / White / White Pointer SHARK - Silhouette of fin South Africa Carcharodon carcharias Ralf Kiefner Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Great Hammerhead Shark - Swims towards the photographer. These sharks are considered dangerous. Coral Sea. Australia
VT-8479 Great Hammerhead SHARK - swimming towards the photographer Coral Sea. Australia Sphyrna mokarran These sharks are considered dangerous

Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niliticus) on shore of Mara River with open jaws, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Great White Shark VT 5022 (M) Underwater view of head, coming to surface - South Australia Carcharodon carcharias
VT-5022-M Great White / White / White Pointer SHARK - view of head underwater, coming up to surface, . Carcharodon carcharias Photographed: South Australia. Distribution: Worldwide, Temperate seas

TIGER SHARK - mouth open
AU-8-BC TIGER SHARK - mouth open Galeocerdo cuviere Distribution: Tropical and temperate waters, worldwide Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Lion - Male, charging
CRH-361-m Lion - Male, charging Moremi, Botswana Panthera leo Chris Harvey Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Stone Curlew CK 451 Aggressive display Burhinus ondicnemus © C. R. Knights/ ARDEA LONDON
CK-451 STONE-CURLEWS - aggressive display with wings outstretched Burhinus ondicnemus Distribution: Southern United Kingdom east to southern Russia and south to Spain, Italy and the Balkans

Emerald Tree Boa - "Gaping" Forest canopy, Peru, Brazil
KEL-379 Emerald Tree Boa - "Gaping" Forest canopy, Peru, Brazil. Corallus caninus Ken Lucas Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

American alligator C322
TOM-1496 American alligator Florida, USA Alligator mississippiensis Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Crocodile, fresh water - resting on surface Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia
VT-8402 Freshwater / Johnston CROCODILE - at surface Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia Crocodylus johnstoni Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Boomslang Snake Showing fangs Chobe, Botswana, Africa
CRH-261 Boomslang Snake - Showing fangs shows fangs, Botswana Dispholidus typus Chris Harvey Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Young urban Red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Bristol, UK. August

Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) portrait, close-up of eyes, Lake Kerkini, Greece. February

Nichiren Calming the Storm, 19th century. Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Nichiren Calming the Storm, 19th century

Anaconda and Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) at water's edge - Guyana - South America
NG-1498 Green ANACONDA & Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) Guyana, South America Eunectes murinus Nick Gordon Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Rottweiler snarl
ME-2036 Dog - Rottweiler snarling / growling Johan De Meester Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Frilled Lizard - Defensive display perched on termite mound - Kakadu National Park (World Heritage Area)
JPF-14422 Frilled Lizard - Defensive display perched on termite mound - Kakadu National Park (World Heritage Area) Northern Territory - Australia Chlamydosaurus kingii Jean-Paul Ferrero Please note

German Shepherd / Alsatian - Snarling showing severe aggression with teeth shwowing JPF53070
JPF-13953 German Shepherd / Alsatian - Snarling showing severe aggression with teeth showing Jean-Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Parrot Snake Costa Rica
DOW-4 Parrot Snake - mouth open Costa Rica Leptophis ahaetulla Steve Downer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Lowland Gorilla - close-up, threatening display
CAN-2821 Lowland GORILLA - close-up of head, threatening display Gorilla gorilla John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Kingfisher -Alcedo atthis-, young male, threatening, Middle Elbe, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Brown Tree Snake - Port Moresby - Papua new Guinea
EL-1085 Brown Tree Snake - in threat posture Port Moresby, Papua Colubridae: Boiga irregularis Eric Lindgren Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Great White Shark VT 3928 (M) Head on, with mouth open showing teeth - South Australia Carcharodon carcharias ©
VT-3928-M Great White / White / White Pointer SHARK - head on, mouth open, showing teeth. South Australia. Carcharodon carcharias Distribution: Temperate and tropical waters

Durbar Square, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu valley, Nepal. Guardian lions on the steps of a temple. Foggy winter morning November 2005

African Elephant bull - giving photographer a bluff charge. Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe
TOM-852 African ELEPHANT bull - giving photographer a bluff charge. Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe. Loxodonta africana This bull was feeding on Acacia tree seed pods

African elephant Bull. Being aggressive. Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, Africa
TOM-821 African elephant Bull. Being aggressive. Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, Africa. Loxodonta africana Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Three Billy Goats Gruff, 1908 (w / c on paper)
OVR423075 Three Billy Goats Gruff, 1908 (w/c on paper) by Munthe, Gerhard Peter Frantz Vilhelm (1849-1929); Private Collection; (add.info)

Red-shouldered Hawk - Adult. Hamden, Connecticut, USA
JZ-1677 Red-Shouldered HAWK - adult on post Hamden, Connecticut, USA Buteo lineatus Jim Zipp Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Western Blue Tongue / Shingleback - opening mouth and exposing blue tongue in threat display
ASW-4828 Western Blue Tongue / Shingleback - opening mouth and exposing blue tongue in threat display Bell's Rapids, Perth, Western Australia. Western Australia Tiliqua sp. Alan J. S

