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50 Times People Saw Something Odd In Nature And Shared It In This Online Community (New Pics)
If you suddenly feel like being drawn to nature more than ever before, you’re not alone. This new research from the RSPB, the UK's largest nature conservation charity, revealed huge public support, 4 in 5 people to be exact, for putting nature at the heart of coronavirus recovery plans for the government.
I mean, surviving the public health crisis made us all reevaluate our life choices, values and intentions. One of which became an almost universal realization that we need more self-care, more human connection, and more of Mother Nature.
So for anyone craving greenery, animals, and soul-soothing gifts of nature, we have this amazing compilation of pictures inspired by the r/MildlyInteresting subreddit. From an unbelievable desert bloom and frozen windscreen that looks like an award-winning shot of Everest glacier to incredible flowers and weird-shaped fruits, these are the curiosities of nature people have spotted and had little choice but to share them with others.
Scroll down to upvote your favorite ones and be sure to check out our previous posts with mildly interesting quirks of nature here and here.
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#1
Frost Pattern On A Car This Morning
Joanna Werman 4 years ago
Nature is so magical. That would make a beautiful lace design for fabric
s. vitkovitsky 4 years ago
Not me! But I've had very interesting patterns on my window where jumping spiders were stomping around, so perhaps the ice crystals bind to specks of matter, and then they continue to form where there's space, and according to water's molecular structure (snowflakes are six sided bc of this structure). I bet magnified, the crystals are not random.
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Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago
What it would someone days to painstakingly do, nature does without even trying.
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#2
The Way My Windscreen Froze
DUN DUN 4 years ago
Those are ice mountains and are human sized birds on a boat. Can't convince me otherwise.
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
I've only just noticed that they're birds, which makes it even more delightful
Load More Replies... Layla Corman 4 years ago
That looks like the most beautiful, peaceful and serene, untouched and unspoiled arctic landscape! People chilling in a boat enjoying the fresh, crisp air. I would sit in that car for hours looking at this. Even if I froze in the process.
LeighAnne Brown-Pedersen 4 years ago
Ice burgs and glaciers with a small boat, three dudes in a boat looking up.
Joanna Werman 4 years ago
A rare thing of beauty. That would look amazing printed on glass. Oh it is
#3
I Saw The End Of The Rainbow Today
Jyri Hakola 4 years ago
"yes officer, I slammed the brakes on to not overrun my pot of the gold, the guy behind me were driving just too close"
Layla Corman 4 years ago
How interesting that the spot in the road where it ends is bright gold! The light all converging on 1 spot must be why that "pot of gold" idea came from.
To find out more about the wonders of nature, Bored Panda reached out to David Taberner, a nature photographer and English teacher based in Boston, Massachusetts. You can check out his website “Decent Nature Photography” full of David’s mesmerizing shots of nature.
Taberner said that nature photography is the most recent iteration of nature-based hobbies for him. “My spare time has always been spent in nature in one way or another: from childhood walks through the woods to long-distance backpacking in my early 20s to daily dog walks around local conservation land in my adult life. I've always liked to take pictures with my phone, but it wasn't until my partner generously gave me a DSLR for Christmas that the world of photography opened up for me.”
#4
Yo These Vines In My Neighborhood Look Like An Elephant
Meredith Hill-Mulligan 4 years ago
Does anyone else remember the children's books about Babar the Elephant?
Alexei Arntzen 4 years ago
Kudzu is a funny thing to me. People eat it in Japan. But in the US people complain about food scarcity and spend time hacking and yelling at kudzu. I totally get that it's invasive and chokes out other plants, but it's still a little funny.
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#5
The Petals Of This Camellia Flower
Mazer 4 years ago
There is a FB page dedicated to the designs found in nature. This would make a great addition
Annemarie Mattheyse 4 years ago
There's a Reddit group called r/BotanicalPorn - well worth checking out!
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Peter Weir 4 years ago
science, evolution, fractals, math...simple to explain...or wait...magical guy with special powers thats its
#6
My Aunts Cat Has The Word No Circled In His Fur Pattern
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
When your cat really, REALLY doesn't like being touched in a certain place
Vicky Z 4 years ago
Yes is written only on dogs and more specifically "oh yes yes that's the spot"😅😅
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The photographer also said that he hopes to one day use his photography to encourage conservation. “I often wonder to what degree sharing my images online harms rather than helps. Instagram pages like mine are full of beautiful images of wild animals and unspoiled landscapes, which may lead the viewer to imagine that all is well in the natural world. The truth is, things are far from okay; every day more habitat is lost to development and more carbon is emitted,” he explained. Taberner also said that the trick for him right now is “figuring out how to not perpetuate the illusion that all is well, but instead be an ally to the natural world.”
#7
This Cat That Lives At The Parking Lot At My Job Has Extra Toes
Rebekah Krause 4 years ago
How has this kitty not been taken home? If I saw him living in a parking lot he would definitely be a parking lot kitty no more
Kay blue 4 years ago
My cat has extra beans but not quite that many. We're really in trouble once they develop opposable thumbs.
Anonymous User 4 years ago
Why does a cat live in a parking lot??? He's clearly friendly, take him home or to a shelter!
Monica A. M. 4 years ago
My gramma had a Hemingway named Lefty. He was mean as sin
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#8
5 Day Old Hedgehogs
Panda Kicki 4 years ago
Looks like the spikes just started to harden. We had hedgie babies at the shelter, firsts days the spikes was so soft. Glad mama didnt have to delver spike balls :D
#9
This Stray Cat In Our Neighborhood Has A Perfect White Mustache
Bexxxxx 4 years ago (edited)
I had to Google that! For others: TNR means “trap-neuter-return.” It’s a strategy to manage feral cat population and health. They humanely trap the cat, neuter/spay and vaccinate it, clip the tip off the ear (humanely under anesthesia and they keep the cat around until the wound has healed properly) to indicate that it’s been fixed and vaxxed, and return the cat to where it was living. Neat!
