8 fierce animals show just how metal nature is

Nature. It’s beautiful. It’s awe-inspiring. And it’s really scary. The new book Nature is Metal: It’s A Life-Eats-Life World features full-color photographs and vivid descriptions of the physical features, survival adaptations, and hunting skills innate to 75 of nature’s most metal plants, animals, and natural phenomena. Browse through some of these raw and real images in the gallery below. (Click to expand images to full screen.)A golden eagle (Aquila chrysaet