Proof That Nature Is Scarier Than You Think
A rose that grows from concrete, double rainbows, and a moth turning into a butterfly... these are all beautiful aspects of nature. There are also some pretty terrifying creatures and disembodiments as well. Those things you don't want to look at, but you just can't take your eyes off of. This list is only for the brave so try your hardest and witness all the time's nature got scary.
Just How Many Bees?
What you see is an image of honey seeping through the electric outlet on the wall. That means there are bees inside the walls producing honey. Having bees inside your wall is not a treat or a joy. They can easily find a way in a sting you. That's not fun.
Maybe the idea of free honey excites you, but we promise is you ever find a hive of bees in your wall, you should contact someone to have it removed safely.
Turning His Nose Up At You
The star-nosed mole is one of the most interesting animals on the plant — if only for its look! This odd creature is actually a small rodent. The star-nosed mole has 22 appendage-like structures surrounding its nose. Although this physical feature may look surreal, it actually serves a very important purpose.
Without its unique nose, the star-nosed mole would have a difficult time with its senses. It's this organ that helps them smell, feel touch, and sense temperature changes.
To The Underworld
This is a lava pit that looks like it leads straight down to the devil. The tar even looks like lost souls being sucked into the fiery abyss. If that lady isn't careful then she could end up in a pretty hot situation.
The danger in this picture is part of what makes it beautiful. The darkness of the hardened magma compare to the fiery red inside burning bright makes it hard to look away, even if you would never be brave enough to stand on the mountain top.
Landslide Of Doom
This was one crazy landslide. the detour for this must have been extremely annoying and how long did it take for this to fix this? Hopefully, there was no one who got trapped in the dirt and debris while it was happening. I feel sorry for the construction workers handling this.
As terrifying as damage like this can be, events like that are thankfully rare. Hopefully, you've never had to see one up close and never will.
Fox In The Block
This fox reportedly fell into the ice and was found frozen in a cube of ice. Once discovered, he was carved into shape and left on the ice as a "scarecrow" to keep people off the ice. Seeing a frozen fox is a tad bit creepy wouldn't you agree?
If you ventured this far out into the arctic and saw this terrifying sight what would you do? We bet you would backtrack to safety.
Spiked Skeleton
This fish or whatever you want to call it looks highly unordinary. The eyes on it are huge and the mouth looks like it was capable of eating another fish whole with just one bite. And did we mention there are spikes on the skeleton? That's as creepy as it gets.
The real question isn't what kind of fish it is, though. The question is how did it end up in the desert? Did an animal who caught it drag it here?
Don't Reach In There
What you are looking at is a mother centipede. This mother is protecting her babies. I have never seen an insect that looks this creepy and dangerous. Imagine putting your hand in there by accident and touching that alien-like bug. That would be one interesting feeling.
Mother Nature truly created some terrifying animals. How many spiky legs does one insect need? Not as many as are seen here. No one needs that many babies either.
An Island Of Fire Ants
Yes, you are looking this correctly. That is a herd of ants that formed together during Hurricane Harvey so they could float safely together. Smart thinking on their part but a terrifying sight for us to see in real life. They could easily disband and attack you.
Of course, this is a brilliant survival technique for these animals. This is just not something you ever want to see in person without a change of clothes.
A Traveling Couple Captures Cyclist Being Chased By a Grizzly Bear
Cassie Beyer and her husband Donald Poster were driving down a scenic highway in July 2017 when they spotted a cyclist who was unknowingly being chased by a sizeable grizzly bear.
The couple started honking their horn in an attempt to scare the bear. Another drive did the same, catching the cyclist's attention and yelling 'You've got a grizzly bear about 25 feet behind you.' Apparently, the cyclist is used to this as he reportedly kept calm and started pedaling faster.
Two Against One
Two against one typically wouldn't be fair, but this eagle is clearly running the show. Eagles love to prey on small mammals like prairie dogs, rabbits, raccoons, and squirrels. Another one of their favorite delicacies? Small birds.
The eagle like saw this seagull on the bottom and snatched him up during a moment of vulnerability. The seagull looks pretty firmly clasped in this eagle's talons, but who knows? Maybe the other seagull triumphantly rescued his friend!
