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40 Times Mother Nature Proved To Be Scary As Hell (WARNING: This List Might Be Too Scary For You)
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
Whales Sleeping
Bald Eagle Size vs. Grey Wolf, Caught On Trail Cam
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.
Bees Killing A Murder Hornet By Raising Their Temperature In Order To Cook It Alive
This is a bit like Murder on the Orient Express : The whole family is guilty
Your Chances Of Getting Killed By A Group Of Frogs Are Low But Never Zero
I Heard Some Noise On The Roof This Morning
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.
Then There Was This Guy
I Think I Found The Entrance To The Spider-Verse
I Noticed Some Shrimp Missing...
What, Exactly, Was The Sequence Of Events That LED To This?
One tidbit of information... a relaxed bird foot is curled up, for most birds at least (the fingers of the relaxed human hand aren't completely extended, either, but slightly bent. It's just way more extreme with birds). A bird doesn't have to put any effort into gripping a branch with its feet and therefore doesn't fall off no matter how tired and exhausted. Effort would be REMOVING the feet from the branch. I have no idea what happened here - whether the bird was eaten alive or dead and the body ripped of its feet, or the (dead) body fell off for whatever sick reasons, or some prankster put feet of a dead bird onto a branch... but bird feet gripping when the bird itself can't give the input anymore is not, by itself, surprising.
I think it's just the way their talons work. The natural tension in the tendons keeps them gripping unless the bird exerts an effort to release its grasp. So it probably just died of some natural cause while perching on the branch. The body started to rot, and eventually the deteriorating ankles snapped from the weight, so the body fell and left the feet up there still clinging to the branch.
My thoughts also. Believe it or not death from natural causes, including old age, happens in the wild too. Not all animals die at the hands of humans or other predators.
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Probably some trigger happy idiot with a brain smaller than his shoe size who shot it and the legs is all what's left.
Shooting raptors is a federal offense. Just possessing Bald Eagle remains unless you are an indigenous person is too.
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I've seen this before. It's caused by electricity passing through the birds body. It happens a lot on power lines but has been seen on lightning struck trees
My guess is lightning strike. Killed the bird and caused muscle spasms, hence the locked feet and the carcass rotted and fell away because of the weight. Don't see scorch marks on the tree but they don't always happen.
As I wrote in an own comment, bird feet are usually clenched in their relaxed state, no muscle spasms required. Means they can relax and even sleep on a tree without falling off, and keep their feet neatly tucked away during flight without having to think about it.
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What in the? I would love to know how that would have happened.
He wanted to take the tree to build a nest. The tree was too heavy to lift off with but he didn't want to let go. The bird took off after all, just without his feet.
i think you took a pic of a lab vulture that escapedಠ_ಠ
Eagles have talons that lock like a ratchet. This one probably died and got eaten by scavengers.
There is a 99% chance that a snake could have climbed up the tree and ate the bird and a 1% chance that the wolf could have eaten the bird because how can a wolf climb a tree
my mouth....just DROPPED OPEN. That is freaking scary. Agreed with 80 Van
these were placed there by a person. the feet are on the wrong sides of each other.
Mommy, I seem to have left my legs somewhere else, can we go back and get them?
There's a predator out there that doesn't care for drumsticks.
That's awful. I thought this post was going to be cool pictures of animals and bugs or whatever. I know it's nature but I'm not amused to see animals killing other animals or some poor dead birds f*****g feet
If I've told you once I've told you twice stop leaving your boots in the hallway
The eagle family was trying to cut off a tree branch, so they made an eagle chain with grand pappy eagle at the head, his talons holding onto the branch. They flew off with his upper torso having not seen that his legs stayed behind. Rumor has it, they still flying northwards..
If truth be told, this eagle just wanted to get a leg up or maybe two.
Here’s A Possum Yelling At A Bald Eagle
I Was In The Middle Of A Zoom When I Noticed This
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.
Wow. The person who said nature is beautiful has CLEARLY never seen this tree!
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
Seeing pics like this makes me wonder why we didn't realise birds evolved from dinosaurs years ago
My Mom Found This Skull With A Chrysalis Inside The Eye Socket
This Ice Looks Like An Eye
Tick Season Is Here, Make Sure To Check Every Spot
Sphynx Cat With No Eyes
Cabbage Field In Japan
If I Saw This In My Bathroom Corner, I’d Burn My House Down
My Friend Traveled To India. She Posted A Photo This Morning With The Caption "It's Going Well"
Mossy Frogs
This... Bothers Me In So Many Levels
The Scaly-Foot Snail Ingests The Toxic Magma-Fumes Of Hydrothermal Vents And Grows A Coat Of Organic Iron Plates
Dried Frog And The Spider
This would be awesome for that girl's "Dead stuff collection" a few articles over!
