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50 Times Nature Made Us Say NOPE” (WARNING: This List Might Be Too Scary For You)”

While we as humans continue to try (and fail) to live in peace and harmony, it is worth remembering that the world around us is a brutal, unforgiving place.

We have tamed our lives to such an extent that it is easy to turn a blind eye to the horrors of nature, sure, we as a species are far more damaging to our planet than all others put together, but let's not pretend that it's all sweetness and light out there!

This list, compiled by Bored Panda, is a reminder that we live in a scary world. Some of these things are simply wonders of nature that we may not like the look of, like spiders and centipedes. Some show the raw power of the elements, while others illustrate the horrific things that other creatures to do each other in order to survive. All of these things are awe-inspiring examples of nature, something not to be feared, but to be respected. Scroll down below to check them out for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!

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Wrap Around Spider, Named For Its Ability To Flatten And Wrap Its Body Around Tree Limbs

Final score:

464points

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ZombieGirl5591 6 years ago

NOO

197points

Donna Leske 3 years ago

oooOo! I just shuddered. Really hard.

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Gaby Redin 6 years ago

Wow I've never in my life seen that!! How creepy. What if your climbing a tree and hands come upon one of those...aaaayyyyyy

25points

furrybumkins 6 years ago

Great, now I have to fear tree limbs too?

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Talia Johnson 6 years ago

Hello new nightmare...

25points

Bacony 6 years ago

YESSSSSS! I love spiders!

24points

TropicalPanda 6 years ago

finally someone who isn't s**t scared of spiders.. irrespective of what spider it is !!! hello friend !!

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Me 6 years ago

Wow, a master at playing hide and seek

20points

Lisa DeJarnette 6 years ago

Love ur comment. Lol. If i could ^up more then once. I would. Thanks

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Parmeisan 6 years ago

Had to google where this thing is located. Of course, should have known: Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolophones_conifera

13points

Kate Ten Pas 6 years ago

GOOD IT CAN STAY THERE

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brown_panda 6 years ago

spiders are the coolest! damn, wouldn't be surprised if they live through the apocalypse and humans don't.

7points

Nope 6 years ago

What a cool adaptation! Haven't seen one of these before (which I guess is kinda the point, huh?)

6points

glowworm2 6 years ago

I practically see a smile on this one's body--almost like the Cheshire Cat which seems perfect!

6points

layne 6 years ago

@ glowworm immediately saw the same & thought it looked so charmingly amicable. such a comically cute, cartoonish character face that i'm sure i'd grow immediately fond of! certainly made me smile too!

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Bored Bear 6 years ago

Would you dare wear this as a wristband?

5points

Dian Ella Lillie 6 years ago

This is so cool!

4points

Lisa DeJarnette 6 years ago

Spiders are not my thing. But even i have to admit that this is awesome! Wouldn't you just love to have that ability?? So much cooler then " being the fly on the wall." It is just so cool and perfect looking while blending into an imperfect tree.

4points

Lola 6 years ago

I’ll just hold on to this limb right here and take a break. Hmmm hairy limb...

4points

Wina Alkerchief 6 years ago

I never have problem with spiders whatsoever. I even love them and their cuteness. But this one give me goosebumps.. 😂

3points

Wyndmere 6 years ago

Ugh!! Where does this abominable creature live? I may never go back into the woods again.

2points

Cherie 6 years ago

I am sorry, but this is disturbing

2points

Belinda Crum 6 years ago

HELL NO!!!!

2points

John Seidel 6 years ago

Cool!

2points

Janice Seagraves 6 years ago

Yikes. I would put my hand right on that and not know it until it wriggled against my palm or bit me.

2points

Yezid Puerto 6 years ago

ughh Janice, hell noooooo...........

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Efia 6 years ago

nope nope nope. I could not even touch it on the screen to scroll down.

2points

Kathleen Moore 6 years ago

Far out man.

2points

Laura Zaini 6 years ago

oh come on!! that's amazing

2points

CBN2143 6 years ago

BYEEEEEE

2points

Kamilla Juel Sørensen 6 years ago

Just nooooo!

