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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.

#1

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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#4

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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#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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#28

A Landslide In Taiwan

A Landslide In Taiwan

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

DOT sucks...... only took Mother Nature a day to build the new Off-Ramps!

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

That's awful. They say landslides are becoming almost as much of a danger as sinkholes.

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

Mother Nature's mood that day: "I wanna put a mountain riiiiiiiight... HERE! HA! It's perfect!"

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

Either that or: "Lemme put some dirt on these idiots honking their horns over my ears... ahhhhh... nice and quiet...."

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

now you feel what animals suffer when their paths are destroyed by roads

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Marion Friedl
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And Mother Nature spoke: "You human a$$holes built a giant highway through this important forest, and I do not want a giant highway here, there you got it."

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Fred and George Weasley
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'sorry boss, cant come to work. umm welp oh dear i suppose ill just have to watch netflix'

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Richard Carr
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

DPW ON THE WAY. MIGHT TAKE AWHILE WITH BROOMS AND SHOVELS. THREE MEN ASSIGNED TO THE JOB.

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

People that were close by escaped to safety by a "landslide"

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

I bet all of those people are contemplating their lives at that point.

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

It's a pretty well defined landslide. It's as though someone cut it out, and slid it forward.

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

Now what......get your hiking boots well have to carry the car over the hump

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

"Mother Nature is taking it's land back from the Invading Humans"

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

It looks like someone picked up a chunk of land and put it on a highway

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

Where were going we don't need roads... err... actually we do, we do need roads... hmmmm

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

I remember this. A just married young couple got torn into parts. When they were found, the husband was holding his wife but their lower bodies were gone. It was horrifying. 😢

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

Nothing to worry about, it's just a matter of building tunnels now...

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

And he said, "I'm just gonna put this riiiiiight here." Nice change of scenery!

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

Looks like a lot of rubble in the leading edge. I guess someone's retaining wall failed.

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

I thought a landslide is dirt and mud sliding down the hillside. Not the whole freaking hill sliding down!

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

wow.... do they clean that up or do they just build a new road going over it??

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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

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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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