Editing Gotcha Monster (section)

== Real Life Gotcha Monsters ==

To some extent, ''almost every'' [[Wikipedia:ambush predator|ambush predator]] is a "Gotcha Monster". Just to name a few types: 

* You have your "aggressive mimics", who pretend to be something edible, and turn around and eat those who would eat it; for example, several species of mantises and spiders looking like a flower (and sometimes waiting on one) and grabbing pollinators who show up, or the "alligator snapping turtle", whose tongue resembles a worm it can wriggle around to lure fish to it; the anglerfish uses a similar tactic, aided by a bioluminescent organ. 
* There's trap-making animals, such as the antlion or web-making spiders. 
* And then there's the camouflage and stealth approach, of which some varieties of [[cats]] are a common example. 

The most likely one a D&D player (not character) might run into, are crocodiles and alligators; thanks to the old 'look like a log' trick. (Players, at least, don't worry about being dragged down to the depths in armor, like most of their adventurers.) This is why we stay indoors.

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