2points

Aaron Kara 6 years ago

Great...Now I cant go outside

2points

stellermatt 6 years ago

and I am outta here...

2points

Mylene Muller 1 year ago

I love him or ..she?

1point

Hanike 5 years ago

This just made me relive my arachnophobia!!! >_<

1point

Reagan S 6 years ago

I now have a new worst fear

1point

Alissa Merstrand 6 years ago

Cool as all heck but now im scared of climbing......

1point

Yasmin Janette 6 years ago

OMG NOOOOO

1point

Grumble O'Pug 6 years ago

Reason 4395 why I won't go into the jungle.

1point

birdhouse 6 years ago

DEAR GOD NO! I would need to change my pants.

1point

thepotatogirl 6 years ago

GAH WHY

1point

Odette Boisvert 6 years ago

awww fudge this is a huuuuuge nope for me!!!

1point

Elina Kuusisto 6 years ago

Cool!!

1point

CheeseGod04 1 year ago

HOLY F**K

0points

James Wessinger 1 year ago

actually pretty epic!

0points

Andrea Schulz 2 years ago

And I’m outta here

0points

Landon Ream 2 years ago

This spider and the trapdoor spider would freak me out because I climb trees and if I stand on the trapdoor the trapdoor spider is gonna jump out at me

0points

Saint Jimmy 2 years ago

Not today satan

0points

izuku midoriya. 3 years ago

oh hell naw *starts running*

0points

Phillip Spicer 3 years ago

love these

0points

Donna Reynolds 3 years ago

Nature is fantastic.

0points

Kerry DA 3 years ago

Oh look how pretty that branch i---- AHHH it moved!

0points

K.N. Alexander 3 years ago

After I learned about this guy, I WILL NEVER PICK UP A STICK ANYWHERE before kicking it first!

0points

MrTir 3 years ago

So.. casually flatten its body? Common that's a super power

0points

Mas Winchester 3 years ago

oh hell

0points

Game_Lover 3 years ago (edited)

WHOA THAT AWESOME!

0points

Anxious-lesbian-disaster 3 years ago

HOLY S**T

0points

AnnieLaurie Burke 4 years ago

Wow! That's cool! It would be funny to see peoples' reactions when it started to move!

0points

X ElectricReaper X 4 years ago

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AINSLEY RADFORD 4 years ago

imagine you go in the woods and put your hand on a branch and feel this

0points

shyanna banana 4 years ago

holy c**p

0points

Skye Ramadge 5 years ago

Great

0points

T Rex King 5 years ago

Kay, that's sorta weird.

0points

Shaylynne Gosnell 6 years ago

f**k that

0points

Sandy Herman 6 years ago

Gives new meaning to blending in.

0points

Sandy Ruiz 6 years ago

Ewww its well camouflaged!

0points

ThatGirlHayley 6 years ago

NO NO NO NO NO GEMME AWAY FROM THIS PIC NO NO NO

0points

soulfire 'queen of demons' cary 6 years ago

NOPE

0points

Celental Midnight 6 years ago

OH HELL NO

0points

Marnie Payne 6 years ago

crapload of NOPE NOPE right there. omg. how terrifying

0points

Alexandra Perry 6 years ago

OOOH Good grief Nooooooooo!!!

0points

Clarence 6 years ago

Personally my worst goddamn nightmare

0points

Alberto 6 years ago

Wow!

0points

BarryAllenTheFlash 6 years ago

Why does that EXIST

0points

Stacy Smith 6 years ago

Bugs have cool X-men like powers.

0points

Pattie Kelly 6 years ago

Spider what spider?

0points

Jane Alexander 6 years ago

Are they harmful to us?

0points

John Kamau 6 years ago

Hell No!!!

0points

Ivana 6 years ago

So cool. I want him to wrap around my wrist and I could wear him all day long.

0points

Joseph Brzezinski 6 years ago

Wait.. what?

0points

Pooky Bear 6 years ago

Oh Hell NO!!

0points

Irene Walton 6 years ago

jeez no way

0points

Carol Stapleton 6 years ago

This may catch a lot of people out, the article doesn’t say it’s country of origin. I don’t think I’d find it in UK tho’, thank heavens.

