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50 Pics That Show Mother Nature Being Terrifying As Hell (New Pics)
Many people seek solace in nature, as it has the healing power to lower stress levels and improve our mental health. However, the same power can also create some of the most terrifying things that fuel nightmares, anxieties, and phobias, like vampire bats, zombie fungi, and flying snakes.To show just how scary nature can get, our Bored Panda team compiled a list of pictures capturing unsettling encounters people had with Mother Nature. Scroll down to see them for yourself below, and don’t forget to upvote those instances that provoke a fearful respect for nature.
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#1
Lightning Striking A Tree In Hardy County, West Virginia On 6/22/22
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#2
These Creepy Looking Clouds Are Called Scud Clouds
#3
Spiders Gave My Garden A Halloween Makeover
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
I like spiders. If I find one in my flat, I move it to a quiet corner to live out its life (never put indoors spiders outdoors). But, like most things, moderation is key, and this is way over moderate.
#4
The Vultures On My Neighbors Roof
#5
Nebraska Skies Are Beautifully Scary
#6
Praying Mantis Doing Its Part To Rid Us Of The Invasive Lantern Moth
#7
This Is Not A Clump Of Hair - It's One Of The Most Venomous Caterpillars In The Us: Puss Caterpillar
#8
Flower With A Weird "Face". It's Watching You
#9
Centipede Take Care Of And Protecting Her Brood
#10
35 Degrees Before 9 AM And I Was Wandering Why The Birds Weren’t Interested In The Bird Bath
#11
This Tree Is Terrifying, Especially At Night
#12
Is It An Alien? No.. It's A Dutch Lobster Moth Caterpillar
#13
Inside A Sea Turtle's Mouth
#14
The Sandbox Tree Also Known As The "Dynamite Tree" Grows Exploding Fruits
When fully mature, the fruits explode with a loud bang and fling their hard, flattened seeds at speeds of up to 150 miles per hour. The shrapnel can seriously injure any person or animal in its path.
Multa Nocte 1 year ago (edited)
Definitely American. "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." Victims wear red baseball caps and spout nonsense, attacking anyone in their path.
#15
Wtf Did I Find In My Pool?
Found this in my pool in Sydney's north shore, backing onto the Lane Cove National Park. Does not move (perhaps dead).
Does not even look real. Did I find an alien?
chi-wei shen 1 year ago
It is the discarded tail of a southern leaf-tailed gecko. When this reptile is attacked or feels threatened, the gecko sheds its tail as a natural defence mechanism. The tail continues to twitch, distracting the predator as the gecko escapes.
#16
These Are Vulture Bees. They Make Honey Out Of Rotting Flesh
JayWantsACat 1 year ago
A misnomer: In one detailed study of Trigona hypogea in Brazil, the vulture bees mixed sugary plant products with a proteinaceous paste from regurgitated meat, and let it mature to form a sweet substance that was used as food; however, the two resources were initially kept in separate "pots" in the colony, neither being true honey (i.e., not derived from nectar), but they were then mixed together.[4] In a different study of Trigona necrophaga in Panama, the bees gathered nectar and produced honey, and they also produced a glandular secretion, derived from carrion, partially metabolized, used as a protein source, and kept completely separate from the honey.[5] In neither case were the bees mixing meat-based substances with floral-derived substances.
#17
This Fish Caught In Australia
Yrral Spavit 1 year ago
Anywhere else on the planet and it would be WTAF!?! But, hey. Its Australia.
#18
Hydnora Africana
#19
Hammerhead Bat, Also Known As The Winged Moose
#20
This Dried Plant That Looks Like Tortured Souls
#21
This Mushroom Growing In My Garden, Looks Like It’ll Chomp You
#22
She Got Herself A Nice Little Snack
#24
Just Spotted Gwar Member At The Beach
I don't know what this is. It looks like some starfitor sea anemone or something. I feel confident that kelp parts and sea w**d and barnacles and muscles and sea anemone are all around it yet no clue that softball sized thing!
