25 Times Nature Was Downright Scary

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Prehistoric parasites. One of the most interesting crustacea we find along the South African coastline has to be the Tongue-eating louse (Cymothoa spingbok).

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The underworld is leaking.

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The wallago attu catfish

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The morning shoe check (before we put them on) saved my wife a bit of pain today.

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I freaked out a little when I met this while cross country skiing.

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The most metal eel ever.

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A baby bat stays latched onto its mother’s breast even in flight.

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Australian problems.

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These Button Plants look like creepy bloodshot eyes.

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For all the naysayers who think the rest of us are paranoid.

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The foot of a kangaroo.

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This is a Wolf Eel, pure oceanic nightmare fuel.

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Just here to ruin your day.

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Hawk making his way through town murdering every pidgeon he can. The total is up in the double digits so far.

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A huge Banana Spider caught a Townsend’s Big-Eared Bat in its web outside a home in Poteet, Texas.

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Fungi Xylaria Polymorpha aka D’ead man’s toes’.

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This guy says hi. He’s Mr Tapeworm and he had his photo taken with a microscope. Look at that toothy smile.

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Crazy looking hole punch clouds over central Florida.

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These clouds are insane! They look ominous but they’re actually harmless scud clouds.

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Moth infected with Cordyceps fungus.

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This is how my morning started...

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Acanthacorydalis fruhstorferi (Giant Chinese Dobson Fly).

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Butterflies feasting on a dead fish.

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Open Wide, Image of a Port Jackson Shark, one of our loveable critters found at Montague Island, NSW

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