The Gulf Stream draws ships into her path, where Bermuda's shallow reef effortlessly devours them.

BBC: Wreck diving in Bermuda

But instead of waiting to be fed, a larva devours the second egg that her mother laid.

ECONOMIST: Ecology: Sisterhood is hungry | The

Join New Labour on favourable terms before it devours you anyway: that has been Mr Ashdown's unspoken motto.

ECONOMIST: When Charles takes over from Paddy

An unnecessary if jump-inducing sequel to Danny Boyle's neo-zombie frightfest 28 Days Later, about a "rage virus" that more or less devours England.

NPR: '28 Weeks Later'

This explosion of artificial wealth provides the illusion of economic dynamism but, in reality, it is parasitic - endless credit devours the finite fitra.

BBC: VIEWPOINT