#25
Tree I Found In The Woods
#26
I Met This Moose That Was On A Evening Walk
#27
This Is A Path To The Toilet In My Family's Vacation Home
#28
Moose With An Antler Growing Into Its Eye Socket
#29
This Pattern On The Tree That Look Like Eyes
#30
This Piece Of A Tree Branch Looks Like A Zombie Hand
#32
Just A Regular Summer Day In Norway
#33
A Trilobite Fossil. Species Dicranurus Monstrosus, Lower Devonian Age
#34
Found A Slug Slithering Out Of The Sinks Overflow Drain
#35
Got A Notification From My Motion Activated Security And Clicked To Look And Jumpscared Myself
#36
A Gecko Tries To Eat A Venomous Spider. The Spider Injects Its Venom As It’s Being Chewed And Both Meet Their End On The Spot
SheamusFanFrom1987 1 year ago
Spiderman vs Lizard: The Showdown. In the end we lost both Parker and Doc Connors...
#37
Friend's Trail Cam In North Carolina
#38
Almost Walked Into This In My Backyard. It Wasn't There 2hrs Ago
keyboardtek 1 year ago
When we lived in Florida, in the morning as I left for work I had to watch out for giant spider webs constructed overnight between palm trees that were 20 feet apart.
#39
The Roots On This Plant
#40
A Flies Demise
#41
My Dad Woke Up To A Sewer Crab In The Toilet This Morning…(We Live In A Tropical Climate) And Yes He Is A Cancer
Mother of Giants 1 year ago
TIL there's things called sewer crabs. Didn't really need to know that this morning.
#42
Pre Historic Parasite Attempting To Escape From Its Host As It Is Drowning In Amber
#43
My Grandma Has An Entire Colony's Worth Of Bugs On Her Table
#44
Airplane At My Company Ingested A Swarm Of Cicadas Into The Apu
#45
Tree Roots Or Mold? All We Can Say Is Wtf Is That Growing Under Our Floors
They are dark red, raised. And breakdown when touched. There is water present in the last image. Lovely stuff growing between our slab and tarp that was below our laminate floor.
Ozymandias73 1 year ago
Because there is water present, most likely a mold or fungi. Need to get professionally treated. And soon!
#46
Getting Stared Down By A Black Bear Eating My Door Dash Customers Garbage
I'm never delivering late at night to the boonies again! Looks like something from a horror movie.
#47
I Saw A Zombie Squirrel Today. Anybody Have An Idea What's Going On With This Poor Guy?
JayWantsACat 1 year ago
"Another thread from seven years ago mentions the OP contacted wildlife authorities and they said it was Squirrel Pox/Fibroma." https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/1gkbi6z/comment/lvkk9md/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
#48
The Giant Water Bug My Sister Found Near Virginia Beach
#49
Mushrooms Growing Off Of A Stuffed Bear
#50
I Would Be Scared Walking Out My Door To See This
#51
The Road Leading To My Favourite Hiking Trail At 5am In November
#52
This Cloud Looks Like A UFO
#53
Everything Is Normal With This Tree (Not)
#54
Circle Of Mushrooms In My Garden
Why are they growing like this? Is this natural? Did aliens have something to do with it?
#55
Fly Laid Eggs On Fly Tape Overnight
#56
Scratch Marks Found In Stone In A Forest North England
#57
Ominous Ring In Night Sky
Seen over Disneyland before firework show, appeared small and then grew into a larger ring. Looks darker than the sky, almost like black smoke, but it's a very distinct shape.
#58
Normal Spider? Count The Legs
I SWEAR on my fathers grave I didn't edit these! And on pic 2 you see the legs shadows when I had flash activated! Daddy long legs? More like Daddy 12 legs!
#59
This Mushroom Growing Out Of The Side Of A Tiled Building In Brooklyn
#60
A Golden Eagle Flying Over A Herd Of Reindeer, Waiting For The Females To Give Birth
#61
Must Be A Spy From A Neighbouring Colony
#63
These Flies Mating On A Carnivorous Pitcher Plant That Will Soon Devour Them
#64
Woke Up With An Itch In My Ear. Pulled Out A Greenhouse Milipede. Link To Live Photo As Well
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Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
Fascinating. Now all I need to do is erase every trace of memory of those pictures. But thank you, anyway.
Forrest Hobbs 1 year ago
Fascinating. Now all I need to do is erase every trace of memory of those pictures. But thank you, anyway.
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