A Rare Mutation Causing The Tentacles On The Octopus To Branch
Duet
Ghost Mantis
A Storm Literally Picked Up And Moved This Road
This happened in the lake District UK. Just purely from the force of the water
Deep Sea Worms Viewed Under Electron Microscope
The Door I Had To Get Through Last Night To Get To My Room
Teeth In A Squid Suction Cup
10,000 Year Old Skull Of An Extinct Giant Irish Elk Found By This Farmer
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
Ants Squirting Acid At An Enemy
Got Home From Work To Find This Tarantula Hawk Wasp Carting Off A Huntsman Spider
Lacarria Masoniae Growing From An Opossum's Carcass
The Amount Of Growing My Snail Has Gotten Done In Under A Year. From A 4cm Shell To A 17cm Shell
A Human Foot After A Baby Diamondback Snake Bites It
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.
This Snake That Has Both Eyes In One Socket
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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I wish more of these had explanations. Some of them were completely confusing.
Nature is beautiful most of the time, ugly some of the time, and definitely deadly a lot of the time.
I'm living in Germany, and very often I feel like it's quite boring here. But sometimes I'm just grateful for all we have and for all we have not, as well.
I made this mistake of looking at this at 2:30 in the morning. I still can't sleep.
That was super interesting but also scary as fck. Anyway thanks for the warning in the caption. That saved me, as I scrolled down in slow motion and held my breath for every new pic.
Surprised at finding so many interesting things. This has given me some energy to learn more about these awesome creatures and plants. Thank you BP.
Nightmare inducing but really interesting. Thanks to those that provided explanations
But 'mother nature' or 'gaia' 'loves us'! Or, this planet is clearly 'designed for us'! - This didn't even get into what some tropical parasites will do to humans. You know what else 'mother nature' or 'gaia' or some supposed deity 'designed' for us? The Coronavirus, AIDS, anthrax, Ebola, e.coli - many other horrible things.
I love and hate these. I have a serious fear of spiders so I know there are usually some terrifying spider ones. But the rest are so fascinating!
I made it through all of them. I’m proud of myself! But I will NOT be sleeping, eating, brushing my tears or hair, or any activity where I might encounter this for a while..
Nature is wonderful, in many ways, we have so much beauty, be thankful for , and beware of a great many also !!!
maybe its just cause i want to be a marine biologist, but most of these were not "Scary As Hell," just 2% scary & 98% COOL! baby spiders are freaky though when theres that many
This story almost made me vomit for real. How do I get it off my page?
I think very few of these qualify as "scary". Cool and fascinating, mostly. (But spiders... spiders always scary. Except when cute. Like Lucas.)
Remove this from your site! Don't you ever show, nowhere, that disgusting picture of that dog's mouth! As well as some other terrible things 🤮
I wish more of these had explanations. Some of them were completely confusing.
Nature is beautiful most of the time, ugly some of the time, and definitely deadly a lot of the time.
I'm living in Germany, and very often I feel like it's quite boring here. But sometimes I'm just grateful for all we have and for all we have not, as well.
I made this mistake of looking at this at 2:30 in the morning. I still can't sleep.
That was super interesting but also scary as fck. Anyway thanks for the warning in the caption. That saved me, as I scrolled down in slow motion and held my breath for every new pic.
Surprised at finding so many interesting things. This has given me some energy to learn more about these awesome creatures and plants. Thank you BP.
Nightmare inducing but really interesting. Thanks to those that provided explanations
But 'mother nature' or 'gaia' 'loves us'! Or, this planet is clearly 'designed for us'! - This didn't even get into what some tropical parasites will do to humans. You know what else 'mother nature' or 'gaia' or some supposed deity 'designed' for us? The Coronavirus, AIDS, anthrax, Ebola, e.coli - many other horrible things.
I love and hate these. I have a serious fear of spiders so I know there are usually some terrifying spider ones. But the rest are so fascinating!
I made it through all of them. I’m proud of myself! But I will NOT be sleeping, eating, brushing my tears or hair, or any activity where I might encounter this for a while..
Nature is wonderful, in many ways, we have so much beauty, be thankful for , and beware of a great many also !!!
maybe its just cause i want to be a marine biologist, but most of these were not "Scary As Hell," just 2% scary & 98% COOL! baby spiders are freaky though when theres that many
This story almost made me vomit for real. How do I get it off my page?
I think very few of these qualify as "scary". Cool and fascinating, mostly. (But spiders... spiders always scary. Except when cute. Like Lucas.)
Remove this from your site! Don't you ever show, nowhere, that disgusting picture of that dog's mouth! As well as some other terrible things 🤮
