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Seagull Riding On Another Seagull. Wait What?

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Author and behavioral scientist Coltan Scrivner, who is a research fellow at the Recreational Fear Lab at Aarhus University, and has pioneered the psychological study of morbid curiosity, says that our initial instinct is to avoid looking at these things because we fear that what we see will not be pleasant.

But just think of horror movies. There's a jump scare and the bad guy is on the screen. Half the audience covers their eyes in terror, while the other half is glued to the screen. However, even the people that are covering their eyes peak through their fingers from time to time to keep an eye on the killer.

Why do we do this? Why do we subject ourselves to fear and anxiety?

#3

A Small Herd Of Cows Found Their Way Into A Newly Built Home In Montana And Lived Inside For About A Month Before Being Noticed

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#4

A Guy Comes Back From Work To Find This In His Living Room

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#5

I Am Not In Danger. I'm The Danger

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To understand it, Scrivner suggests starting with real situations. "The car wreck story is a bit old and tired, but it's a good example because it's something that almost everyone has experienced and can intuitively understand," he writes.

"It's true for almost everyone that you don't want to see someone injured and you don't hope anyone died in the wreck. But, if they did, you do feel compelled to look at it."

#6

I Freaked Out A Little When I Met This While Cross Country Skiing

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#7

My Dad Cleans Out Hoarders Homes After They Pass Away. He Discovered This Collection Under All The Trash

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#8

Fell On A Gusset Plate At Work Years Ago

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#9

Sleep Outside, They Said... It'll Be Fun, They Said. I'm Never Sleeping Again

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Adrian 2 years ago

Better on the outside. Imagine leaving the tent door open.

116points

Brivid 2 years ago

They are completely harmless. I played with them as a kid. You should be much more afraid of mosquitoes or ticks.

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Squirrel Girl 2 years ago

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Scotira 2 years ago

x2

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Phillip Freeman 2 years ago

These are called Daddy Long Legs in the U.S. They are actually named Harvestmen and though they are arachnids they are not true spiders. There are over 6500 species of them and all of them can bite humans but none of them have venom glands. They rarely bite humans but if they did it would be painless. Cellar spiders are also called Daddy Long Leg spiders and are true spiders and actually have venom but it's very weak and not considered poisonous to humans. Their fangs are plenty long enough to bite humans, though they rarely do, but their venom is too weak to affect humans adversely. Some people call Crane flies Daddy Long Legs but they are not poisonous and not bite. Learn something. Look it up and be somebody.

29points

GoGoPDX 2 years ago

I learned some new stuff today! Thanks!

6points

Ara 2 years ago

Excellent explanation. We have crane flies in NZ too, and yes, everyone calls them daddy long legs. To the degree that I don’t know whether we have actual daddy long legs, or not.

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human? 2 years ago

They're also called daddy long legs here in australia too

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LavenderAxolotl 2 years ago

It doesn't make them any less terrifying!

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My O My 2 years ago

I'm never gonna sleep again...

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howdylee 2 years ago

Yup can confirm. I've been tent-camping exactly once in my life. Woke up to a congregation of daddy long legs above my head of the outside of the tent. They were presumably congregating above the body heat? Anyways... I screamed, ran out of tent, took tent down and shook it vigorously to fling those f*$#ers off, and wouldn't you know they all came running back to me/my tent! First and last time I'll ever go tent camping!

12points

Abdul Rahman Falih 2 years ago

what did u do when they came after you!!!!!!!!!

10points

Chris Liu 2 years ago

NOPE NOPE NOPE BURN IT BURN EVERYTHING

9points

Scarlett 2 years ago

Daddy long legs. Don’t worry, you’ll get at least one on your tent every time you go camping (hey, it’s better then the wolf spiders)

9points

Ranger Kanootsen 2 years ago

wolf spiders aren't TOO bad. it's funnel webs that scare me!

3points

Splash Bach 2 years ago

Burn it

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William Quinn 2 years ago

Harmless, ‘Daddy Longlegs’, not even a real spider & can’t bite anyway.

4points

A. Jones 2 years ago

I welcome them, it'll keep larger creepers away.

3points

Anton Kider 2 years ago

What's that ??!!

3points

Birgit M 2 years ago (edited)

They belong to the Harvestmen / Daddy Longleg species, but have not yet been formally described taxonomically. They are invasive in Central Europe and are thought to have spread by importing goods by ship. When I lived in the Ruhr Area (Germany) there were lots of them on the walls of my balcony. An old industrial ruin there is infested with them. They form clusters as you see in the picture and when they feel threatened they start bouncing. I was very happy to move to another region!

6points

Bored Batgirl 2 years ago

Why are they all congregated like that?

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Ranger Kanootsen 2 years ago

I think it's the body heat.

