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Not everything in nature is as beautiful or as hilarious as we're mostly used to. It has a dark side, too, and I'll completely understand if this list by Bored Panda forces you to build a pillow-fort in your living room and avoid going outside for a week.

From a mama centipede protecting its babies to a wasp colony building a nest around a discarded doll, these pictures feature some of the scariest things Mother Earth has to offer. Scroll down to test how brave you are, and vote for your favorite entries.

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This Lava Pit Looks Like It's Sucking The Souls Of The Damned Into Hell

This Lava Pit Looks Like It's Sucking The Souls Of The Damned Into Hell

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#2

Hermit Crab Using A Discarded Doll Head For A Shell

Hermit Crab Using A Discarded Doll Head For A Shell

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#3

Wasps Build Nest Around A Discarded Child's Doll

Wasps Build Nest Around A Discarded Child's Doll

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

*throws arms up and runs in circles* NOOOOOPE NOPETY NOPE NOPERS

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This Frog Was Found All Dried Up And Withered Outside The Store In The Morning. The Store Manager Said, "Let's Try Splashing Some Water On It," And Holy Sh*t It Came Back To F*cking Life

This Frog Was Found All Dried Up And Withered Outside The Store In The Morning. The Store Manager Said, "Let's Try Splashing Some Water On It," And Holy Sh*t It Came Back To F*cking Life

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#5

An Abandoned Hornet's Nest My Dad Found In His Shed That He Hadn't Been In For A Couple Years. The Head Is Apart Of A Wooden Statue It Fused With

An Abandoned Hornet's Nest My Dad Found In His Shed That He Hadn't Been In For A Couple Years. The Head Is Apart Of A Wooden Statue It Fused With

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#6

Mama Centipede Protecting Her Babies

Mama Centipede Protecting Her Babies

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#7

Somebody Responsible For The Lake Found The Fox (Which Drowned) In The Ice, Cut Him Out And Put Him Back On The Ice To Keep People Off The Ice

Somebody Responsible For The Lake Found The Fox (Which Drowned) In The Ice, Cut Him Out And Put Him Back On The Ice To Keep People Off The Ice

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#8

Cymothoa Exigua Is A Type Of Parasite That Enters Fish's Gills, Eats Their Tongue, And Then Replaces It

Cymothoa Exigua Is A Type Of Parasite That Enters Fish's Gills, Eats Their Tongue, And Then Replaces It

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#9

Husks Of Dead Flowers In My Garden. Look Like Skulls/Plague Masks

Husks Of Dead Flowers In My Garden. Look Like Skulls/Plague Masks

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#10

Devil's Fingers Fungus

Devil's Fingers Fungus

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

I had to Google what it was and what it did it was so weird looking this is what Google said: devils fingers aka Clathrus archeri is one of the phalloid fungi (Phallales) and is related to the common stinkhorn ( Phallus impudicus), a well-known woodland fungus in Britain. It similarly produces a sticky spore-bearing tissue designed to attract flies which are the agents of spore dispersal. Like other phalloids,C. archeri accumulates manganese in the egg-stage, apparently important chemically in producing the sugars and odorous substances found in the fertile tissue

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P.Brux FHell
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reminds me the Harry Belafonte dance around the table in Beetlejuice

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

Never seen this before. Ever. Not even on the internet prior to today. That thing is incredible.

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Janna Kelenc
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ive seen one like this before in really really wet year's. Except it only has one finger that comes up and it looks like a circumcised penises. It actually ejaculates some clear fluid from the top and when you smash the whole thing in fear that penises are taking insert the world the is a ball sack that it grows out of under the ground. It's truly horrifying. Except ive only had the chance to show one person out of all 6 times ive seen it and when u try to describe it people don't believe me. But I don't blame them. I just need to share my horror with someone.

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Jeannie Carle
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omigosh - if you found that thing before it opened - you'd think that was one HUUUUUGE spider in there!

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Djaris Edmonds
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine that tapping you on your shoulder......don't let the devil get in you

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

http://nerdist.com/watch-the-devils-finger-fungus-hatch-like-a-xenomorph-egg/

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Jody Brown
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And it smells worse than it looks! It's in the stinkhorn family. This way, everybody can enjoy it!. ;p Even slightly more disgusting, it is nontoxic--so if you wash off that crappy-smelling brown stuff, you can actually cook it and eat it. I am not recommending you try this. Major yuck.

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Christina Drexler
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Today we saw one of these. Great, awfully smelling (South of Germany)

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Melody Lanzatella
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now that I have seen Guardians of the Galaxy 2, I have to wonder about this "plant"!!!

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Vanessica Bloxgirl
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still cant tell what it is.. but it kinda looks like a dyed pancake sticking up

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

I had to look it up on Wikipedia. Quote: "In maturity it smells like putrid flesh" Eeeww!