Wood ant defence posture Bedfordshire UK 005174
BB-1422 Wood ant defence posture Bedfordshire UK Formica rufa Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

African Elephant - breeding herd with matriarch threatening. Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa
VAN-281 African ELEPHANT - breeding herd with matriarch threatening Okavango Delta, Botswana Loxodonta africana Ingrid Van den Berg Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Southern Blue Ringed Octopus - Displays bright blue rings when annoyed. Venomous, Has killed several people Tumby Bay
VT-8387 Southern Blue-ringed Octopus - Displays bright blue rings when annoyed. Tumby Bay, South Australia Hapalochlaena maculosa Venomous

Galapagos Sharks - Many sharks congregate in the lagoon for tourist feeding. Lord Howe Island. Australia GAL-006
VT-8472 Galapagos SHARKS - many congregate in the lagoon for tourist feeding. Lord Howe Island. Australia Carcharhinus galapagensis Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal

A shower passing over Loch Morar in Scotland looking towards Rhum
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Frill-necked lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii), with collar spread in threat display. Alice Springs, Northern territory, Australia

Salmon shark (Lamna ditropis). Port Fidalgo, Alaska, USA. July

Panjdeh incident - Russian encounter with Afghan forces at Pul-i-Khishty (Brick Bridge). The incident of 1885 was a diplomatic crisis between the British Empire

African lion (Panthera leo) three subadults resting on the road, one snarling, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana

Man standing over cowering woman, 1952. Creator: Shirley Markham
Man standing over cowering woman, 1952. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952

"One step closer and it will cost you your head!" (chromolitho)
2782918 "One step closer and it will cost you your head!" (chromolitho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Blinding of Samson, 1609. Creator: Peter Paul Rubens
The Blinding of Samson, 1609. An episode from the life of Samson recounted in the Old Testament. According to this account

Man and woman fencing (?), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Man and woman fencing (?), between c1910 and c1915

Mrs. Adolph Topperwein. [with gun], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Adolph Topperwein. [with gun], between c1910 and c1915

Morishita, between Shono and Kameyana: Actor Ichikawa Enzo Hori no Ranmaru, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), 1852

The peasants quarrel, 1653. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
The peasants quarrel, 1653. In a plain interor, three men are involved in a violent quarrel. One the fiercest - armed with two knives - raising one of them high - has just got up from his chair

Second Scene Of Burglars: The Burglars Arrested, 1810. Creator: Louis Leopold Boilly
Second Scene Of Burglars: The Burglars Arrested, 1810. The work is one of a pair: the first scene depicts the burglary of a bourgeois home in progress

Caricature in L'Assiette du Beurre, 1906, depicting an angry husband threatening his wife
5617121 Caricature in L'Assiette du Beurre, 1906, depicting an angry husband threatening his wife; Universal History Archive/UIG

Samurai warriors Ichijo-Jiro-Tadanori and Notonokami Noritsune in full armour fighting. Print c1820
528450 Samurai warriors Ichijo-Jiro-Tadanori and Notonokami Noritsune in full armour fighting. Print c1820. Shuntei Katsukawa (1770-c1833) Japanese artist

Brave Nurse Agassiz protecting her wounded British patients from the Germans during WWI (litho)
3252886 Brave Nurse Agassiz protecting her wounded British patients from the Germans during WWI (litho); Private Collection; (add.info)

Kentish agricultural workers attacking a farm at night, c1830. Ricks were burned and machinery
527874 Kentish agricultural workers attacking a farm at night, c1830. Ricks were burned and machinery, particularly threshing machines

British gun in action, 6 July 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British gun in action, 6 July 1918 (date created or published later). British troops with large artillery guns near a house, probably during World War I

Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) pair dive bombing and harassing a Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) as it emerges from a nest box the birds want to nest in which is already occupied by the squirrel

Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) pair chasing a Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) as it emerges from a nest box the birds want to nest in which is already occupied by the squirrel and its mate

Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) hovering above a nest box it wants to nest in which a Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) and its mate have occupied, with the squirrel threatening the bird, Wiltshire, UK

Black-bellied Hummingbird and Coppery-headed Emerald Hummingbird compete for a feeding
Animals, Birds, A Black-bellied Hummingbird, Euperusa nigriventris, warns off a Coppery-headed Emerald Hummingbird, Elvira cupreiceps, attempting to feed on a hairy heliconia flower

Yellow Anaconda (Eunectes notaeus) in vegetation at the edge of the Paraguay River, Taiama Reserve, western Pantanal, Brazil, South America

Cape Wrath headland and lighthouse from seaward - Scotland
Cape Wrath headland and lighthouse from seaward. North western tip of Scotland. The picture was taken from the 27ft sailing boat Jalcyon during her 3000 mile cruise around the entire coast of