0points

Leah Rayner 6 years ago

Oh, cool!

0points

Patrycja Polczyk 6 years ago

OMFG NOOOOO

0points

MICAH NOBLE 6 years ago

Okay, and right off the bat, O..M..G!!!

0points

Silverfish_13 6 years ago

NOPE. Never climbing a tree again

0points

Midna Geno 6 years ago

So cool. I like spiders.

0points

Louise Brigance 6 years ago

Splat comes to mind

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Marilyn Slater 6 years ago

Absolute master of disguise!

0points

Jude Hernandez 6 years ago

😲

0points

JoAnne Klein 6 years ago

It may not be deadly, but it's the stuff of nightmares!

0points

Vanessa H. 6 years ago

WOAH! That's super cool.

0points

Linda Christian 6 years ago

Great camouflage,love to see what it looks like when not flattened out

0points

MJ Beecker 6 years ago

wtf! freaky

0points

Dave “DodgyMerchant” Thompson 6 years ago

Cute

0points

Don Flynn 6 years ago

Wow that's incredible

0points

Amanda Henderson 6 years ago

i'm dead

0points

Weim Central 6 years ago

Hmmm - what does it eat? Something with excellent vision?

0points

Aileen Grist 6 years ago

Beautiful - big too

0points

Laura Martin 6 years ago

shiver...

0points

Sue Clasen 6 years ago

Absolutely mimetic

0points

Kirsten Preston 6 years ago

Big yuk and ditto amazing !

0points

Teleri Nyfain 6 years ago

So much nope here :(

0points

John Stackhouse 6 years ago

Unh unh! No way am I getting anywhere near that thing!

0points

Monika Soffronow 6 years ago

THIS is it: https://www.technobyte.org/interesting-facts/wrap-around-spider-dolophones/ . Let me just add a little language lesson. 'Dolophones' is a Greek word. It means 'murderer'.

0points

kathryn stretton 6 years ago

Wow! Just Wow!

0points

DancingToMyself 6 years ago

Talking about badass mymichria.

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Jody Brown 6 years ago

Where am I never going to visit as long as I live? It would be helpful to know.

0points

Christine Musal 6 years ago

Oh hell no

0points

Han 6 years ago

His abdomen has a smiley face :)

0points

Paul K. Johnson 6 years ago

Yes... just (in a voice high enough to shatter crystal) yes! Wait.... I meant no.

0points

Magpie 6 years ago

Camouflage = this guy is hiding from things that will eat her.

0points

Magpie 6 years ago

dont be scared

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pusheen buttercup 6 years ago

OMG!

0points

BusLady 6 years ago

I will never go hiking in the woods again.

0points

PaulV 6 years ago

Wow - I have never heard of this before!

0points

vogonpoet 6 years ago

I'm in LOVE!

0points

Wendy Flynn 6 years ago

Oh hell no!!!

0points

Evgeniya Khon 6 years ago

Flounder spider lol

0points

TC 6 years ago

Eeeeew...

0points

KT Trondsen 6 years ago

Christ almighty! As if they aren't disgusting enough!!

0points

Lenka Smetanová 6 years ago

nooo...forests is not safe anymore

0points

Nikki D 6 years ago

This needs to be gif of it unfurling itself.

0points

Kelly Horrigan 6 years ago

WRONG WRONG WRONG! On every level - This is an unfair advantage. And now I am going to cry

0points

Christina Sersif 6 years ago

I was just talking about how I basically compromised with spider's existence and then I see this.

0points

Rebekah 6 years ago

Excuse my language, but... HOLY F-ING S**T! What the hell??? Where do these exist??? FUCKKKKKKKKK..... Thank you.

0points

Lady Perkele 6 years ago

Im not touching a tree anymore.

0points

Raluca Andreea 6 years ago

I would not see it and I would put my hand on the branch..then I'd die.

0points

Analyn Lahr 6 years ago

0points

Magdalina777 6 years ago

Woah! What kind of sorcery is that? Seriously, I need to know more now.

