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Sun is shining, birds are chirping, and the living is easy. We’d like to think of nature this way. But it moves in mysterious ways and it’s called Mother Nature for a reason.

You see, upon a closer look, things are hella odd and creepy out there. Think of it as a horror movie of its own league starring sci-fi-like creatures, unusual anomalies, bizarre plants and animals, and sightings that push you to the brink of saying "I’m out."

Bored Panda has compiled a spine-chilling fresh list for your next nightmare. Get ready for sweaty palms and don’t say I didn’t warn you. Before you are done and safely out of this whole ordeal, there’s part 1, part 2, and part 3 waiting one click away. No NOPEs allowed after this point.

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I Watched This Guy Fight Off A Bird 10 Times His Size. This Was His Victory Pose For A Good 10+ Minutes As The Bird Perched On A Power Line, Defeated

I Watched This Guy Fight Off A Bird 10 Times His Size. This Was His Victory Pose For A Good 10+ Minutes As The Bird Perched On A Power Line, Defeated

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Bald Eagle Size vs. Grey Wolf, Caught On Trail Cam

Bald Eagle Size vs. Grey Wolf, Caught On Trail Cam

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Our planet is populated with both odd and amusing plants and animals. Some of them have been surrounded by myth and misunderstanding, and some we still know little about. David Attenborough’s series “Natural Curiosities” has revealed the remarkable evolutionary traits behind some of the most mystical wonders of the natural world.

Some of the quirky animals include flamingos, who survive in hot volcanic lakes by filtering out microscopic algae; salamanders that can regrow entire limbs; problem-solving crows that design intricate tools; and hippos, who secrete a vivid red mucus that acts as sunscreen.

#4

Bees Killing A Murder Hornet By Raising Their Temperature In Order To Cook It Alive

Bees Killing A Murder Hornet By Raising Their Temperature In Order To Cook It Alive

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Your Chances Of Getting Killed By A Group Of Frogs Are Low But Never Zero

Your Chances Of Getting Killed By A Group Of Frogs Are Low But Never Zero

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In an interview with Radio Times, David Attenborough recounted the particularly peculiar case of a greenfly that’s nearly all female. “Inside they are already pregnant. And inside the baby that’s inside the mother there’s another one. So you’ve got three generations all in one animal.” As bizarre as it sounds, that’s a very common insect we don’t really think of much.

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#8

I Think I Found The Entrance To The Spider-Verse

I Think I Found The Entrance To The Spider-Verse

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#10

What, Exactly, Was The Sequence Of Events That LED To This?

What, Exactly, Was The Sequence Of Events That LED To This?

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Here’s A Possum Yelling At A Bald Eagle

Here’s A Possum Yelling At A Bald Eagle

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#12

I Was In The Middle Of A Zoom When I Noticed This

I Was In The Middle Of A Zoom When I Noticed This

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Nature Is Scary As Hell

Nature Is Scary As Hell

The Sandbox Tree also known as the "Dynamite Tree" grows exploding fruits. When fully mature, they explode with a loud bang and fling their hard, flattened seeds at speeds of up to 150 miles per hour and distances of over 60 feet. The shrapnel can seriously injure any person or animal in its path. As bad as this is, the exploding seed pods are only one of the ways that a sandbox tree can inflict harm.
The fruit of the sandbox tree is poisonous, causing vomiting, diarrhea and cramps if ingested. The tree sap is said to cause an angry red rash, and it can blind you if it gets in your eyes. It has been used to make poison darts.

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

Wow. The person who said nature is beautiful has CLEARLY never seen this tree!

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#14

The Harpy Eagle's Huge Talons Can Be As Large As A Bear's Claws, And Its Legs Can Be Almost As Thick As A Man's Wrist

The Harpy Eagle's Huge Talons Can Be As Large As A Bear's Claws, And Its Legs Can Be Almost As Thick As A Man's Wrist

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

Seeing pics like this makes me wonder why we didn't realise birds evolved from dinosaurs years ago

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#15

My Mom Found This Skull With A Chrysalis Inside The Eye Socket

My Mom Found This Skull With A Chrysalis Inside The Eye Socket

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#17

Tick Season Is Here, Make Sure To Check Every Spot

Tick Season Is Here, Make Sure To Check Every Spot

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#20

If I Saw This In My Bathroom Corner, I’d Burn My House Down

If I Saw This In My Bathroom Corner, I’d Burn My House Down

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#21

My Friend Traveled To India. She Posted A Photo This Morning With The Caption "It's Going Well"

My Friend Traveled To India. She Posted A Photo This Morning With The Caption "It's Going Well"

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

Hahaha, sigh.....(brings out the flamethrower from the suitcase...)

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#23

This... Bothers Me In So Many Levels

This... Bothers Me In So Many Levels

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#24

The Scaly-Foot Snail Ingests The Toxic Magma-Fumes Of Hydrothermal Vents And Grows A Coat Of Organic Iron Plates

The Scaly-Foot Snail Ingests The Toxic Magma-Fumes Of Hydrothermal Vents And Grows A Coat Of Organic Iron Plates

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#25

Dried Frog And The Spider

Dried Frog And The Spider

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

This would be awesome for that girl's "Dead stuff collection" a few articles over!