Fairy Pools and Black Cuillins, Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK. February 2017

Lion (Panthera leo) male with scars photographed with side-lit spot light at night. Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa, April

RF- Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) looking threatening, Etosha National Park, Namibia, June. Endangered species

French riot police apprehend a masked and hooded protester after clashes at a demonstration during a national day of strikes by public sector workers, in Paris, France, May 22, 2018

Steam rises from Fuego volcano (Volcano of Fire) as seen from San Juan Alotenango, outside of Guatemala City, Guatemala November 19, 2018. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

South America, Brazil, Ceara, Camocim, storm clouds over the ferry rafts at Guriu near Jericoacoara

Grizzly bear - With mouth open in threatening pose MA792
TOM-1474 Grizzly bear - With mouth open in threatening pose Ursus arctos horribilis Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Grizzly Bear Montana, USA
FG-9968 GRIZZLY BEAR - close-up of head roaring North America Ursus arctos horribilis Ursus horribilis The Grizzly is a sub species of the North American Brown Bear Distribution: Alaska

Road leading directly in to a supercell thunderstorm
Dramatic clouds associated with a very strong supercell thunderstorm in New Mexico. Road leading into the distance directly into the storm

Road leading directly in to a supercell thunderstorm
Dramatic clouds associated with a very strong supercell thunderstorm in New Mexico. Road leading into the distance directly into the storm

Dramatic dark shelf cloud over a rural landscape
Amazing shelf cloud over the rural fields of Texas. This is a cloud associated with a strong supercell thunderstorm

Dramatic clouds associated with a very strong supercell thunderstorm in New Mexico

Amazing shelf cloud over rural fields in Texas, USA
Amazing shelf cloud over the rural fields of Texas. This is a cloud associated with a strong supercell thunderstorm

Dramatic storm supercell during storm chasing season
Incredible supercell thunderstorm in rural Colorado near the town of Kim. Amazing structure is evident by the strong rotational winds associated with the storm

Dramatic storm supercell during storm chasing season
Incredible supercell thunderstorm in rural Colorado near the town of Kim. Amazing structure is evident by the strong rotational winds associated with the storm

Dramatic thunderstorms over a rural landscape
Beautiful clouds over a field with an old fence in the foreground. Thunderstoms dotted the landscape creating dramatic and beautiful scenes

Lightning bolt at the end of a country road
Lightning bolt strikes from a thunderstorm while a lonely road leads into the storm

Amazing supercell thunderstorm with dissipating tornado
Incredible supercell thunderstorm in rural Colorado near the town of Kim. Amazing structure is evident by the strong rotational winds associated with the storm. Dissapating tornado is seen here

Dramatic storm supercell during storm chasing season
Incredible supercell thunderstorm in rural Colorado near the town of Kim. Amazing structure is evident by the strong rotational winds associated with the storm

Dark overcast sky over a lakeshore
Atmosphere, Atmospheric, Autumn, Autumn Colours, Beautiful, Beauty In Nature, Body Of Water, Canada, Clouds, Cloudy Sky, Color Image, Copy Space, Dark Clouds, Day, Dock, Forest, Horizon

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"Nature's Threatening Beauties: From the Majestic Highland Cow to the Fearsome Great White Shark, and Everything in Between" Get ready to be captivated by the untamed power and awe-inspiring beauty of nature's most threatening creatures. In one frame, we find ourselves face-to-face with a magnificent Highland cow, its imposing horns and intense gaze reminding us of its wild ancestry. Next, our attention is drawn to the depths of the ocean where a Great White Shark emerges from darkness, showcasing its razor-sharp teeth in an underwater close-up that sends shivers down our spines. But it doesn't stop there; a Siberian tiger demands our respect as we lock eyes with this apex predator. Its close-up reveals every detail of its fierce expression, leaving no doubt about its place at the top of the food chain. Leon-Maxime Faivre's masterpiece "Two Mothers" transports us to another realm where two grizzly bears stand tall against a backdrop of wilderness. Their powerful presence reminds us that even amidst tranquility, danger may lurk. Venturing into Australian waters once more, we encounter a great hammerhead shark swimming towards us - an undeniable symbol of danger in these vast seas. The king of beasts makes his entrance as well - a male lion charging forward with unparalleled strength and determination. Witnessing such raw power leaves us humbled by nature's might. As if that wasn't enough adrenaline for one caption, we come across not just one but two instances involving tiger sharks. One showcases their menacing open mouths while lurking in shallow waters; another captures their graceful movement through coral reefs. A Nile crocodile basks on the shore with jaws wide open – an intimidating sight that serves as a reminder never to underestimate these ancient reptiles' predatory prowess. Lastly, an emerald tree boa takes center stage among forest canopies in Peru and Brazil. Its gaping mouth hints at potential danger, reminding us that even the most beautiful creatures can possess a threatening side.