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Who needs Alice In Wonderland when we have Mother Nature? As crazy as it sounds, there are too many mind-boggling things happening just outside the comfort of your home. Like, did you know that... goats have accents and owls don't have eyeballs? Nature has surely been generous with throwing its weird gifts at us to think about. 

And often, you don’t need to go far to realize there’s a bunch of (mildly) interesting stuff happening right at your doorstep. From an odd tree that has a single branch of an apple tree to a frog so tiny, your fingernail looks like Everest in comparison, these are some of the most amusing examples spotted by people and shared in the Reddit community r/mildlyinteresting.

Whether it’s mildly or overwhelmingly interesting remains a subject of debate, but one cannot argue just how crazy nature can be.

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A Rare Desert Bloom In The Atacama Desert In Chile

A Rare Desert Bloom In The Atacama Desert In Chile

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My New Petunia Looks Like A Galaxy

My New Petunia Looks Like A Galaxy

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This Icy Bird Umbrella

This Icy Bird Umbrella

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Remember the days when you were a kid playing in the back yard, never ready to come home for dinner? It’s because spending time in nature was an adventure most of us were already ready to take on. From finding odd colorful bugs hiding in the greenery to catching your first fish in the neighbor’s pond, these were the moments full of excitement that you may still carry to this day.

But these days, Americans are spending less and less time outdoors. A 2019 Outdoor Foundation study showed that nearly half of the US population doesn’t participate in any outdoor recreation at all, and only 17.9 percent got out at least once a week in 2018. As a result, there have been one billion fewer hikes, climbs, rides, and outdoor excursions than a decade ago.

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Albino Deer I Spotted Walking Into Work Last Week

Albino Deer I Spotted Walking Into Work Last Week

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

If this is not a majestic deer goddess of sunshine, I'm a goose. I mean, LOOK at that rainbow.

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Mt. Fuji Today - Rare Lenticular Cloud

Mt. Fuji Today - Rare Lenticular Cloud

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This Shadow From Two Different Trees In My Parking Lot

This Shadow From Two Different Trees In My Parking Lot

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

I'm wondering if this is by design though?its clearly floodlight at the required angle for the effect...still brilliant though.

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A similar Yale study from 2017 suggested that the lure of technology and places people work, live, and go to school “do not encourage contact with the natural world," and "myriad competing priorities and activities push experiences in nature to the side.”

“In particular,” the report said, “older adults were concerned that younger generations are overly reliant on electronic media, unaware of how the natural world works, and unacquainted with the simple enjoyment of being outdoors.”

Here at Bored Panda, we hope that showing the little wonders nature can bring us will bring back everyone's interest in going outdoors and spending some time in the sunshine. Not only does it help to boost your immune system, lift your mood, and make you more active, it also gives you the sense of curiosity we all had in childhood and lost somewhere in our hectic schedules.

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The Smallest Maple Tree Leaf I’ve Ever Seen

The Smallest Maple Tree Leaf I’ve Ever Seen

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This Twisted Driftwood I Found On The Beach

This Twisted Driftwood I Found On The Beach

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Foxxy (The Original)
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is actually manmade, created in Aarhus by Jorn Ronnaus in 1993 and is called “Tanden-The tooth” also known as “the unicorn”.

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Sunflower Growing Out Of The Sidewalk - Parent Patch Visible In Background

Sunflower Growing Out Of The Sidewalk - Parent Patch Visible In Background

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#12

This Red Only Rainbow I Saw At Midnight In Finland

This Red Only Rainbow I Saw At Midnight In Finland

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A Cherry Just Grew Alone In The Middle Of My Tree

A Cherry Just Grew Alone In The Middle Of My Tree

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This Tree That Was Burnt In A Bushfire Continues To Live

This Tree That Was Burnt In A Bushfire Continues To Live

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The River By Me Flooded, Then Froze, Then The Water Receded Leaving These Hovering Ice Shelves On The Trees

The River By Me Flooded, Then Froze, Then The Water Receded Leaving These Hovering Ice Shelves On The Trees

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#16

This Tibetan Cherry Tree At My Local Park Looks Like Copper!

This Tibetan Cherry Tree At My Local Park Looks Like Copper!

