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Sun is shining, birds are chirping, and the living is easy. We’d like to think of nature this way. But it moves in mysterious ways and it’s called Mother Nature for a reason.

You see, upon a closer look, things are hella odd and creepy out there. Think of it as a horror movie of its own league starring sci-fi-like creatures, unusual anomalies, bizarre plants and animals, and sightings that push you to the brink of saying "I’m out."

Bored Panda has compiled a spine-chilling fresh list for your next nightmare. Get ready for sweaty palms and don’t say I didn’t warn you. Before you are done and safely out of this whole ordeal, there’s part 1, part 2, and part 3 waiting one click away. No NOPEs allowed after this point.

#1

I Watched This Guy Fight Off A Bird 10 Times His Size. This Was His Victory Pose For A Good 10+ Minutes As The Bird Perched On A Power Line, Defeated

I Watched This Guy Fight Off A Bird 10 Times His Size. This Was His Victory Pose For A Good 10+ Minutes As The Bird Perched On A Power Line, Defeated

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#3

Bald Eagle Size vs. Grey Wolf, Caught On Trail Cam

Bald Eagle Size vs. Grey Wolf, Caught On Trail Cam

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Our planet is populated with both odd and amusing plants and animals. Some of them have been surrounded by myth and misunderstanding, and some we still know little about. David Attenborough’s series “Natural Curiosities” has revealed the remarkable evolutionary traits behind some of the most mystical wonders of the natural world.

Some of the quirky animals include flamingos, who survive in hot volcanic lakes by filtering out microscopic algae; salamanders that can regrow entire limbs; problem-solving crows that design intricate tools; and hippos, who secrete a vivid red mucus that acts as sunscreen.

#4

Bees Killing A Murder Hornet By Raising Their Temperature In Order To Cook It Alive

Bees Killing A Murder Hornet By Raising Their Temperature In Order To Cook It Alive

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Christophe Beunens
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a bit like Murder on the Orient Express : The whole family is guilty

Donny Cromwell
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a defense Asian honey bees use. North American honey bees have not adopted this defense.

Dave Chapman
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Exactly what I was going to post, our bees here in N America are toast if these things get a major foothold here, they do not have any such defense.

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Aneese
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Killer bees. Murder hornet. Next up on Geo Nature... Torture Termites.

Gipsy Kings fan
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Score one for the bees! :-D They don't actually "raise their temperature"; they all beat their wings extremely fast to raise the temperature in the hive.

Seonad Lonie
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"And how would Sir like his Murder Hornet - medium-rare, well done?"

Jeff Diamond
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honeybees do this all the time. You think they're all sweet and friendly until you realize that they cannibalize useless eggs, push unproductive drones into the winter air to freeze, and use body heat to cook enemies alive. Honeybees are so metal.

Jace
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honey bees are super neat and fascinating creatures. Also: they’re not native to North America. Humans introduced them, causing a disaster for native pollinators. :-(

Jon S.
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did not know that! Thanks. Presumably north america had other non-honey producing bees?

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Layla Corman
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reason # 954 bees are friggin amazing and we need to protect them! -Thet kill the murder hornets!

Grumble O'Pug
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow. That is amazing. The WSDA has photos of the piles of dead bees after these "with prejudice" killers have their way with them

Pangolin Pal
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good for them! I love honeybees, and the whole world depends upon them for pollination of the plants we all need for survival.

Kat Khatib
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These Hornets kill 🐝 🐝 🐝! It's nice to see them have the upper hand!

nickymiST.elliefreak
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Was the hornet already dead? And plus, bees are picky with who's in and out of their territory.

James Huang
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"European honeybees, which are the most common pollinators in the United States, haven't developed the same bee ball technique" Source from www.nationalgeographic.com/news

Jodi Forrester
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yay! Them murder hornets are bad news. Them other bees are like No way your taking over our turf!

Kris “ADHD_Carrier” Dudoich
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The video of this is well worth watching! Everyone pitching in to get rid of an intruder!

Pam
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

See how they all worked together toward a common goal?! Lets be like the bees!!