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Shannon Whitmer 4 years ago
Fun fact! That ear tip taken off is the universal sign that he has been spayed/neutered and vaccinated by a local strays organization!
Lsai Aeon 4 years ago
I'm a vet nurse, I've worked with a veterinarian that provides this service. The cats are properly anesthetized for the spay/neuter and the ear clip. They are also kept in a clinic or shelter and cared for until they are completely healed. At least that's how we did it. Notched ears are easy to see from a distance, tattoos are not and collars are easily removed by the cats.
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When asked what it is about nature that makes it such a magical place like no other, Taberner said that it's hard to express in words. He explained: “Waking up early and walking down a trail, away from the cars & concrete that I'm normally surrounded by, feels like a return or a homecoming. When I'm in the woods, I try to shut off the chatter in my brain and instead turn outward. I suppose it's a sort of meditation: what can I see, hear, smell, and feel? Focusing on my senses makes me feel more connected to the forest, is good for my mental health, and is extremely helpful from a photography standpoint, both in terms of finding compositions and noticing wildlife.”
“I don't think there's a doubt that people have grown distant from nature. Our alienation from nature is best illustrated by the very term ‘nature,’” Taberner told us. “We conceive of nature as something other than ourselves, a place that we can visit from time to time, but not something that we are part of or live in.”
#10
This Geode Looks Like A Ocean Waves On The Beach
Bjarne McDonald 4 years ago
If you turn it upside down, it's a calm ocean with an island and a beautiful sky
Bored Birgit 4 years ago
Yes, and yes, I turned my device upside down for proof.
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#11
My Rhododendron Looks Like It's Trying To Run Off
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
For some reason I imagine it running down the road going "meep meep"
#12
I Saw Some Ants Carrying A Glove Up A Lamp
Mazer 4 years ago
Scientists are studying why ants are attracted to some plastics that do not contain food or other nutrients
Monday 4 years ago
They're collecting different clothing bits so they can eventually make a full outfit, stuff it full of themselves and pretend to be a human, so they can just go into a shop and buy what they want.
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Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Foreant: "Keith, Mike, a bit more to the right! Barry, for the fifth time, no, you can't have a bathroom break! And will you bastards sitting ON the glove get off and start pushing"
Vicky Z 4 years ago
"Come on you guys!!! We have a pandemic to stop cause stupid hoomans did stupid things again!! Next level we have to take a mask!!
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That must take an amazing amount of teamwork. If we humans could harness that, we'd either save the work or destroy the universe.
Gandalf the Pink 4 years ago
Some insects love electrical components and prefers living in them, they might have a nest up there, it's really fascinating.
Layla Corman 4 years ago
The teamwork going on here should really teach some human "teams" quite a lesson.
The nature photographer believes that just getting people out into nature is not as simple as it sounds. “Even among nature lovers, there seems to be a disconnect between our appreciation of nature and the often thoughtless consumption that is an everyday part of American life, including my own,” he added.
Taberner believes that although he spends so much of his time admiring the natural world, he also knows that he participates in the destruction of it with almost every purchase he makes. “The fact is, our economic system is based on the exploitation of people and the natural world. Until we transition to a sustainable, just economy, our disconnect from nature—regardless of what you or I do as individuals—will simply be baked into our way of life,” he commented.
#13
My Cat Has One Little Curly Whisker
a_smol_berry 4 years ago
WTF polar bear. That was fully un called for and out of no where.
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Kakofonyx 4 years ago
That's not a whisker and that's not your cat anymore. The aliens abducted it and have installed a probe.
Kona Pake 4 years ago
Earth cats have three whiskers above each. Alien cats have three whiskers above one and two above the other.
Tisha Breaux 4 years ago
Definitely... or it might be partially obstructed by a scab or something
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The Inside Of This Tree Looks Like A Fish
Carol Emory 4 years ago (edited)
It's very possible that a fish is what started it's growth. Eagles and bears will sometimes drop fish in the woods. If there are pinecones or seeds under the fish, it can spur growth from all the nitrogen released by the decaying fish.
Layla Corman 4 years ago
I'm amazed at how nature imitates nature! It is beautiful and incredible! 🌳🐟
Christina Uhlir 4 years ago
I prefer this tree standing. Living trees are far more beneficial to any animal, including human animal, than dead trees; however, only animals understand that.
#15
Our New Kitty Has 24 Toes
For those who’re wondering, the day of the nature photographer starts, as Taberner says, “painfully early” since animals are typically most active at dawn. “I wake up painfully early to get to a location where I'll have a good chance of seeing wildlife. A lot of effort and patience goes into this type of photography, from planning to scouting to trail cams to sitting in a blind for hours at a time waiting for an animal to show up.”
#16
This Bumble Bee Lined Up Perfectly With The Stitches On My Shoe
Dani Alexander 4 years ago
He has the same happy look that I had when I discovered doc martins lol
Layla Corman 4 years ago
Good thing he wore his black and yellow sweater that day! (Bee Movie joke).
#17
My Grandad Showing Off His Gigantic Homegrown Cabbage
renee brack 4 years ago
I think it may be more accurate to say your giant cabbage grew some grandad legs.
Demongrrrrl 4 years ago
It looks like your cabbage is about to run off with the rhododendron from above.
#18
I Was Taking A Panorama Picture Of A Tree In Georgia And It Started Raining Halfway Through
Nazda Pokmov 4 years ago
It rains like that in Florida all the time....half on one side of the street and nothing on the other side...
Vicky Z 4 years ago
I've only experienced this weird thing once! Was waiting for a friend standing on a pavement and my friend came from the opposite pavement where it was raining while i was completely dry!! So strange
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Jill Tremblay 4 years ago
I absolutely love the looks of these trees in GA and FL. Beautiful Beasts.
Deborah Bruno 4 years ago
Good shot! What kind of tree is that? Google what percent of the any tree is alive.