An Enormous 28-Foot Crocodile
This photo was taken in Queensland, Australia in 1957 after this enormous crocodile was shot and killed. What's even cooler is that the croc was taken down by a female hunter named Krystina Pawlowski.
She was a Polish immigrant who was a respected hunter. Still, she didn't gain international attention until she killed this crocodile with one shot, earning the fitting nickname "One Shot" and a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Killer Fish Teeth
Swimming in the water and running into this can completely ruin your mood for future trips to the beach. If that thing were to latch on to your foot on any part of your body, consider yourself lunch! Those teeth look extremely sharp and capable, so be careful in the ocean.
This animal is actually called a lamprey, and you don't want to know what they eat. But if you're curious, it's blood. True story.
Dead Man's Fungus Is Straight Out Of A Horror Movie
It looks like a zombie waking from the dead and trying to dig itself out of a shallow grave. In reality, this is a fungus called xylaria polymorpha. It's a saprotrophic fungus which means it needs dead organic matter to grow. Terrifyingly, that means it would actually grow rapidly in a cemetery.
Whichever scientist out there had the idea to nickname this plant Dead Man's Fungus had a weird sense of humor.
Terrifying Catch Of The Day
One can only imagine what the diver in this photo was going through as he was snatched by this giant sea creature while on board his own ship. It's not every day one of the smartest animals in the ocean appears from the depths to do something like this!
Creatures from the depths of the oceans can reach astonishing sizes. Hopefully, this human was able to make it to safety before anything worse than this terrifying struggle happened.
The Great Escape
This insect was swallowed whole by this viper, no big deal. The insect's escape is what matters. If it was able to survive a viper eating it and it's insides then this bug is nothing to mess with. Take a good mental image of it so you know just in case you run into it in the wild.
This bug might just be the world's first invincible creature, which unfortunately leads to some pretty awkward situations.
Imagine Seeing This In The Middle Of The Road
This completely terrifying scene may seem like a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence for the average American. But for Australians, it's just another day Down Under. A Redditor took this photo of a large snake eating a Flying Fox mega bat.
To put this image into perspective, Flying Foxes can weigh up to 3.5 lbs and have a wingspan as large as 4 foot 11 inches. Even so, this giant snake was able to take it down and eat it for lunch.
The Plant Of Death
This is when the underworld finds a way into the real world. Not only does this "plant" look wild and devilish, it looks like something straight from a sci-fi movie. I wouldn't get near it even if you paid me. Whatever that is exactly, needs to be left alone.
I'm pretty sure this is the actual plant that makes nightmares. Stay at least ten feet away at all times, and DON'T even think about poking it with a stick!
Would You Believe This Man Survived?
In 1989, Jean Guichard captured this incredible photo on the northwest coast of France. The lighthouse known as Phares dans la Tempete, la Jument, is almost completing engulfed by a massive wave.
The man you see standing in the door is Theodore Malgorn, who was the lighthouse keeper. Malgorn and his colleagues remained safely tucked away in the upper levels of the lighthouse during the storm and all made it out safely.
Husk Heads
What you see are dying flowers. But on first glance, it looks like little heads in the plants. Ghostly faces too, flowers don't usually look this way when they're dying out so this is particularly creepy. But now you know just in case you run into something like this.
I've never seen a plant husk that dries out and looks like this, but we promise this photo isn't staged. It's the real, terrifying deal.
This Fish Will Outlive Us All
At first glance, this fish is—dare we say it—cute. It's tiny and innocent and looks like a little slug. Look a little closer and you'll see a terrifying face, sharp teeth, and gooey body.
But it's features aren't the only scary thing about this fish. It was only recently discovered by scientists. It can survive in volcanoes and will likely be one of the few animals that survive the eventual apocalypse.
The Burning Tree
Apparently, lightning struck this tree, however, this wasn't the direct aftermath. This tree was burning like this a day later as well. Is it going to explode? I don't know what's going to happen but coming across this would put some interesting thoughts in people's minds.
It's actually amazing that this burning tree hasn't caused a larger fire. As scary as this is to look at, the situation seems, oddly enough, safely contained.
A Human Fish?
The teeth this fish possess look awfully familiar. Maybe that's because those look exactly like human teeth! This creeps you out because it makes you wonder how it obtained human like features. Evolution could have brought this fish to this stage but why would it need human like teeth?