Joeshar
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not actually a cooking but killing with excessive heat wave (114F=45C). The victim does not turn into a fried egg.

Kent Fishburn
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We need to import a shatload of bees from the Far East that already know how to do that. It could take decades, while all of our US bees die, to figure it out.

Elaine Mattingly
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bees provide honey necessary for better health and will not hurt you if you stay calm and quiet. Do NOT try this at home.

Food Gurl
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The bees create a ball with their bodies interlocking and then they "vibrate" essentially kettle-cooking the murder hornet

Jon S.
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was under the impression the usual way bees deal with hornets is to attack them. This was a specialised response in areas where giant hornets were native.

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Ksenia M
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

as far as I understand, no, the bees can withstand temperatures just slightly higher than the hornets but it's enough of an edge to kill the intruder. Pretty ingenious.

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Jon S.
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is a scout. The hornet will call its hive and literally kill every bee if they don't stop it from revealing their location.

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#5

Your Chances Of Getting Killed By A Group Of Frogs Are Low But Never Zero

Your Chances Of Getting Killed By A Group Of Frogs Are Low But Never Zero

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In an interview with Radio Times, David Attenborough recounted the particularly peculiar case of a greenfly that’s nearly all female. “Inside they are already pregnant. And inside the baby that’s inside the mother there’s another one. So you’ve got three generations all in one animal.” As bizarre as it sounds, that’s a very common insect we don’t really think of much.

#8

I Think I Found The Entrance To The Spider-Verse

I Think I Found The Entrance To The Spider-Verse

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#10

What, Exactly, Was The Sequence Of Events That LED To This?

What, Exactly, Was The Sequence Of Events That LED To This?

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#11

Here’s A Possum Yelling At A Bald Eagle

Here’s A Possum Yelling At A Bald Eagle

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#12

I Was In The Middle Of A Zoom When I Noticed This

I Was In The Middle Of A Zoom When I Noticed This

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#13

Nature Is Scary As Hell

Nature Is Scary As Hell

The Sandbox Tree also known as the "Dynamite Tree" grows exploding fruits. When fully mature, they explode with a loud bang and fling their hard, flattened seeds at speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and distances of over 60 feet. The shrapnel can seriously injure any person or animal in its path. As bad as this is, the exploding seed pods are only one of the ways that a sandbox tree can inflict harm.
The fruit of the sandbox tree is poisonous, causing vomiting, diarrhea and cramps if ingested. The tree sap is said to cause an angry red rash, and it can blind you if it gets in your eyes. It has been used to make poison darts.

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I Liek To Cute
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow. The person who said nature is beautiful has CLEARLY never seen this tree!

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#14

The Harpy Eagle's Huge Talons Can Be As Large As A Bear's Claws, And Its Legs Can Be Almost As Thick As A Man's Wrist

The Harpy Eagle's Huge Talons Can Be As Large As A Bear's Claws, And Its Legs Can Be Almost As Thick As A Man's Wrist

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Margaret Wells
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seeing pics like this makes me wonder why we didn't realise birds evolved from dinosaurs years ago

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#15

My Mom Found This Skull With A Chrysalis Inside The Eye Socket

My Mom Found This Skull With A Chrysalis Inside The Eye Socket

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#17

Tick Season Is Here, Make Sure To Check Every Spot

Tick Season Is Here, Make Sure To Check Every Spot

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#20

If I Saw This In My Bathroom Corner, I’d Burn My House Down

If I Saw This In My Bathroom Corner, I’d Burn My House Down

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#21

My Friend Traveled To India. She Posted A Photo This Morning With The Caption "It's Going Well"

My Friend Traveled To India. She Posted A Photo This Morning With The Caption "It's Going Well"

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Lyop
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hahaha, sigh.....(brings out the flamethrower from the suitcase...)

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#23

This... Bothers Me In So Many Levels

This... Bothers Me In So Many Levels

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#24

The Scaly-Foot Snail Ingests The Toxic Magma-Fumes Of Hydrothermal Vents And Grows A Coat Of Organic Iron Plates

The Scaly-Foot Snail Ingests The Toxic Magma-Fumes Of Hydrothermal Vents And Grows A Coat Of Organic Iron Plates

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#25

Dried Frog And The Spider

Dried Frog And The Spider

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Marlowe Fitzpatrik
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This would be awesome for that girl's "Dead stuff collection" a few articles over!