0points

Sharon Frank 6 years ago

OH GOD NO!!!!!! THIS IS WRONG!

0points

Кармелита Стефанова 6 years ago

Jesus ....😐

0points

Raphael Clayette 6 years ago

Ho wait i am going to rest near this tree: nooooooooo!!!

0points

Calypso poet 6 years ago

Oh god I’m never standing next to a tree again.

0points

Monika Rhodes 6 years ago

I came across this photo few weeks ago and took me some time to even spot it.

0points

Jana Renner 6 years ago

Beautyful! Never knew this existed!

0points

moli.2 6 years ago

I was just sitting on such piece of wood this morning, hope they are not in our country

0points

Just Curious 6 years ago

I wish I could do that.

0points

Just Curious 6 years ago

Freakin awesome.

0points

Annabell 6 years ago

I even found it to disgusting to touch the photo for scrolling down. I'll regret it so much to look further here!

0points

Steph Librant 6 years ago

Nope.Nope Nope Nope

0points

Courtney Christoff-Tzazaroff 6 years ago

Nope nope definitely not!

0points

Coco 6 years ago

oh sh** nope nope!!

0points

Thinairgal 6 years ago

Wearing gloves outside from now on. Always. Everywhere.

0points

Kath Leen 6 years ago

seriously, there is a spider that can do this?

0points

LRevello 6 years ago

NOPE to the NOPE to the NOPE NOPE NOPE

0points

SBW71 6 years ago

Oh hell no

0points

Nicole 6 years ago

No no!

0points

SykesDaMan 6 years ago

Yeah! OK! Not picking wooden sticks again!

0points

Carmen Elena 6 years ago

cool!

0points

Louiiiise 6 years ago

And I says YES YES YES! This the most amazing thing I've ever seen!

0points

Rico Valdes 6 years ago

I love Spiders!!! They are awesome!!!

0points

diane a 6 years ago

never seen that before - love spiders had pet tarantula and have handled an african bird eating spider bigger than my hand - it's the sneaky hiding little ones I dont really like - I prefer them to be visible

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50 Times Nature Made Us Say NOPE” (WARNING: This List Might Be Too Scary For You)”

Wrap Around Spider, Named For Its Ability To Flatten And Wrap Its Body Around Tree Limbs

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My Gecko Ate His Tail

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These Plants Look Like Tiny Hands

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Deer Skull After Sitting In Water For Over A Year

The Frog That Caught A Spider

A Leopard Seal Peering Through A Veil Of Plankton

Acid Spitting Ants

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Black Swallower Died Trying To Eat A Fish 4 Times Its Size

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A Lizard Eating A Cockroach Alive At My House Porch

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Attack Of Legionary Ants (Also Known As Army Ants Or Marabunta) To A Wasp Honeycomb

Chameleon Mummified Alive By The Tropical Sun

The Inside Of A Gooses Mouth

This Snake Covered In Ticks

These New Fish Species Can Survive In Volcanoes And They’re The Stuff Of Nightmares

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A Mother Whip Spider Carrying Her Babies On Her Back

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This Hornets Nest Looks Kind Of Like A Hornet’s Head

Dolphin Caught A Squid, Trailing The Ink Behind It

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Sweet Potato Creepily Resembles Human Heart

The Largest Scar You'll Ever See

Close Up Of Moth Outside My Window

Something Took Two Clean Bites Out Of This Poor Sea Ravioli

When Mozilla Freezes

Ant On My Porch Carrying The Head Of His Vanquished Enemy

Eels In The Stream At Battle Hill Farm

Found Out The House We Are Living In Has A Bunker Below. I Managed To Squeeze My Phone In One Of The Cracks Of The Door To Take This Creepy Picture

Found An Icicle Held Only By A Spider's Web

Found In Mexico. Battle To The Death

Oregon Fires Next To A Golf Course

My Inlaws Are In A Bit Of A Froggy Situation Right Now

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This Coyote Froze Solid During The Recent Winter Storm (Pine Barrens, Southern New Jersey)

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My Aunt Found A Coyote Frozen Solid Standing Upright On Her Property

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