Seriously though, what could this fish possibly use human teeth for? Eating popcorn at the movie theater? No, that would be crazy.
Big Crab Baby
If you saw this thing just crawling around, chances are you would question if the environment you are in is good for your well-being. A crab with a baby's head on it is quite alarming mainly because it's something you don't really see every day or at all.
Don't be too scared. This is probably a hermit crab, and like cats, the rule for hermit crabs is, "if I fits, I sits."
Another Scary Nest
This was found in a man's shed that was left alone for an extended period of time. The scary head feature is from a wood carving that was in the shed and apparently, a nest was formed over it. Walking into the shed and seeing this for the first time must have been borderline heart-stopping.
There is no horror movie I have ever seen that has produced something this instantly nightmare-inducing.
Resurrected Frog
The frog that rose again. This frog was found outside of a shop flattened with no life. The owner thought it would be a good idea to pour some water on it and sure enough, this little guy came back to form and was ready for action.
The science is that apparently frogs are like sponges. When dried out, they can be brought back to life with just a little bit of love and water.
A Special Golden Fish
If you thought the fish with the human teeth was strange, just look at this one. A gold tail with a weird mouth and crazy teeth. This is another creature that looks like it's from a sci-fi show or movie. Coming across this would be a bad thing I'm willing to bet.
Honestly, this looks more like what would be used to catch fish, not like something that could be caught swimming around a body of water.
A New Transformation
Strolling through nature is always fun and a good time. That is until you come across something like this that looks like its transforming into an alien from another planet. Imagine that thing turned into that while you were walking by and proceeded to fly in your direction.
It's amazing to see something like this that you would never expect to see otherwise. The only time I've seen something this close is in school when they make you watch caterpillars turn into butterflies. That's not nearly as scary though.
Snake Creature?
The body of this thing looks like a caterpillar. Nothing scary about caterpillars at all, they're gently insects. But why does this one have the head of a snake? Is this some type of new creature that was found or a fusion of the two? Whatever part of the world these things are found, you won't find me.
For this caterpillar, this is a brilliant defense technique. No predator is going to come near this little fella!
A Great White Shark Next To The Mouth Of A Megalodon
Normally, animals going extinct is a bad thing. But one look at the jaws of a megalodon and we can't say we’re sad they are no longer in existence. These behemoths existed somewhere between 2.5 and 28 million years ago but went extinct due to lack of prey.
Female great white sharks can grow up to be 21 feet in length, so they’re not exactly on the small size. But that’s no match for the megalodon, which could be as long as 59 feet.
These Mammatus Clouds Following a Tornado Look Photoshopped
Mammatus clouds, also known as mammary clouds, get their name for their resemblance to udders. These strange clouds are formed when cold air is pushed down and forms pockets within the warm air. A man named Wiliam Clement Ley was the first person to record this phenomenon in the late 1890s.
You are most likely to see them following a thunderstorm or tornado. This photo was taken in Nevada after the latter.
Spot The Wrap-Around Spider
Spiders are already pretty scary on their own, but some of nature's creepiest spiders are the ones who can camouflage seamlessly. The wrap-around spider is known for being able to flatten its body to lay flat around tree limbs. These spiders are native to Australia (obviously, because everything scary lives there).
Just imagine, somewhere out there is a tree entirely covered with these terrifying spiders and you won't realize it until it's too late.
Boney M Would Like This Puffer Fish Skeleton
Fish are filled with hundreds and thousands of tiny little bones. Anyone who has had to debone a fish would know they get in the way. This skeleton of a puffer fish shows just how crazy the bone structures of fish can get.
These bones expand and contract with the fish to make its outer shell dangerous at all times. This is one fish we wouldn't like to debone.
Newsflash: Scallops Have Eyes AND Teeth
If you thought scallops were just soft, delicious piece of seafood that weren't intimidating at all, you were wrong. Unbeknownst to most of us, scallops are must more metal than anyone thought. They not only have eyes, which are those beady little blue things all along the shell, but teeth too!
It makes sense, since they are a living organism in the sea but this is still shocking evidence that nature is terrifying.
