At least gazelles can run. But if you're a tree, a blade of grass, or a hapless kohlrabi, there's nothing you can do when the choppers, nippers, or clippers of your predator -- aka "grazer" -- ...

Matthew Chapman attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing in election and policy coverage.