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Gretchen Barone 2 years ago

That's one load of nope right there!!

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Jeff‍ 2 years ago

Cool

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Cubbypotato 2 years ago

Fun fact: daddy long legs are one of if not the most venomous spiders. Don’t worry there fangs are too short to bite humans.

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Vonev Kalinsk 2 years ago

They aren't Spiders

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Jess-a-men 2 years ago

Fun fact: That's a myth. There are several species commonly called "daddy long legs", but the main contestants are crane flies (who have no venom at all and are actually incapable of biting), harvestmen (who also have no venom whatsoever) and the long-bodied cellar spider (does have venom, but that venom isn't very dangerous). The really interesting thing is that nobody seems to know where the "most venomous spider" thing came from. Apparently some guy just... said that once.

9points

Spinaap 2 years ago

both a myth, but a fun one to keep the kids from pulling their legs "for fun"

4points

Lem Johnson 2 years ago

A complete myth, they don't even have venom glands, nor are they spiders.

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dayedin. 2 years ago

A fun fact! Granddaddy Long Legs/Daddy Long Legs are actually one of the most venomous spider on the planet! Their mouths are just to small to bite humans, so that's why they're harmless! Their common name was also originally Harvestmen!

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Elyce 2 years ago

My arachnophobic azz can’t do this anymore

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Emma Mae Winiarski 2 years ago

I would just leave my tent and everything in it and never go back...

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Gemma jones 2 years ago

You know daddy long legs pre date dinosaurs. They’re fascinating creatures.

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laura lee 2 years ago

They don't hurt you tho

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B 🇺🇦🇨🇦 2 years ago

Those are just lil daddies! Y’all are pussies

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Jenna B. 2 years ago

Couldn't figure out what that was a first, then I sucked in a whole room full of air & went GAAAHHHH!

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Margrete Sonnenberg 2 years ago

Question is why are there so many in that spot.

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Elliebean13 2 years ago

They herd together

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Nicola Dimigen 2 years ago

NOPE

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Kipper 2 years ago

Not in a million years!

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L Venn 2 years ago

Here ya go... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWASwBWyUXI&t=42s&ab_channel=happysmurfday

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Spinaap 2 years ago

tbh, you must look like a god to these little buddies. You'll have to do some divine deeds to keep them happy :-)

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Pink Dahlia 2 years ago

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

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Queen Mab 2 years ago

Oh shoot me now.

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ᴇᴅᴇɴ 2 years ago

Nope.

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Deborah Harris 2 years ago

I'd be on my way home in seconds and leave the tent to the spiders ... Daddy long legs are flies not spiders and these look nothing like the UK ones ...

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Fraxinus excelsior 2 years ago

That was my thought too, UK daddy long legs fly,not crawl, and they come out of the ground.The larva ( leather jackets I believe) eat the roots of your lawn, hence sometimes you have dead patches in your grass.

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The lavender Fox 2 years ago

Burn it with fire

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the engineer 🇺🇦 1 year ago

BURN IT

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Gay-Trash-Panda 1 year ago

1. they look sweet 2. i like how nobody gives a c**p

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Hailey Mcgowan 2 years ago

why are they standing so close to it?!

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Mary 2 years ago

One morning we found caterpillars coating our tent. Just hit the sides and they dropped off.

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Mary 2 years ago

The itsy bitsy spiders went up the nylon tent. Down came the rain and washed the spiders out. Wait no.

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HuanAn1 HuanAn1 2 years ago

i love spiders but this one gives me the creeps.fuzzy thing

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Taryn Bailey 2 years ago

Hah. Friend found a black widow in his tent once.

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Hailey Mcgowan 2 years ago

I would die if I was their

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GramDB 2 years ago

OMG! WOW! OMG! WOW! OMG! WOW!

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Nancy Lynch 2 years ago

Was this in Australia? I wasn't planning on going there anyway.

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The Ghost of Glasgow 2 years ago

I think my heart just fell out of my a**e.

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Kensi 2 years ago

I would say goodbye to my stuff

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Adrian Chnaiderman 2 years ago

Ahahahahahaha, nope. Never. I'm never going camping agaib

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Miss Kat O 2 years ago

Why is everyone saying they're daddy long legs?! They are not daddy long legs!! I have no idea what they are but it's not daddy long legs!

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Vicko Fidelis 2 years ago

WHAT THE.... Bet it's australia

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Ellen Larkin 2 years ago

They are just daddy long legs and they won't hurt you

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Ruth Hempsey 2 years ago

Way back when we had a tent trailer for a few years. Folded down to travel and up to camp. If we stayed more than one day anywhere the inside became spider heaven. So, reading a few pages of a paperback to get sleepy and spiders run across the pillow. I used to spray the whole inside with bug killer every day that we were stopped. Inside my house they can live untouched, but not in my camp bed. Nope.