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Pi...
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But....is it dangerous to touch, or keep as a display?

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Selényi Gábor
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

F*****g hell. That looks like something straight out of a sci-fi movie.

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

Like the Raffledia Arnoldii. Corpse flower, but this is just a fungus. Just trippy.

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Sadie Maruno
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ya know those things that look a bit like that but smaller and just one sprout only come out too the ground (i think they come out of poop cause they always smell land when you touch them you get poop on your fingers) anyway my uncle has the perfect name for them "devils d*ck" really suits

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

This is the most amazing thing I've ever seen.

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Cassiel Magem
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who wants to make a movie about space and aliens? We have all the terrors right at home :)

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#11

Smiiiittttttthhhhhers

Smiiiittttttthhhhhers

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#12

So Many Bees In The Wall That Their Honey Is Leaking Through An Outlet

So Many Bees In The Wall That Their Honey Is Leaking Through An Outlet

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#13

Antarctic Worm Species Called Eulagisca Gigantean

Antarctic Worm Species Called Eulagisca Gigantean

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#14

Snake Head Caterpillar

Snake Head Caterpillar

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Vlad Horobet
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just hope that the butterfly doesn't have a snake head. Flying snakes, that's what we need.

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#15

This Busy Owl Killed 70+ Lemmings And Surrounded His Nest With Their Fresh Corpses

This Busy Owl Killed 70+ Lemmings And Surrounded His Nest With Their Fresh Corpses

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#16

A Centipede That Was Devoured By A Viper, Ate Its Way Out

A Centipede That Was Devoured By A Viper, Ate Its Way Out

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#17

This Tree In Nebraska Was Struck By Lightning And Burning Afterwards A Day Later

This Tree In Nebraska Was Struck By Lightning And Burning Afterwards A Day Later

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#18

Lizard Growing Another Foot On It's Tail?

Lizard Growing Another Foot On It's Tail?

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Cassiel Magem
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ha! And you though only cells could reproduce asexually. One day... one day.

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#19

Fireants Create A Floating Island Of Themselves To Ride Out The Houston Flooding

Fireants Create A Floating Island Of Themselves To Ride Out The Houston Flooding

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Aunt Messy
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As someone who's been bitten by those little tidbits from Hell, it would not be a problem for me if a wave took care of them.

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#20

Was About To Show My Kids That Cicada Shells Aren't Gross And Scary When

Was About To Show My Kids That Cicada Shells Aren't Gross And Scary When

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Daria B
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It did it on purpose. Waiting for the perfect moment to prank on you.

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#21

These Reticulated Pythons Self-Segregated Themselves Based On Color Just After Hatching

These Reticulated Pythons Self-Segregated Themselves Based On Color Just After Hatching

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#22

Caribou (Rangifer Tarandus) Bull Showing Antlers That Are Shedding Velvet, North America

Caribou (Rangifer Tarandus) Bull Showing Antlers That Are Shedding Velvet, North America

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#23

A Beehive Built Around Wind Chimes At My Friend's House

A Beehive Built Around Wind Chimes At My Friend's House

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#24

The Sheepshead Fish Has Human-Like Teeth

The Sheepshead Fish Has Human-Like Teeth

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#25

Wingless Fly Penicillidia That Attaches To Bats' Heads And Never Leaves Its Body

Wingless Fly Penicillidia That Attaches To Bats' Heads And Never Leaves Its Body

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#26

This Gecko With Three Tails

This Gecko With Three Tails

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#27

Ant On My Porch Carrying The Head Of His Vanquished Enemy

Ant On My Porch Carrying The Head Of His Vanquished Enemy

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#30

My Mussel Contained A Tiny Half-Eaten Crab

My Mussel Contained A Tiny Half-Eaten Crab

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Vlad Horobet
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've found a half eaten worm in my pear once... guess where was the other half.

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#31

My Cousin Caught A Lobster With Double Pinchers. Both Claws Work

My Cousin Caught A Lobster With Double Pinchers. Both Claws Work

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#32

A Venus Fly Trap Getting A Huge Meal

A Venus Fly Trap Getting A Huge Meal

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#34

Arachnids Aren't Safe From Cordyceps Fungus Either

Arachnids Aren't Safe From Cordyceps Fungus Either

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#35

Battle-Scarred Hippo

Battle-Scarred Hippo

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#37

Millions Of Fire Ants Floating In Flooding From Harvey

Millions Of Fire Ants Floating In Flooding From Harvey

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Sanchit Jain
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't even want to imagine the agony of creatures that will come in their way!

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#38

Lightning Struck This Fishing Rod

Lightning Struck This Fishing Rod

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Brave Patriot Bald Eagle Takes Down Wimpy Canadian Goose

Brave Patriot Bald Eagle Takes Down Wimpy Canadian Goose

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

There is nothing wimpy about a Canadian goose! But size and talons make the difference.

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