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The snow leopard is the world's highest-living big cat. |
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But there's another,smaller predator that ranges even higher, almost to the roof of the world. |
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At a mind-numbing 8,848 metres high, Everest is one of the most hostile places for life on Earth. |
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Hundreds of people have died trying to conquer it.But when climbers first reached the ice fields three quarters of the way up the mountain,something had already beaten them to it. |
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This jumping spider is the highest permanent resident on the planet. |
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Totally at home amongst the glaciers of Everest, it scours the slopes for wind-borne prey such as springtails. |
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Chinese call this fierce little hunter the "fly tiger". |
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Jumping spiders are found all over the world. |
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Their eight eyes include an oversized central pair, which act like powerful binoculars to spot potential victims. |
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They use hydraulic pressure to work their legs like pistons, catapulting up to 30 times their own body length. |
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The ideal way to get around in rocky terrain. |
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But like all mountaineers,they always secure a safety line first. |
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A springtail grazes on detritus, unaware that it's being stalked by such an acrobatic predator. |