When asked about his favorite memory of taking pictures in nature, Taberner recounted: “One day I went for a walk with my partner at a location where I had spent several early mornings looking for wildlife without any luck. I assumed that we wouldn't see any wildlife because it was midday, but within twenty minutes, we witnessed a family of otters eating fish on the bank of the pond and a porcupine bumbling down the trail, totally unbothered by our presence.”
It was a special moment for Taberner that’s hard to forget. “I felt so humbled like the natural world was playing a joke on me, almost as if it was laughingly saying, ‘sorry, did you think you knew something about how I work?’ I also loved that my partner was able to share in the wonder and excitement that I feel when I see animals, wild and free, in their natural habitat,” he concluded in an interview.
#19
The Way The Light Hits This Spiderweb Makes It Look Like A Cd-Rom
Vicky Z 4 years ago
It is a cd! The spiders were annoyed by the f*****g pigeons😅😅
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Ricky Moore 4 years ago
Admit it, its been YEARS since you heard CD-ROM in a sentence?...lol...
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Daria B 4 years ago
Didn't know it ran on CDs.... that explains everything
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#20
The Variety Of Colors In The Eggs My Friend’s Chickens Laid
Bron 4 years ago
Different coloured chickens lay different coloured eggs. My egg cartons look like that (including the green/blue ones) and various sizes because I have a wide variety of chooks.
Kira Okah 4 years ago
Different breeds of chicken, not colours. Tw different breeds could both be brown but one lays brown eggs and the other blue.
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MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
Reminds me of that one epsiode on Little House on The Prairie where Carolyn tries to sell her eggs to the Olsen Mercantile but Mrs.Olsen refused full price for the brown eggs. Wonder how it would have gone down with other colours lol.
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
I have to eat these in a certain order because I am quite peculiar. Whites first, then beige and brown, then greens, and finally if I was lucky enough to get any, the blues go last. Don't ask me why.
Allen Lavine 4 years ago
You can tell the color egg a chicken will lay by the color of there ear
#21
This Rainbow Vine Started Growing In My Backyard
Hadesdaughter 4 years ago
You smoke it you turn gay. *picks up four cigs*
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Memere 4 years ago
Yes, we had some along our backyard fence at our old house, I think the neighbor behind us planted it. In just a few years, it was growing in our front yard like crazy! It spreads underground.
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#22
This Tomato Looks Like A Rubber Duckie
Grady'sRaider 4 years ago
Calcium deficiency. Put crushed egg shells or agricultural limestone in the earth with your plants.
#23
Red Corn From Georgia
E Menendez 4 years ago
Looks amazing. There are so many varieties of corn. So sad we are stuck in yellow, sweet corn. But that is the same for so much produce.
Vicky Zar 4 years ago
Like potatoes! There are purple ones and Red too I think. And there is purple and green cauliflower and yellow and purple carrots... And have you ever tasted black/ green tomatoes? They are the best!
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Dre Mosley 4 years ago
I like it. Some Mexican restaurants have red corn based tortilla chips too.
cb !!! 4 years ago
that looks identical to a pomegranate... i wonder if it's just some very good photoshop
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
Nope, they're real. Like weird little pumpkins/calabash, the other-colour corn cobs are mostly sold as novelty/decoration!
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Jessica Cifelli 4 years ago
Is the taste different from yellow or white corn? Would it make red popcorn?
Marianne Luginbuhl 4 years ago
No taste difference. Popcorn is always white. I used to grow colored popcorn, yellow white blue red. It's pretty but no real difference to actual corn.
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The Beautiful Tail On This Lizard I Saw
Mazer 4 years ago
Skink, not lizard. They are fast little buggers, glad you got a cooperative one
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
That's a skink. When he gets older, his tail won't be blue, but the stripes on head will turn red.
Mushroomlover 4 years ago
If you try to grab that tail to catch him, you will end up with just a tail and he will grow a new one!
Kim Bush 4 years ago
Yep, these were plentiful when I was a kid, but don't see them very much anymore.
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Blue-tailed skink. It's the juvenile form of three species of skink. Five stripes, blue tail, it's a skink that'll probably be a redhead when adult, possibly a broadhead, and I cqn't recall the third, but my cats love 'em. I rescue skinks a *lot*... they like my enclosed porch, which is my cats' territory, and, well, y'know.
#25
Our Cookout In Gatlinburg, Tn Was Interrupted By A Bear Who Sat Just Like A Human At The Picnic Table While He Finished Off Our Food
Layla Corman 4 years ago
I really want to know if he picked chips out of that bag 1 by 1. I'm definitely imagining it happening like that!
#26
Believe This Might Be A Lightning Strike On A Concrete Sidewalk
#27
Tiny Octopus I Found Inside A Seashell!
Joanna Werman 4 years ago
You have excellent awareness skills. They have excellent camouflage skills
#28
The Ghost Deer That Patrols Our Neck Of The Woods
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
I hope it fares better than the white stag shot dead by the police in a Lancashire town three months ago
LittleWombat 4 years ago
It's piebald deer friend is pretty unusual too!! What a special picture with 2 unusual deer!!!!!
Layla Corman 4 years ago
In Upstate NY, there is a large group of albino deer that are protected. No one knows why so many albino deer ended up in this 1 spot but they are incredible to see when all together!
Kim Bush 4 years ago
Seems to be a true albino, with pink nose and all (luckily it doesn't seem to have affected his eyes). White deer will still have the common black nose, etc.
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The World's Most Dangerous Plant!
Big Blue Cat 4 years ago
But with pregnancy the real pain starts after the nine moths and lasts a lifetime
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Kelli Pike 4 years ago
Gympie gympie! These things have literally driven people to suicide! Horses that touch or eat them have been observed RUNNING OFF OF CLIFFS! They are NOT joking about how deadly this is!
Michelle Carlson 4 years ago
How many people have reached through the wire? You know that is a non-zero number.
Sasquatch The Almighty 4 years ago
"A non-zero number" that's brilliant and made me lol :)
Load More Replies... Braineating Spleen 4 years ago
Holy s***. I cut a huge one of these down last week. Thank the flying spaghetti monster I didn't sting myself
Karen Grace 4 years ago
That's the perverse part of human nature. The part that bristles at being told no.