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#26

A Rare Mutation Causing The Tentacles On The Octopus To Branch

A Rare Mutation Causing The Tentacles On The Octopus To Branch

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#27

Duet

Duet

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80 Van
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The snake looks like it has a human mouth and chin inside of it. Maybe if there human mouth opens, there will be another mouth inside of that one.

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#29

A Storm Literally Picked Up And Moved This Road

A Storm Literally Picked Up And Moved This Road

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SilverLining
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This happened in the lake District UK. Just purely from the force of the water

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#30

Deep Sea Worms Viewed Under Electron Microscope

Deep Sea Worms Viewed Under Electron Microscope

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#31

The Door I Had To Get Through Last Night To Get To My Room

The Door I Had To Get Through Last Night To Get To My Room

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#32

Teeth In A Squid Suction Cup

Teeth In A Squid Suction Cup

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#33

10,000 Year Old Skull Of An Extinct Giant Irish Elk Found By This Farmer

10,000 Year Old Skull Of An Extinct Giant Irish Elk Found By This Farmer

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Joseph O'Reilly
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yall why is everybody saying that the Earth is 5,000 years old? It's waaaaaaaaay older than that, and basing its age off of a calendar based in religion is quite likely to not be scientifically accurate. Please, for the love of all that is correct, stop saying the Earth is younger than we can soundly prove it is

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#34

Ants Squirting Acid At An Enemy

Ants Squirting Acid At An Enemy

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Slinkman
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'Three.. Two... One... ant a Happy New Year everyone!

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#35

Got Home From Work To Find This Tarantula Hawk Wasp Carting Off A Huntsman Spider

Got Home From Work To Find This Tarantula Hawk Wasp Carting Off A Huntsman Spider

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#36

Lacarria Masoniae Growing From An Opossum's Carcass

Lacarria Masoniae Growing From An Opossum's Carcass

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#37

The Amount Of Growing My Snail Has Gotten Done In Under A Year. From A 4cm Shell To A 17cm Shell

The Amount Of Growing My Snail Has Gotten Done In Under A Year. From A 4cm Shell To A 17cm Shell

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#38

A Human Foot After A Baby Diamondback Snake Bites It

A Human Foot After A Baby Diamondback Snake Bites It

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Thomas Es Thomas
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh you'll lose that toe. I always wonder when I'm at the shoe store and I find a box with two shoe sizes, one smaller than the other. Then I see people like this.

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#40

Honey Combs In Spare Unit Of My House. This Is The 5th Time The Bees Are Back. Two Separate Colonies One On Either Side Of This Unit. Both Are Inside The Wall

Honey Combs In Spare Unit Of My House. This Is The 5th Time The Bees Are Back. Two Separate Colonies One On Either Side Of This Unit. Both Are Inside The Wall

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#41

Tarantula Infected With Cordycipitaceae

Tarantula Infected With Cordycipitaceae

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#43

The Wood Pattern Of This Burned Tree Looks A Lot Like Spaghetti

The Wood Pattern Of This Burned Tree Looks A Lot Like Spaghetti

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#44

The Face In The Moth

The Face In The Moth

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#45

Skeleton Of A 28ft Anaconda

Skeleton Of A 28ft Anaconda

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#49

This Guy Found A Centipede On His Zipper

This Guy Found A Centipede On His Zipper

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Christophe Beunens
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was trying to mate with the zipper - same color, same nr of feet. Perfect match

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#52

Little Tick Parasites Big Tick

Little Tick Parasites Big Tick

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#53

Just Another Day Down Under. My Mum's Partner Found This Brown Snake Under His Toilet Lid

Just Another Day Down Under. My Mum's Partner Found This Brown Snake Under His Toilet Lid

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#54

This Is One Of The Largest And Potentially Heaviest Frogs (Up To 3 Kg In Very Large Individuals)

This Is One Of The Largest And Potentially Heaviest Frogs (Up To 3 Kg In Very Large Individuals)

They are noted to be particularly aggressive. They are threatened by capture for human consumption, habitat loss, pollution, introduced species and the frog killing fungus that's currently going around the world.

