Seeking answers, Harrigan meets with Jamaican drug lord King Willie, a voodoo practitioner who believes the killer is supernatural and that he should prepare himself for battle against it. As an enraged Harrigan vows to stop Archuleta's killer, forensic analysis reveals the spear tip is not composed of any known element on the periodic table. Archuleta returns to conduct a solo investigation, finding one of the Predator's spear tips before the creature kills him. Upon their arrival, Harrigan's team notes the similarities between the current crime scene and the earlier Colombian massacre until Keyes's team arrives and removes them.

Later that evening, Jamaicans invade the Colombian drug lord's penthouse and murder him before they are murdered in turn by the Predator. At the station, Harrigan is reprimanded by his superiors for his disobedience and introduced to Special Agent Peter Keyes, leader of a task force investigating the cartels, and Detective Jerry Lambert, the newest member of Harrigan's team. On the roof, Harrigan shoots the crazed gang leader and catches a glimpse of the camouflaged Predator, but dismisses it as a consequence of the extreme heat and his acrophobia. The Predator assaults the Colombians, causing a disturbance that prompts Harrigan and detectives Leona Cantrell and Danny Archuleta to defy orders and enter the hideout, where they find the slaughtered Colombians. Harrigan charges into the firefight to rescue two wounded officers and drive the Colombians back into their hideout. A Predator watches a shootout between the police, Jamaicans, and Colombians, observing as Lieutenant Michael R.

In 1997, Los Angeles is suffering from a heat wave and a turf war between heavily armed Colombian and Jamaican drug cartels. The next film appearance of the Predator is 2004's crossover film Alien vs. The film has been viewed more positively over time, especially for Danny Glover's performance, the direction, and the musical score, and has gained a cult following. Set ten years after the events of the first film, in Los Angeles, the film focuses on a disgruntled police officer and his allies battling a malevolent and technologically advanced extraterrestrial Predator.Īt the time of release, the film received generally negative reviews and earned a moderate box office return, grossing $57 million worldwide, compared to the previous film's $98 million gross on a smaller production budget. It is the second installment of the Predator franchise, and sequel to 1987's Predator, with Kevin Peter Hall reprising the title role of the Predator. To see which wildlife photographers are popular right now, visit Trending Profiles: Animals.Predator 2 is a 1990 American science fiction action film written by brothers Jim and John Thomas, directed by Stephen Hopkins, and starring Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades, María Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Peter Hall. All of the individuals we observed were positioned similar, with their front limbs outstretched in front of their mouth and partially buried in loose muddy leaf litter.” – Nathan Shepardīrowse the Animals category on 500px for more awe-inspiring wildlife photos. These interesting frogs use their star-shaped fingertips as a sensory tool for prey capture. We ended up finding one other specimen at another location later in the trip but we were unable to catch that specimen. “Colombia: This Surinam Toad was found in a shallow section of a muddy creek alongside 4-5 other specimens. It involved a macro lens, a bucket, off-camera flash, mosquito bites and sandy, wet knees.” – Steve Passlow I’d be happy to share a few tips and more details if anyone is interested. This wasn’t an easy photo to take and I’m not sure of the exact details because it took a fair bit of experimenting to get a shot I was happy with. Well, much to our excitement we found one again and this time I was able to get photos for the record.

I learned years later that it was in fact a type of Nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk or sea slug. It became a story that we talked about for years and my son would often say “Remember when we saw that crazy blue ‘fish’ on the beach?” The way they move it isn’t hard to believe it could be some sort of exotic fish. We saw it on a beach but had no idea what it was at the time. I’ve only ever seen one of these animals once before many years ago when my son was very small – he is now 16yo. “My son and I found this amazing little creature while catching prawns (trying to!).

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