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Scarlett 4 years ago
Didn’t some poor officer in the 1800’s wipe his butt with one of these and ended up killing himself because of the pain?
ZAPanda 4 years ago
this thing looks really ordinary. How on earth do you avoid bumping into it when going for a walk etc? Basically every second plant in my garden looks like that.
somebody you don't know 4 years ago
welcome to Australia 😁 where the real deadly stuff looks normal or you can't see it at all....
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#30
This Tree I Found Grows Into Itself
#31
I Made A Bird Friend Yesterday
Christine Peverley 4 years ago
Which is far worse than the sociable Candida Albicans, but not as messy as the Cantdodo Albicannots
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Donkey boi 4 years ago
Me too (back in June). We're still the best of friends. Her name is Derrick. DSC_0300-6...315076.jpg 
Dani Alexander 4 years ago (edited)
Omg give me tips. I would to have a bird friend, so much better than a boyfriend. “Men too much headache”
D K 4 years ago (edited)
Ha! That “men too much headache” was one of my favorite BP posts of all time 😆
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Patrick McKemie 4 years ago
Aren't all "birds" merely spy devices used by the illuminatii to distract us from the giant death star they are building behind the moon?
Donkey boi 4 years ago
Just a few points. Firstly, no. We tried to convince the birds to help us but they were already under contract (wouldn't say who with). Secondly, 'Giant Death Star' is what happens when you put the name to a vote on the 17th of March. It's real purpose is to provide us members with better Wifi globally so we can send abuse to those darn Masons. Finally, construction was completed last year. The pandemic freed up a lot of time for us!
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#32
This Swirly Dandelion I Found
Melissa Morse Tolentino-Potter 4 years ago
Its a dandelion from a Dr Suess book. Does a who live on the dandelion?
Chris Scritchfield 4 years ago
I was thinking the lorax might visit over picking it
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#33
Perfectly Round Rock I Found At The Beach
SomePeopleCallMeMaurice 4 years ago (edited)
I once found a perfectly shaped heart stone in the surf. It was a long, lonely stretch of beach in California, so I’m sure it wasn’t planted there. After that, I kept finding roughly hear shaped stones all the time!
Denise Wads 4 years ago
They are finding these on The Curse of Oak Island and are gun/cannon balls.
#34
The Gradient This Clump Of Blueberries Makes
Layla Corman 4 years ago
Oh man this makes me miss blueberry season terribly! I love eating myself sick in the fields!
#35
This Rock Looks Like A Decapitated Dragon's Head
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Sorry, I can't help myself: the head is severed, the body is decapitated
Chris Lew 4 years ago
The title is technically correct because decapitated is the adjective for Dragon not head. As in, the decapitated dragon's severed head. But yes.
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#36
I Found Glacier Water So Clear You Can Barely See It
Sue Sanders 4 years ago
I haven't seen natural water this clear since the early fifties. Yes, I'm old; no need to make further note of the fact.
#37
This Big Ass Leaf. Wife For Scale
Layla Corman 4 years ago
Looks like some type of palm, but does anyone know what kind of leaf that actually is?
#38
A Salt Crystal I Grew At Home
Bexxxxx 4 years ago
When a mommy salt and a daddy salt love each other very much…
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Tami 4 years ago
I've seen those in a bottle of fish sauce that's been in the fridge for awhile.
s. vitkovitsky 4 years ago
My fish sauce salt crystal was three roundish bits stuck together, from small to large, and looked like a snowman.
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#39
Found This Fossil Today
John Baker 4 years ago
Elrathia kingii. One of the most common trilobite fossils, but not usually this nicely preserved. Great find.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
FTW. They're everywhere some places, but that's a beauty of a specimen!
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Lech Dąbrowski 4 years ago (edited)
Man, I always wanted in a place where you could just 'find' fossils or interesting minerals. Living in Central Europe (far from any mountains) I can find such things only in stores.
M M 4 years ago
Try Holzmaden by KirchheimTeck in Germany. They have a place where you can go and collect ammonites. You pa entrance fee and take as meny as you like.
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#40
My Grandfather Had A Red-Headed Woodpecker Land On His Leg
Newsies forever!! 4 years ago
actually its name is the redbellied woodpecker. its weird because it's head is more red than it's belly
Troux 4 years ago
Was going to say this. I was disappointed when I learned their name and then found they barely have a splotch of pink. I'd be worried about that guy's leg though. They STAB.
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Archer Harris 4 years ago
That is actually not a red-headed woodpecker. It is a red-belled woodpecker and they like to eat things off the ground.
JuniorCJ82 4 years ago
Red-Bellied Woodpecker (yes, yet another wierdly named bird). She's beautiful.
#41
Found This ‘Veiled Lady’ Mushroom On A Hike This Morning Near Seoul, South Korea
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Something tells me that picking this mushroom could result in supernatural vengeance
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
Next challenge on Project Runway. Make an avant garde garment direct from nature. This is the winner.
AquaFox Gaming 4 years ago
Why does it look like one of the plants from guardians of the galaxy just a different colour
#42
My Driveway Tomato Doing Well
Scagsy 4 years ago
I've planted tomatoes, cultivated them with love and great care, watering every day under perfect conditions and NOT ONE of them has come out as happy and fruitful as this one IN A DRIVE. Hmph. I've been happier.
Big Blue Cat 4 years ago
I came to say this. Damnit, I'll just drop some tomato seeds on concrete next spring.
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Cybele Spanjaard 4 years ago
Bless Mum Natures wonderful courage and thanks for allowing it to grow to its full like cycle.They look like Tiny Tims, A snack on the way to work.
Johanna 4 years ago (edited)
Ive had a watermelon growing in between the plates on our terrace. The melons ive seeded didnt grow because this years summer was too cold. But the one that was growing was from an storebought watermelon which seeds where spitten by my children. 🤣 Sadly it died when the frost came.