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#26

A Rare Mutation Causing The Tentacles On The Octopus To Branch

A Rare Mutation Causing The Tentacles On The Octopus To Branch

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Duet

Duet

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

The snake looks like it has a human mouth and chin inside of it. Maybe if there human mouth opens, there will be another mouth inside of that one.

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#29

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

This happened in the lake District UK. Just purely from the force of the water

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#30

Deep Sea Worms Viewed Under Electron Microscope

Deep Sea Worms Viewed Under Electron Microscope

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#31

The Door I Had To Get Through Last Night To Get To My Room

The Door I Had To Get Through Last Night To Get To My Room

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#32

Teeth In A Squid Suction Cup

Teeth In A Squid Suction Cup

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#33

10,000 Year Old Skull Of An Extinct Giant Irish Elk Found By This Farmer

10,000 Year Old Skull Of An Extinct Giant Irish Elk Found By This Farmer

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Joseph O'Reilly
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yall why is everybody saying that the Earth is 5,000 years old? It's waaaaaaaaay older than that, and basing its age off of a calendar based in religion is quite likely to not be scientifically accurate. Please, for the love of all that is correct, stop saying the Earth is younger than we can soundly prove it is

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#34

Ants Squirting Acid At An Enemy

Ants Squirting Acid At An Enemy

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

'Three.. Two... One... ant a Happy New Year everyone!

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#35

Got Home From Work To Find This Tarantula Hawk Wasp Carting Off A Huntsman Spider

Got Home From Work To Find This Tarantula Hawk Wasp Carting Off A Huntsman Spider

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#36

Lacarria Masoniae Growing From An Opossum's Carcass

Lacarria Masoniae Growing From An Opossum's Carcass

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#37

The Amount Of Growing My Snail Has Gotten Done In Under A Year. From A 4cm Shell To A 17cm Shell

The Amount Of Growing My Snail Has Gotten Done In Under A Year. From A 4cm Shell To A 17cm Shell

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

"My snail" ? You've got a "DOMESTIC" snail ?! Awwwww <3 <3 <3 <3

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A Human Foot After A Baby Diamondback Snake Bites It

A Human Foot After A Baby Diamondback Snake Bites It

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

Oh you'll lose that toe. I always wonder when I'm at the shoe store and I find a box with two shoe sizes, one smaller than the other. Then I see people like this.

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

I would be so happy to find a box with a pair of shoes that I liked in my 2 different sizes. So much easier on the feet.

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

Actually, they aren't. Look it up. I could tell as soon as I saw that photo that the "bite-ee" got off lucky. That is nothing compared to the bite of an adult rattlesnake.

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

Babies are so much worse, as not only are you guaranteed to get bit, but they'll release all the venom in their sacs while doing so. Adults won't always release venom when biting.

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

Thanks for the info, because I was wondering how much damage an adult could do!

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

I was born & raised in Az. Very hot & scary bugs there outside a few beautiful places. Spent more time with creepy things on the wall, scorpions and snakes then I care to. There were a few close calls when I was a kid getting bitten or stung. I moved to California the moment I turned 18. I hate Az. With California all I have experienced is bed bugs which suck and are horrid also a fair amount of black widows. My bed bug out break cured me of my spider phobia.

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

I was born in Phoenix, but we lived in Cave Creek. Move to Wilcox when I was 7. Learned to shake out every shoe and piece of clothing before wearing it. Pulled bed covers all the way down before climbing in,. etc

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

I was raised in various parts of Texas. We learned all about snakes in school, but I'd already been taught from my parents. There are a lot of biting, stinging things in Texas. The main snakes we had to worry about were Diamondbacks, Copoerheads, Water Moccasins and Coral Snakes (small but deadly). We learned to make a lot of noise when walking along paths in the country and to tread carefully. That was especially helpful in the Hill Country where there is a ton of cacti.

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

May not lose the whole toe. Needs hyperbaric treatment to get oxygen in the damaged tissue. Hopefully he's in a hospital.

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

The babies are actually worse because they don't regulate their venom - mea ing they just inject you witj all of it

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

FYI pretty sure the purple line is pen, used to measure any spreading

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

Dude was doing a photoshoot after that bite... He must be to courageous or stupid!

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

Babies are more venomous, as they just shoot their wad in one bite! It can be more deadly faster than a regular bite, that being said, both will kill you!

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Isabelle lekh
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Better check my foot. No, really. I went for a walk to the woods today bare foot.

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

It obviously doesn't matter the size of the snake, the bite is still horrible.

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

Sorry for your loss! We had a family member with the same situation and Thank God he completely healed!

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

I am always telling my son not to walk outside barefoot, and we live in the uk

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

Speaking as a hospital pharmacist, if they included the hospital bill, it would be much scarier.

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

Yet another reason to avoid snakes at all cost! I feel badly for the victim!

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

Adult Diamondback don't always envenomate a bite. Baby Diamondbacks always do. And they're just as destructive.

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

Thanks for clarifying that it’s a human foot, captioner. I couldn’t tell.

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

they're little bada$$es for sure - can't control their venom like an adult yet....too bad you weren't paying attention

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Honey Combs In Spare Unit Of My House. This Is The 5th Time The Bees Are Back. Two Separate Colonies One On Either Side Of This Unit. Both Are Inside The Wall

Honey Combs In Spare Unit Of My House. This Is The 5th Time The Bees Are Back. Two Separate Colonies One On Either Side Of This Unit. Both Are Inside The Wall

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