"Predators" in Ethereum's Dark Forest

Ethereum's dark forest monsters are no joke. These frontrunning bots can analyze smart contract calls and functions they've never used before in smart contracts to capture potential profits. Given the general lack of understanding of these bots, we embarked on a hunting expedition to further understand the situation and see how prevalent they are. We managed to "capture" some generic frontrunning bots and analyzed their behavior. We studied their efficiency and the likelihood of transactions being "hunted." We also tested different methods to evade them.