Jane Alexander 4 years ago
I cut into a tomato with tiny tomato plants in it again this year. We grew plants from last years and I have started plants from this ones.
#43
Excessive Rain Resulted In Huge Blueberries
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
I've noticed the blueberries at the store have been unusually big.
Teresa Spanics 4 years ago
That is normal here on the West Coast of Canada.
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Neighbors Tree Was Struck By Lightning, It Now Blooms In Different Stages
Purple light 4 years ago
This not caused by lightning, it's got a graft that is the wrong type of tree. Happens often with this kind of yrees. Basically it is just two types of trees in one, created by humans on accident or on purpose.
A B C 4 years ago
I hate that this picture gets reposted with that stupid lightning story over and over again. Thanks for clarifying what we see here.
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Kevin Donegan 4 years ago
I don't know about the "hit by lightening" story. It looks like this tree was grafted with a different species which is rather common.
H Edwards 4 years ago
Also nonsense, this is a grafted tree and nothing to do with lightning.
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Justin Dubber 4 years ago
It's grafted so the male cherry tree can polinate with the female enduring cherries! No lightning.
Meredith Hill-Mulligan 4 years ago
There's a tree in (I think) Japan that has so many grafted limbs similar to that. I think it has 49 'extra limbs'.
Microwaved Robot 4 years ago
We had a row of Red rose bushes that separated our yard from the neighbors. I had a biking accident with the last bush closest to the sidewalk. Both I and the bush were mangled. Next year when the roses bloomed, that one bloomed White.
helen gray 4 years ago
I thought you were going to say roses grew out of your ears!
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#45
I Found A Bunch Of Rocks On A Beach And Organized Them By Color
GC 4 years ago
I would put them in a plexi frame and hang it on the wall. I think it's cool. I hate when people say things like, "you need a hobby." That's such a rude thing to say. As if what you've done is unworthy. I think it's nice.
#46
This Weird Lemon That Grew On Our Lemon Tree
Joe Reaves 4 years ago
I like how they gave us a normal lemon for comparison, in case we weren't sure what lemons usually look like.
Jessica Marino 4 years ago (edited)
Joe, I get you. I wish I could upvote this comment more.
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Lemon on left: "Look, son, I know you're going through a rebellious phase, but this could damage your health"
Joanna Werman 4 years ago
There's a relative to lemon called hand of Buddha or something like that. Looks like one of the fingers
Thomas E S Thomas 4 years ago
That's called a natural lemon. Humans altered the genetics to get to the one on the left.
#47
Went To See A Volcano That Is Only A Couple Of Kilometres Away From My Home. This Volcano Has Been Erupting For The Past Months In Iceland
Luther von Wolfen 4 years ago
There are different kinds of volcanic eruptions. Some are explosive; others are slow. I think you can watch slow volcanoes in Hawaii as well.
Virginia Green (she/her) 4 years ago
yes you the eruptions in hawaii are slower and you can quite literally "walk away from"
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#48
These Large Pumpkins I Saw On The Freeway
#49
My Son Was Born With A Black Spot Of Hair In His Blonde Hair. It Grows In Black, And There Is No Birth Mark Or Discoloration Under It
Juririn 4 years ago
I have the same, too, and it turned from blonde to orange with age. My son has a spot with white hair since childhood.
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#50
The Sand In Tahoe Is Magnetic And Stuck To My Phone
Mazer 4 years ago
Tahoe, has several types of iron oxides plus pyrite, and magnetite in its sand — all of which will be attracted to the magnets on the back of an iPhone. Technically the iPhones magnets attracted the minute metals in the sand not visa versa. Still neat. I lived on the Westshore, Tahoe is truly a magical place
Kona Pake 4 years ago
We were trying to keep it a secret from the mining corporations, but you blew it.
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Jennie-Lind Normand 4 years ago
I remember as a kid playing with magnets in the sandbox at school and collecting iron filings! (Ottawa valley)
Load More Replies... Marianne Luginbuhl 4 years ago
This works on the beaches in Michigan too. Iron is still mined in MI there's a ton in our water.
ZAPanda 4 years ago
only iron compounds (and to a much lesser extent, I think nickel) are magnetic.
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A Hummingbird Chilled On My Phone Today
KombatBunni 4 years ago
Maybe trying to send a tweet! I’ll see myself out..
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#52
These Insect Eggs Look Like Little Smiley Faces
#53
Wild Horses In My Neighbor’s Yard This Morning (Nv)
Memere 4 years ago
I was just going to say the same - they look very well fed & groomed with those shiny coats!
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It looks to me like some kiddos got loose from their stable. Nothing looks wild there to me....
#54
This Tiny Banana I Harvested Today
Patrick McKemie 4 years ago
How adorable would watching a tiny monkey eating the tiny banana be?
debrina blackmoon 4 years ago
Like this pygmy marmoset! Pygmy-marm...9a71cd.jpg 
Crazy Meerkat Lady 4 years ago
Should have used it in a couple of pictures to make things look huge
#55
This Pretty Large Dragonfly We Found
Mazer 4 years ago
Imagining them with a six foot wing span is mind blowing. Best, most successful hunters on the planet
#56
This Bag Of Grass Seed I Left Out For A Couple Months
Stephanie IV 4 years ago
The seeds might have bonded and created a mat from which they sprouted.
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Caught A Shiny Lobster
#58
The Windows Xp Wallpaper Is Now A Vineyard
Mazer 4 years ago
I live not far from here. This scene could be found along Highway 121/12 on Sonoma county. Unfortunately the entire area, including a historical nearby Dairy went up in flames in 2017. The photo was snapped by Charles O'Rear, a former National Geographic photographer who was trolling for green hillsides on a January day in 1998.
#59
Had A Praying Mantis Nest Hatch By My Front Door!
Mama Panda 4 years ago
I love these little critters! They eat all of the nasty insects like spiders and roaches and wasps to name a few.