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This Baby Grasshopper Army In My Friend’s Garden

This Baby Grasshopper Army In My Friend’s Garden

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This Morning I Found By Far The Smallest Frog I Have Ever Seen In My Entire Life (My Average-Sized Fingernail For Scale)

This Morning I Found By Far The Smallest Frog I Have Ever Seen In My Entire Life (My Average-Sized Fingernail For Scale)

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#22

This Tree Grew Inside An Old Silo And Finally Made It To The Top!

This Tree Grew Inside An Old Silo And Finally Made It To The Top!

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The Parrot Waxcap Mushroom. Found Across Northern Europe

The Parrot Waxcap Mushroom. Found Across Northern Europe

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My Wife Found This Tiny Skink In Our Garden, Some Much Needed Brightness On A Grey, Smoky Day

My Wife Found This Tiny Skink In Our Garden, Some Much Needed Brightness On A Grey, Smoky Day

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Squirrel With A Blonde Tail

Squirrel With A Blonde Tail

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

Don't patronize her, do you guys have any idea how much it cost her to get that done at the squalon???

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#26

Left: A Painting From 1892, Right: The Same Spot In 2020

Left: A Painting From 1892, Right: The Same Spot In 2020

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The Way The Condensation Formed On My Blackberry Plant This Morning

The Way The Condensation Formed On My Blackberry Plant This Morning

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This Tree In My Neighbourhood That Has 1 Branch Of An Apple Tree And The Rest Is A Normal Tree

This Tree In My Neighbourhood That Has 1 Branch Of An Apple Tree And The Rest Is A Normal Tree

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A Whole Colony Of Fairy Inkcaps

A Whole Colony Of Fairy Inkcaps

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François Carré
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now that's truly natural and much more amazing than the grape of grapes displayed above.

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#31

Every Year We Get A Single Red Rose Growing Through The Wall Of Ivy In Our Garden

Every Year We Get A Single Red Rose Growing Through The Wall Of Ivy In Our Garden

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Beautiful Elephant Hawk Moth Found In My Garden, UK

Beautiful Elephant Hawk Moth Found In My Garden, UK

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Whole Other World I Found In A Beer Bottle Laying In The Woods

Whole Other World I Found In A Beer Bottle Laying In The Woods

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Snow Had Just The Right Conditions So That It Rolled Up Like A Carpet

Snow Had Just The Right Conditions So That It Rolled Up Like A Carpet

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These Bunches Of Grapes Are Growing Into A...bunch Of Grapes

These Bunches Of Grapes Are Growing Into A...bunch Of Grapes

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Foxxy (The Original)
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just image if that whole thing fell and hit someone, it would be pretty bloody heavy.

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I Found This Leaf That Looks Like A Weather Radar

I Found This Leaf That Looks Like A Weather Radar

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

"today forecast for most of the regions is AUTUMN with a chance of leaf fall"

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#38

The Patterns On This Palm Frond

The Patterns On This Palm Frond

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Found A Face On A Tree Today

Found A Face On A Tree Today

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#41

My Grass Is An Inch Lower...and Got Frost. My Neighbors Did Not

My Grass Is An Inch Lower...and Got Frost. My Neighbors Did Not

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3 Ears I Grew From The Same Heirloom Corn Variety

3 Ears I Grew From The Same Heirloom Corn Variety

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My Apple Looks Like Its Still Loading

My Apple Looks Like Its Still Loading

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

That's a pie chart indicating how much of the Apple ist still green

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I Found A Cicada With The Mcdonald’s Logo On It

I Found A Cicada With The Mcdonald’s Logo On It

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These Tumbleweeds That Piled Up In Front Of My Brother's House

These Tumbleweeds That Piled Up In Front Of My Brother's House

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#52

After A Little Snowfall, My Tree Looks Like A Cotton Plant

After A Little Snowfall, My Tree Looks Like A Cotton Plant

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

Woah. I was like "what? this cotton looks totally normal to me"

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#53

The Ombré Effect Of This Virginia Creeper

The Ombré Effect Of This Virginia Creeper

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Giant Puffball Mushroom My Sister Found In The Woods

Giant Puffball Mushroom My Sister Found In The Woods

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A Block Of Wood That’s Been Electrocuted

A Block Of Wood That’s Been Electrocuted

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A Squirrel Has Been Stuffing This Sign Post Full Of Acorns For The Winter

A Squirrel Has Been Stuffing This Sign Post Full Of Acorns For The Winter

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Sugar Crystal That Formed At The Bottom Of My Maple Syrup