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#56

GF Found That Fungus Infected (Dead) Spider In Our Shed

GF Found That Fungus Infected (Dead) Spider In Our Shed

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#59

Fish I Found In The Amazon River

Fish I Found In The Amazon River

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Your Mother
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's blinky from the simpsons, but with four eyes! Was this by a nuclear power plant?

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#60

A Ball Of Mud I Stepped Full Of Surprises

A Ball Of Mud I Stepped Full Of Surprises

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SoozeeQ
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh no! These are redback spiders. You definitely don't want to step on those (or even go anywhere near them!). Cue the flame-throwers.

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#62

Almost Tripped Over This Large Eel That Choked On A Fish, Died And Then Washed Ashore In Mexico

Almost Tripped Over This Large Eel That Choked On A Fish, Died And Then Washed Ashore In Mexico

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#63

Borrowed My Neighbor’s Truck He Never Drives To Haul Some Stuff. Wanted To Be Nice And Bring It Back Filled Up Since It Was Almost Empty When I Got It

Borrowed My Neighbor’s Truck He Never Drives To Haul Some Stuff. Wanted To Be Nice And Bring It Back Filled Up Since It Was Almost Empty When I Got It

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#65

I Caught A Turtle That Desperately Needs A Pedicure

I Caught A Turtle That Desperately Needs A Pedicure

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#67

What I Find In My Toilet Bowl After A Week Long Vacation

What I Find In My Toilet Bowl After A Week Long Vacation

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#68

Whelp, Found Out What That Scratching Noise Behind The Wall Was

Whelp, Found Out What That Scratching Noise Behind The Wall Was

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#69

Dead Parasite Emerging From A Cockroach Found In A Customers "Clean Clothes" Pile

Dead Parasite Emerging From A Cockroach Found In A Customers "Clean Clothes" Pile

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#70

A Close Up Look At An Elephants Tail

A Close Up Look At An Elephants Tail

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#71

Got The Smoker Out Of Storage

Got The Smoker Out Of Storage

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#72

This Is The Skull Of An Elephant. Previously The Cavity In The Skull Was Mistaken As A Eyehole And Thus The Elephant Skull Became The Basis Of The Myth Of The Legendary Creature, Cyclops

This Is The Skull Of An Elephant. Previously The Cavity In The Skull Was Mistaken As A Eyehole And Thus The Elephant Skull Became The Basis Of The Myth Of The Legendary Creature, Cyclops

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#73

This Unlucky Fly That Impaled Itself On My Cactus

This Unlucky Fly That Impaled Itself On My Cactus

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#74

Weird Squirming Living Lovecraftian Nightmare On Our Lawn Chair This Morning

Weird Squirming Living Lovecraftian Nightmare On Our Lawn Chair This Morning

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#76

Pug's Skull

Pug's Skull

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Christophe Beunens
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately, this is not mother Nature at work, but a human creation, by breeding. These animals suffer, because we associate their big eyes as "beautiful"

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#77

Might Be A Good Idea To Try The Next Stall

Might Be A Good Idea To Try The Next Stall

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#78

Looks Like A Centipede, But Very Strange

Looks Like A Centipede, But Very Strange

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Toujin C'Thlu
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a house centipede. They're freaky-looking, but actually good to have around, since they prey on other household pests like silverfish.

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#79

There’s A Very Well Camouflaged Copperhead Snake In This Pic

There’s A Very Well Camouflaged Copperhead Snake In This Pic

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PaulV
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's right in the center. Right click, "view image," and enlarge. You'll see the regular pattern of the snake's skin. It took me way too long....

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#80

Sceloporus Occidentalis (Western Fence Lizard) And Those Look Like Dessicated Eggs

Sceloporus Occidentalis (Western Fence Lizard) And Those Look Like Dessicated Eggs

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