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
They'll first eat each other until there's 10 or so left, then disperse.
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Oh wow! We had one in our bathroom (of all places) once. Luckily we realised what it was and left it in peace until they hatched. It was quite special.
ElenaK 4 years ago (edited)
Are they ? I know they bite , or sting not sure, but it hurts!
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#60
We Caught A Critically Endangered Sunflower Sea Star In Our Crab Trap (Orcas Island, Wa)
Seabeast 4 years ago
Original poster: "I’m not sure what you’re supposed to do, but we didn’t touch it and put it back as soon as we could. I shared the photo with neighbors who work in ocean science and they said we did the right thing."
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It says "critically endangered", I'm sure they put it back people, sheesh
Owen Murray 4 years ago
idk why but that looks like something you shouldn't touch. Bright colors in nature usually mean "don't touch I will kill you"
Julie 4 years ago
This is outrageous but in theory if they had dissected the sea star into pieces, (carefully keeping a part of the central disc attached to each pieces)...it would regenerate...and one sea star would become several. Coincidentally my son is learning in Science all of the different phylums and species and we read how certain sea stars were considered a nuisance to fisherman, who would cut them up and throw them back into the water. Their efforts had the opposite effect they hoped for because all those pieces would regenerate and the population of sea stars exploded.
#61
A Spiral Cucumber Grew In My Garden
#62
This Pepper Looks Like It’s Challenging Me To Fisticuffs In 1820
Snorkeldorf 4 years ago
You could sell that to the company that does heartburn medicine commercials.
#63
This Perfectly Aligned Sunset
Dinky Toy 4 years ago
I know where this is: Katwijk aan Zee - the Netherlands https://goo.gl/maps/8MAP3CEQ3Fmw5L3g6
And I don't even live here... just don't ask. Meerburgka...a3d518.jpg 
Allen Lavine 4 years ago
I don't know where this is but they respect the parking laws where I live cars park where ever they stop
#64
This Forgotten Bike That Grew Into A Tree
#65
A Massive Lunar Moth I Found Outside
#66
The Time I Saw That Cloud Formation That Looked Like A World Map
Chinmayee Kalghatgi 4 years ago
Asia along with europe and south america while africa, australia and north america are gone
Stoopham McFernybabes 4 years ago
Australia’s there, it’s just gone a bit…odd
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Esees 4 years ago
It’s a prophecy. Just kidding, because then europe would fall to.
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#67
I Gave A Carrot To A Caterpillar This Morning And When I Returned It Had Turned Orange And Started Pooping Carrot
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
I really want it to defy genetics and turn into a bright orange butterfly
Chris Scritchfield 4 years ago
That kinda happened to my daughter. She loved carrots and ate enough to develop an orange pigmentation. She was two at the time. And sadly my wife wouldn't let me dye here hair green.
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Caroline Nagel 4 years ago
I used to have a guinea pig that I gave a lot of carrots; the white patches of its fur turned orange.
#68
Found Amethyst Pieces In A New Gravel Driveway
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Wasn't this here on another thread yesterday? And it's probably purple fluorite, just an FYI, but whatever, still very pretty!
Kristin Ingersoll 4 years ago
Welcome to Bored Panda. You will see if on about 60 other lists over the next few years. And each one will post it like it's brand new!
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#69
This Mini Greenhouse From The Turtle Shell Lid To My Son's Sandbox
Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago
Wow that's so cool, every time I accidentally leave a lid like that on the lawn, I end up with a yellow patch!
M O'Connell 4 years ago
That happens in the summer due to overheating. Judging by the rest of the grass in this picture, it's late fall or early spring. This grass has either gotten an extended stay, or a head start.
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Purple Rain Tonight
#71
These Beans From My Garden
#72
Found A Very Tall Sunflower, I’m 5’10 For Comparison
RandomHumanBean 4 years ago
my neighbors have a ton that reach the second floor window :) there so cool
#73
This Tree Inside 7eleven
BusLady 4 years ago
"Son, if you come to work here, one of your jobs will be to water the tree."
#74
Housekeeping Staff Found An Owl In The Room Of A Guest That Checked-Out Yesterday
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
These things happen. I'll never forget the time I left my pack of beagles in a Holiday Inn
Gaya Knust 4 years ago
Pfft. Muggles! Don't they know if the owl hasn't got an answer from a letter they'll wait until the wizard/witch gives it??
#75
A Moth Landed On My Arm And Was Chillin There Long Enough We Were Able To Snag A Picture
#76
This Cicadia I Found Looks Like It Has The McDonald's Logo On Its Head
Chinmayee Kalghatgi 4 years ago
“Please put me down sir, i have to take your dog’s order which is probably me”
#77
The View From My Bedroom During And After A Thick Fog
#78
100+ Year Old Clam From The Great Barrier Reef
#79
I Found A Weed Plant Growing Out Of The Concrete
Hadesdaughter 4 years ago
You would get more high smoking a chocolate chip cookie then wild weed
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#80
Earth Worm With Two Tails
Chris Scritchfield 4 years ago
You know segmented worms have the highest a**s to body ratio https://www.livescience.com/marine-worm-with-100-butts.html
#81
One Of The Carrots In My Garden Decided To Put All Its Energy Into The Stem And Leaves, With Almost No Actual Carrot
AnnaBanana 4 years ago
Happens to me EVERY time I plant carrots. Why are they so damned hard to grow??
François Carré 4 years ago
The soil was probably too hard for the root to develop, plant did what it could to live all the same.
#82
These Ants Made A Neighborhood
Shelli Aderman 4 years ago
George forgot where the front door was, so they kept making new ones! 🤣
ZAPanda 4 years ago
we get these and shortly after, mushrooms appear. Apparently the ants like the spores. IMG_1592-6...c5b677.jpg 
Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
*all the ants get out of the nest* *sid meier's railroads sawmill noises*
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#83
This Triangle Shaped Rock I Found
Joanna Werman 4 years ago
Very peculiar. I've been taught that triangles are found in nature. Good one
Patrick McKemie 4 years ago
Cool, I once found a stick that was a perfect 2 by 4. I was at a Lowes Hardware store.