Sugar Crystal That Formed At The Bottom Of My Maple Syrup

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

What, I can’t even create a crystal using the sugar and water method yet someone just leaves their maple syrup and one miraculously grows. Gah

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Tree That’s Changing Colors Along The Split Of Its Storm-Damaged Trunk

Tree That’s Changing Colors Along The Split Of Its Storm-Damaged Trunk

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This Pumpkin In Our Garden Split And It Looks Like It Has Teeth

This Pumpkin In Our Garden Split And It Looks Like It Has Teeth

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This Rock That Looks Like A Hippopotamus

This Rock That Looks Like A Hippopotamus

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#62

I Had A Quadruple Mini Banana This Morning

I Had A Quadruple Mini Banana This Morning

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Daughter Found The Largest Blackberry I’ve Ever Seen

Daughter Found The Largest Blackberry I’ve Ever Seen

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Freeze-Dried Dragonfruit Is One Of The Most Vibrant Natural Examples Of The Color Fuchsia

Freeze-Dried Dragonfruit Is One Of The Most Vibrant Natural Examples Of The Color Fuchsia

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This Succulent In Our Backyard Grew Like A Scorpion

This Succulent In Our Backyard Grew Like A Scorpion

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

It is blooming and it also means it's the end of it's life cycle. Beautiful way to end it, though :)

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The Tomato We Grew Looks Like Sauron’s Eye

The Tomato We Grew Looks Like Sauron’s Eye

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I Thought This Weed Flower Looked Like The Covid Renderings

I Thought This Weed Flower Looked Like The Covid Renderings

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This White Fern I Found On My Hike Today

This White Fern I Found On My Hike Today

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A Storm Literally Picked Up And Moved This Road

A Storm Literally Picked Up And Moved This Road

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

Compliments to the engineer that followed this project.

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#72

The Shadow Of “Sharptop Mt” In Virginia Is Very Sharp!

The Shadow Of “Sharptop Mt” In Virginia Is Very Sharp!

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The Last Cranberry Bog We Harvested In Maine

The Last Cranberry Bog We Harvested In Maine

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This Cactus Thats Been Growing Out Of My Friends Metal Roof For 4 Years Now

This Cactus Thats Been Growing Out Of My Friends Metal Roof For 4 Years Now

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This Bird Has A Bowl Cut

This Bird Has A Bowl Cut

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The Way The River Color Splits In Pittsburgh

The Way The River Color Splits In Pittsburgh

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

Surely the flow of the river comes from the top of the photo and the left side is where all the factories are.

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This Cloud I Photographed From A Commercial Flight That Is Creating A Massive Shadow

This Cloud I Photographed From A Commercial Flight That Is Creating A Massive Shadow

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

That's what I love the most about flying. Watching clouds casting shadows or rain down on the earth. So magical.

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#81

This Rock My Sisters And I Put Between These Tree Limbs 10 Ish Years Ago

This Rock My Sisters And I Put Between These Tree Limbs 10 Ish Years Ago

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I Found A Pebble That Looks Like A Slice Of French Toast

I Found A Pebble That Looks Like A Slice Of French Toast

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My Venus Fly Trap Caught A Wasp!

My Venus Fly Trap Caught A Wasp!

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I Work At An Asparagus Farm And Sometimes 2 Asparagus Will Grow Too Close To One Another And Form A Bigger One

I Work At An Asparagus Farm And Sometimes 2 Asparagus Will Grow Too Close To One Another And Form A Bigger One

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#86

This Spider-Web Looks Like Spider-Man

This Spider-Web Looks Like Spider-Man

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This Tree Swallowing A Trespassing Sign

This Tree Swallowing A Trespassing Sign

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It Looks Like There's A Dog Trapped In This Tree

It Looks Like There's A Dog Trapped In This Tree

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I Left A Summer Roll On My Desk For 4 Days. The Bean Sprouts Are Sprouting

I Left A Summer Roll On My Desk For 4 Days. The Bean Sprouts Are Sprouting

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The Grass Someone Ran Over Is Growing Better Than The Grass That Wasnt

The Grass Someone Ran Over Is Growing Better Than The Grass That Wasnt

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

Ehhhhh, the tyres probably just removed the dead grass from wherever they touched. The grass is growing fine everywhere but you can just see it there.

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