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Lisa Valen 2 years ago

That's quite...I don't even know.

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Alditekim 2 years ago

Daddies here...

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Lyone Fein 2 years ago

Looks like your tent protected you

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Ferry Silitonga 2 years ago

They are actually harmless

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Rainy Day Wolf 2 years ago

opiliones!!! so wobbly and cute

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François Carré 2 years ago

Come on, these guys are cute.

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Cindy Lartigue 2 years ago

I've not seen Daddy Long Leg spiders since I was 13 & my parents had a house built in the country. They are WAY more terrifying in person!

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AspieGirl88 2 years ago

Omg … fire. LOTS of fire!! 😭🔥🕷

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Jono 2 years ago

😱🙊💩🙈

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Bored bunny 2 years ago

my arachnophobia is acting up

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King Cheetah 2 years ago

Hans, bring ze Flemmenwerfer!

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Winter Eleven 2 years ago

If i say im going camping, then im being held at gunpoint

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Kurtis Karr 2 years ago

Grandaddy longlegs are harmless albeit creepy. When I was a kid I would sometimes grab a ball of them and throw them on my older sister as a joke. Sorry Sis!

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Leoninus Fate 2 years ago

Ah I see they sprang for the new NOPE! Pinata, too bad they did it over the tent

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Anthony Nizza 2 years ago

Oh HELL NO!!!

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callmekai 2 years ago

NOPE NOPE NOPETY NOPE

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Sue Denham 2 years ago

Aragog's great-grandkids.

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Mud spider 2 years ago

GET THE PLASTIC JARS DAVID

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Carole G. 2 years ago

Nope !

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Cyndielouwhoo 2 years ago

It took me a second to figure out these are spiders...

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Ton Kroon 2 years ago

Burn it

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RoseTheMad 2 years ago

BURN THEM OH MY GOD F*****G BURN THEM

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R D 2 years ago

I would leave everything and run!!

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NightmaresNope 2 years ago

JESUS THAT'S A LOT OF SPIDERS- I doubt they're venomous though. They look like Daddy Longlegs.

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Kalmar (she/her) 2 years ago

NO TOO MANY LEGS

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Mary Jeffries 2 years ago

The lady in the middle looks unhappy.

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Pepper Pots 2 years ago

OMG

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That's mainly due to the simple fact that our ancestors lived in dangerous places. "The world today can also be dangerous, but even the most basic treatments that are available today can severely decrease the seriousness of an injury. If you got injured 10,000 years ago (or even 100 years ago), your chances of surviving were far less than they are today with modern medicine," Scrivner explains.

"Even if the blood loss didn't kill you, an ensuing infection might. This placed a premium on avoiding danger—or at least avoiding the consequences of danger."

#10

John Wayne Gacy Did Construction For My Grandparents And We Found His Business Card While Going Through Some Stuff Today

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#11

Absolutely Chillin

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#12

I Have Been Losing My Mind Over How My Work Shoes Are Always Spotless In The Morning After Being Out On My Porch Overnight, I Wore Different Shoes To Work Last Night And I Found Out Why When I Came Home

I Have Been Losing My Mind Over How My Work Shoes Are Always Spotless In The Morning After Being Out On My Porch Overnight, I Wore Different Shoes To Work Last Night And I Found Out Why When I Came Home

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#13

Coconut Crabs Are Attracted To The Smell Of Food

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But to avoid danger, you must first know something about it. You have to recognize it. After all, the more you know about something, the better you can predict it. And the better you can predict it, the better you can deal with the consequences if it does occur.

"This is where curiosity steps in. I don't want to be in a car wreck myself to find out how bad a car wreck is. I also don't want someone else to be in a car wreck. But if they are, I do want to know how bad it is. This could inform my current decisions and behavior," Scrivner says.

#14

The Aftermath Of Recent Flooding In Germany

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#15

All The Brown You Can See Is Spiders

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#16

Just Learned That Standing This Close To A 380 Feet Waterfall Is A Thing (Devil's Pool - Victoria Falls)

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#17

The Actual Wtf?

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For example, if the car wreck is particularly gruesome, it might cause a person to slow down or be extra cautious the rest of the day, which will decrease the chances of the same unfortunate event happening to them. (If it's just a fender bender, it may not affect their driving behavior very much.)

#18

Found In Random Estate Sale Box - Pile Of Notepads Full Front And Back Of Obsessive Notes On The Next Door Neighbors Every Move. Meticulous Detail. Several Times A Day For Years

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#19

Found In Downtown Fresno, Ca. Someone Covered A Geo Metro With Pennies. Possibly Doubled The Value Of The Car

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#20

Not Just What The Fk But Why The Fk?!

Not Just What The F**k But Why The F**k?!

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#21

How About No?

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