#84
Giant Lemon Off Our Tree
#85
My Mate Actually Made A Comfortable Grass Couch
#86
Shrivelled Garlic That Kind Of Looks Like Bird With No Legs
#87
This Unusually Straight Banana
#88
My Cherry Tomato Turned Over An Had A Naturally Made Number On It
KatHat 4 years ago
That's a skin split; happens when the tomatoes have started ripening and get more water than usual (usually from rain, though it can happen just from regular watering). If you have even slightly ripened tomatoes on the vine and a storm is coming, go and pick them - they'll ripen fine inside (don't put them in the fridge) but they'll probably split if you leave them. I know all this from experience :)
KatHat 4 years ago
No, a skin split - once ripening starts, the skin has no more flex left in it, so if it gets more water at any point the skin splits (earlier, before ripening, the skin would just grow a little bigger to accommodate the water).
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Took This Pic Of The Blood Moon Australia Is Currently Experiencing
Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago (edited)
Very unlikely. Venus always appears close to our sun, is only really visible near sunrise or sunset and would be much bigger than that. It's just a star.
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AnnaBanana 4 years ago
That's an awesome pic! Puts the ones I took to utter shame. But I loved experiencing a blood moon, it was fabulous!
Shalini Pabreja 4 years ago (edited)
Biggest brightest blood moon I saw was in Pune, India. Went on for two hours, beautiful red color, then turned a bright white, like skin peeling off a fruit. Breathtaking. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR9FrJy0hBmURBNBWTBrJgBduvhzX7In0pVYQ&usqp=CAU
#90
A Classroom In My University Has A Tree Growing Inside Of It
A B C 4 years ago
After that, woodworking class. After that, botany class is canceled for the rest of the semester.
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#91
Inside Of This Tomato Looks Like A Perfect Strawberry
#92
My Rose Bush Has A Really Good Looking Rose That Bloomed
#93
This Snail With Cracked Shell, Who Mistook The Crack For The Aperture And Now Crawls Around Like That
Debra Timah 4 years ago
would be interesting to see if it grows more, and how it adds shell for that
#94
This Nike That We Found While Hiking
#95
Tannins From The Spruce And Peaty Soil Looks Like Blood
#96
Old Cars Becoming The River Bank
#97
There's A Strange Looking Fungus Growing In This Barrel In My Boyfriend's Back Yard
Mama Panda 4 years ago
It's not slime mold, it's bacteria. It's a pellicle. There was something else in the barrel other than water and it's interacting with it.
#98
This Morning I Found A Bat Sleeping In My Window... Inside The Screen
Wouldiwas Shookspeared 4 years ago
Probably no one’s going to read this but be VERY careful around bats they carry rabies and if you get bitten by one even if you think it might not have broken the skin go to a hospital for rabies shots asap hopefully within 24 hours
Joe Reaves 4 years ago
Depends where you live. However, they're also often endangered and you could get in trouble handling one that is endangered, so it's best to contact a local wildlife organisation.
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Gandalf the Pink 4 years ago
Oouff im jüste a tired fellow whos gonma take a little nappe right here
Maddy_BobaTea 4 years ago
that cocky son of a b*tch brings the world to its knees from covid and then has the audacity to just chill in your door......assh*le
#99
Found A Piece Of Rock That Looks Like A Steak
#100
Australian Flood Waters Meet The Ocean
Braineating Spleen 4 years ago
This was a hectic flood. I was there and the mud and grime left when the flood waters receded was the worst part
#101
This Toe, With It's Own Toe, Complete With It's Own Nail
Dr Alison Mantell 4 years ago
Not good. Please see a doctor as soon as possible. Remember Bob Marley?
Z Alexi 4 years ago
When Bob Marley died [at age 36], they found 19 different species of lice in his dreadlocks. He died of acral lentiginous melanoma. Were they eating his scalp?
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Saw A Live Snake In The Local Goodwill Store
Snorkeldorf 4 years ago
So, is it for sale? I wasn't aware you could donate snakes. Good to know for future tax deductions.
Jacob Nunez 4 years ago
Me: Yea that’s everything Cashier: ok that will be 17.55 Me: Oh wait, by any chance is that black snake for sale Cashier: Sir…..we don’t have a snake Me: Yea I saw it in isle three with the paintings Cashier: I need to call animal control
John Baker 4 years ago
"You are posting too quickly. Slow down." Eff you, BP. And yes, it's a black rat snake. :-)
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#103
My Dog Found A Huge Bone At The Beach Today
#104
I Found This Rock On A Beach...with A Hole In It...with A Star Inside The Hole!
Joanna Werman 4 years ago
Isn't that a children's song? Just think of the whole universe you have in there
Mel 4 years ago
There's a HOLE... there's a HOLE... there's a HOLE in the bottom of the SEA!
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#105
One Of The Eggs I Bought Was All Wrinkly
Kona Pake 4 years ago
It was a young chicken and didn’t realize she had to push instead of squeeze.
Load More Replies... Panda Kicki 4 years ago
Either a very young hen or a old one. First eggs can look really weird, always fun when the new hens start laying eggs. Some almost have landscape shape, some dont have a shell, just sort of a bubble.
H Edwards 4 years ago
Our chickens started off with just really tiny eggs. They were about half the size of a normal chicken egg.
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bumble bee 4 years ago
Wrinkled Eggs As a hen ages, the whites (or albumen) in their eggs naturally gets thinner, and since it's more difficult for the shell to encase a watery substance, the shell can end up with bumps and ridges. Heat stress can also cause a wrinkled egg surface, as can poor overall nutrition, or a defective shell gland.
