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Not everything in nature is as beautiful or as hilarious as we're mostly used to. It has a dark side, too, and I'll completely understand if this list by Bored Panda forces you to build a pillow-fort in your living room and avoid going outside for a week.
From a mama centipede protecting its babies to a wasp colony building a nest around a discarded doll, these pictures feature some of the scariest things Mother Earth has to offer. Scroll down to test how brave you are, and vote for your favorite entries.
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#1
This Lava Pit Looks Like It's Sucking The Souls Of The Damned Into Hell
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#2
Hermit Crab Using A Discarded Doll Head For A Shell
#3
Wasps Build Nest Around A Discarded Child's Doll
#4
This Frog Was Found All Dried Up And Withered Outside The Store In The Morning. The Store Manager Said, "Let's Try Splashing Some Water On It," And Holy Sh*t It Came Back To F*cking Life
#5
An Abandoned Hornet's Nest My Dad Found In His Shed That He Hadn't Been In For A Couple Years. The Head Is Apart Of A Wooden Statue It Fused With
#6
Mama Centipede Protecting Her Babies
#7
Somebody Responsible For The Lake Found The Fox (Which Drowned) In The Ice, Cut Him Out And Put Him Back On The Ice To Keep People Off The Ice
#8
Cymothoa Exigua Is A Type Of Parasite That Enters Fish's Gills, Eats Their Tongue, And Then Replaces It
#9
Husks Of Dead Flowers In My Garden. Look Like Skulls/Plague Masks
#10
Devil's Fingers Fungus
#11
Smiiiittttttthhhhhers
#12
So Many Bees In The Wall That Their Honey Is Leaking Through An Outlet
#13
Antarctic Worm Species Called Eulagisca Gigantean
#14
Snake Head Caterpillar
Vlad Horobet 7 years ago
I just hope that the butterfly doesn't have a snake head. Flying snakes, that's what we need.
#15
This Busy Owl Killed 70+ Lemmings And Surrounded His Nest With Their Fresh Corpses
#16
A Centipede That Was Devoured By A Viper, Ate Its Way Out
Vlad Horobet 7 years ago
So the snake thought that the blade-mouthed bug would make a good lunch.
#17
This Tree In Nebraska Was Struck By Lightning And Burning Afterwards A Day Later
#18
Lizard Growing Another Foot On It's Tail?
Cassiel Magem 7 years ago
Ha! And you though only cells could reproduce asexually. One day... one day.
#19
Fireants Create A Floating Island Of Themselves To Ride Out The Houston Flooding
Aunt Messy 7 years ago
As someone who's been bitten by those little tidbits from Hell, it would not be a problem for me if a wave took care of them.
#20
Was About To Show My Kids That Cicada Shells Aren't Gross And Scary When
#21
These Reticulated Pythons Self-Segregated Themselves Based On Color Just After Hatching
#22
Caribou (Rangifer Tarandus) Bull Showing Antlers That Are Shedding Velvet, North America
#23
A Beehive Built Around Wind Chimes At My Friend's House
#24
The Sheepshead Fish Has Human-Like Teeth
#25
Wingless Fly Penicillidia That Attaches To Bats' Heads And Never Leaves Its Body
#26
This Gecko With Three Tails
#27
Ant On My Porch Carrying The Head Of His Vanquished Enemy
Sanchit Jain 7 years ago
May be it will put it in on top of door of its Ant-home, fancy design!
#28
A Landslide In Taiwan
#29
The Battle
#30
My Mussel Contained A Tiny Half-Eaten Crab
Vlad Horobet 7 years ago
I've found a half eaten worm in my pear once... guess where was the other half.
#31
My Cousin Caught A Lobster With Double Pinchers. Both Claws Work
#32
A Venus Fly Trap Getting A Huge Meal
#33
Spiked Skeleton
#34
Arachnids Aren't Safe From Cordyceps Fungus Either
#35
Battle-Scarred Hippo
#36
Lamprey's Mouth
#37
Millions Of Fire Ants Floating In Flooding From Harvey
Sanchit Jain 7 years ago
I don't even want to imagine the agony of creatures that will come in their way!
#38
Lightning Struck This Fishing Rod
#39
This Crab Claw Grew Another Smaller Claw
#40
Brave Patriot Bald Eagle Takes Down Wimpy Canadian Goose
criminalgirl 7 years ago
There is nothing wimpy about a Canadian goose! But size and talons make the difference.
#41
Gecko Eats His Own Tail
#42
Fatal Blow
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