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

Sounds like something that's possible only in cartoons. ♥

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

I've seen this on television. There's a species of desert frogs that bury themselves in the mud after it rains. The mud dries, and they stay underground, sometimes for years, until it rains again. They come back to life. Then they have a mating frenzy and bury themselves again. Or something like that...

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

We had this huge toad in our backyard as kids. We would unbury him and play and then put him back. He was there for years. Weird?

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

Much like the Alaskan frog that freezes solid in winter to re-emerge in the spring.

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

They also free solid and thaw Back to Life too. Remember doing that in science classes a kid now that I think about it that was kind of mean what we did to that frog

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

Yes, Spencer's Burrowing Frog (Opisthodon spenceri) which lives in outback Australia does this

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

To think of all the frogs I maybe could have saved had I only known. q_q

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

Incredible! We have frogs here in the Sonoran desert (Arizona) which only come out during the summer monsoon storms- and we find dried out husks of frogs once the storms go away... I've never tried to "just add water" but that's certainly a plan this year! I will FREAK OUT if it actually works!

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

Please post pics or video or comments or something after you try your experiment. I'm curious to know if it this would work in Arizona??

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

Typical for an amphibian. If they get to water before total dessication...

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

As a child I had a baby duck that had accidentally frozen and was dead. I put it at the back of the house in the sunshine and viola! It came back alive. Go figure.🤔

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

Space travel problem solved, freeze dry and at the destination just add H2O.😂

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

I ever know that some species of frog can relife when you splash a water on them

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

My cat brings me those almost every day. Bad enough when they are dead, but to catch them when alive is worse. They are jumpers.

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

Good. We don't have many frogs anymore. Haven't seen one in years.

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

I've heard of this happening before. Frogs and toads can do weird stuff like this. They can go into a type of hibernation when condition when the climate isnt safe for them.

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

That reminds me, I've got to pick up some more "hangover" medicine.

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Karin Morris
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Frogs also sometimes freeze into ponds and then thaw out in the spring and go about their business. Amazing creatures

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

I found one in my house under the dresser, covered with dust and I put him outside in the rain and he hopped away.

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

"Come get your Insta-Frogs! Just add water, and BAM, you have your very own frog!" XD

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

the first photo took directly from above which makes it looks like it's flat. rest is side views.

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

Frogs can survive droughts and that's a fact... so not surprised at all

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Wombat34
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not nope at all. This is wonderful. Froggie is good as new.

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

Actually had small freshwater aquarium frogs - use to get out and had a couple that I threw back in the tank that lived

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

https://www.livescience.com/32175-can-frogs-survive-being-frozen.html

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

Me while going to the beach and me after i get into the water.

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

Water always does the magic jesus truned it into wine .. this storekeeper can make the frog comeback to life :)

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

I realize you were astounded at this miracle of nature but I don't think its necessary to be so vulgar about your surprise. Kids read these post too. Its possible to make your point with much more intelligent language and still be acceptable to everyone. Let's put it this way... ..if you dress as though you live in the gutter and you speak as though you live in the gutter in the gutter you will remain.

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

I've looked at everyone's post and I haven't seen anything vulgar yet. Where and who was vulgar???

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d r e a m w o r l d
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OH MY FREAKING MOTHER OF PEARL SIX AND TWO IS EIGHT A FREAKING ZOMBIE FROG

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

You can drown a grasshopper or bee and then leave him to dry. They come back to life. I was a creepy child.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Battle-Scarred Hippo

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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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