#106
Spotted A Very Caterpillar-Looking Caterpillar On My Run This Morning
#107
Landscaping Stone I Found That Looks Exactly Like A Hunk Of Crab Leg Meat
#108
My Lawn Made A Natural Yin Yang Symbol After A Pool Stood There
#109
My 8yo Had This Freak Tooth Removed That Was Growing Out Of The Roof Of His Mouth Right Behind His Front Teeth
Spring Fisk 4 years ago
A supernumerary tooth! my brother had 2 extra teeth at the top of his mouth. (Extra teeth run in my family, I had 6 wisdom teeth)
Jill Tremblay 4 years ago
Oh my son had a very similar thing. It was in between his two top front teeth and it looked like this only straight.
Boris’ Mom 4 years ago
Look up attributes of Giants that roamed the earth. It's a throw-back to double rows of teeth! Might be interesting to get a DNA test done on him one of these days, or yourselves. Very cool, I think.
#110
Mushrooms Growing Out Of My Old Mop
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Nature's way of telling you to clean and dry the mop before you put it away
#111
Ball Of Salt That I Took Out Of The Dead Sea
#112
My Sister Got A Mini Starfish In Her Mussels
#113
My Son And I Have Matching Freckles In The Same Spot
Mel Jackson 4 years ago
My Teen & I have mirror freckles on our noses - mine on the right & their's on the left. Xx
#114
These Ice Spheres(?) That I Just Found Out My New Fridge Makes
Caiman 94920 4 years ago
Love my LG that has this extra ice maker, plus it has the usual ice maker in the door
#115
Snowpile In The Corner Of A Building That Refuses To Melt
#116
This Rattlesnake Was Found Bathing In The Puddle Created From A Cow Hoofprint
John Baker 4 years ago (edited)
It looks like a massasauga. They're usually pretty docile. You pretty much have to be deliberately trying to piss them off to get bitten, and the bite isn't normally life-threatening. Massasauga...ad7689.jpg 
François Carré 4 years ago
Saw a viper bathing like this when I was a kid, in a puddle amdist the bank of a river where I was walking barefoot. Almost stepped on it... and learnt that day snakes really like water and are also good swimmers.
#117
Water Levels At Lake Powell Are So Low You Can Find Old Wrecks Out Of The Water
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
I suspect that a few people whose relatives disappeared decades ago will finally get an answer
#118
My Mom Grew A Giant Yellow Cucumber
#119
There Is A Colony Of...something Growing In Between The Panes Of Glass Of My Window
E Menendez 4 years ago
That needs to be replaced but quick. If it is doublepaned there is an opening letting in moisture and letting out whatever that mess is.
Yvonne Hunt 4 years ago
It might be good to find out if it's some kind of fungus that you need to be aware of for health reasons.
Martin Forbes 4 years ago
I would get this replaced. If there's an opening in the pane then you're potentially breathing in the spores of whatever is growing between the panes of glass.
Otter 4 years ago
I've seen lichen growing on glass, . How is it possible for lichens and finding to.grow on bare glass?
Upstaged75 4 years ago
It's a double paned window, meaning there's a small space in between the two sheets of glass - and moisture got in there somehow allowing it to grow.
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My Bus Stop Before And After Daylight Savings
Yvonne Hunt 4 years ago
You probably feel like you stepped out of your front door onto another planet when that change takes place. :)
#121
My GF And My Nephew Have A Very Similar Birthmark Despite They Aren’t Related At All
Boris’ Mom 4 years ago
Look on the back of your nephew's thigh(his shorts would be covering it) for a negative impression of similar shape. And, try having your GF look on her torso (like she's curled up like a baby) for her matching one...I have a matching set on the inside of my thighs.
#122
There Is A Plant Going From Under My Sink
#123
At My Airbnb There’s A Mushroom Growing Out Of The Bathroom Door
#124
My Son And I Used Molten Aluminum To Cast An Anthill. These Are The Tunnels And Rooms They Built Under Ground
Premislaus de Colo 4 years ago
This is atrocity... Please don't teach your kid to kill animals for fun
Spikey boi 4 years ago
Casting an ants nest is only ok to me if their fire ants, they are an invasive species destroying the natural balance.
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Joanna Werman 4 years ago
It's great to see how aware people are. I mean the galaxy beans and the pod with the fisticuffs... Another person would just pass it by without seeing the humor in it.
Mary Peace 4 years ago
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8 out of 10 people would NOT BELIEVE in almost 3/4 of these pictures! It really takes a keen eye to separate real phot from edited ones. .. Here THERE IS NOT ONE EDITED Photo!! PHENOMENAL, FLUBBERGASPED and JAWDROPPING PHOTS!! I`m enjoying this post so much, that I had to download almost all pictures to my drive! It`s worth having them near me in my DOWNLOADS PHOTO folder, that keeps getting bigger and bigger (currently it is about 76 of 80 GB in size) !!! KEEP FEEDING US W/POSTS LIKE THIS! MUST BUY AND ADD ONE MORE DRIVE, at least 500GB or even 1TB!
Mary Peace 4 years ago
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It's great to see how aware people are. I mean the galaxy beans and the pod with the fisticuffs... Another person would just pass it by without seeing the humor in it.
Mary Peace 4 years ago
Sorry some of us haven't seen them before. And I'm on here regularly.
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8 out of 10 people would NOT BELIEVE in almost 3/4 of these pictures! It really takes a keen eye to separate real phot from edited ones. .. Here THERE IS NOT ONE EDITED Photo!! PHENOMENAL, FLUBBERGASPED and JAWDROPPING PHOTS!! I`m enjoying this post so much, that I had to download almost all pictures to my drive! It`s worth having them near me in my DOWNLOADS PHOTO folder, that keeps getting bigger and bigger (currently it is about 76 of 80 GB in size) !!! KEEP FEEDING US W/POSTS LIKE THIS! MUST BUY AND ADD ONE MORE DRIVE, at least 500GB or even 1TB!
Mary Peace 4 years ago
Yes they are wonderful pictures, mande.be, BUT WHY DO YOU HAVE TO USE CAPITAL LETTERS SO MUCH? I find it strange and distracting to read.
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