Not Your Average Bat
The hammerhead bat is a game changer. It is native in central Africa and is the largest bat in the continent. It can grow to have a wingspan of nearly 3 feet.
Luckily, only the males get the terrifying moose nose and grow to be this big. They use the facial feature to lure females to mate by making honking noises with it. The females look much closer to innocent little fruit bats.
Leopard Seals Are Actually Terrifying
We know what you're thinking: seals are nice, they do tricks in aquariums, what could be so scary about them? Well, leopard seals are a different story. It's the second-largest seal in Antarctica and it's only predator in the wild is the killer wale.
If you're still not convinced it's terrifying, just watch the scene in Happy Feet when a leopard seal chases Mumble. The seals feed on penguins in real life too.
This Chameleon Isn't Alive
Chameleons are already kind of creepy. They move really slow, they can change colors so you never really know what is going on with them, and they have those crazy eyes that can look two directions at once.
They're so creepy that you might not even realize that this chameleon is dead. It was mummified in place thanks to the burning sun of the tropics.
Geese Aren't As Innocent As You'd Think
Everything nice you ever thought about geese is history. This photo changes everything about the animal. We had accepted the fact that geese have teeth on their beak. It makes sense so they can eat fish.
But then we saw this photo and realize they also have teeth on their tongue. With this revelation, normal geese just moved up a few notches on the scary scale alongside their Canadian Goose partners.
Don't Go Chasing Lavafalls
Don't go chasing lavafalls, just still to the volcanos and the ash that you're used to. TLC warned us about this but we didn't expect to see it in real life. This looks like the final battle scene in Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith. If we zoom in we're expecting to see Anakin fighting Obi-Wan.
In reality, this is just proof that nature is terrifying and you don't have to be in a sci-fi movie to see a scene like this.
One Dangerous Nest
Once again, a doll gets tied up in nature and the results are daunting. Wasps are already a scary insect because their stingers are quite painful. But to see them flying in and out of a baby doll in a tree only makes them worse.
This is now the second time we've seen that wasps just don't care about where they build their nests. They just want to terrify humans as much as possible with the final results.
The Giant Isopod Is A Giant "Nope"
This giant isopod is found in the deepest depths of our oceans. An isopod is a crustacean that can line in the sea, freshwater, or on land. Animals like woodlice are included in the genus but also giant ones like this.
Giant isopods can grow to be more than a foot long which is honestly a relief. If they got any larger they would look dangerously like Predator.
Let's Make Spiders Even Scarier
If we haven't already shown you that tarantulas are terrifying, here's another example. This tarantula is infected with cordycipitaceae, which is a parasitic fungi. The fungi is known for being brightly colored and growing upwards to the right.
Normally, the fungi will infect plants but it is possible to infect animals. While it won't kill this tarantula, it will terrifying the living daylights out of anyone who comes across it.
This Fish Knows Its Fate
You can tell by the look on this fish's face that it knows it's in deep trouble. It got stuck inside a jellyfish after the jelly tried to eat it. According to Tim Samuel, who took the photo, the fish was miraculously able to control where the jellyfish moved "like some sort of twisted version of a living and breathing submarine."
It's just as terrifying to see animals staying alive after imminent death.
That's A Sight To Catch Outside Your Window
The person who took this photo explained that when they woke up in the morning while at an Airbnb, they heard a strange noise outside and they looked through a window to see this scene.
As you probably have guessed, this photo was snapped in Australia and the bird who is meeting a gruesome demise is called a Currawong.
I Would Not Mess With This Cat
Jaguars, a family of large cat species that inhabit the tropical forests of South America, boasts a bite strength of 1,100 pounds of force.
They're the only big cat species on the planet that actively hunts and eats large reptiles like crocodiles.
Birds Are Just Small Dinosaurs
We've all heard that birds are the closest modern relatives to the dinosaurs, but it can be hard to picture the resemblance without photos like this. This is a recently hatched blue heron chick.
Although it's often not depicted in pop culture, scientists have strong evidence that most dinosaurs had feathers, including the infamous velociraptor.
Just A Casual 20 Ft. Jump
It's not enough for killer whales to be some of the most intelligent animals on the planet and be fierce ocean predators: they also have to be able to jump unreasonably high out of the water.
Free Willy is starting to make a lot more sense.
Don't Try To Box With A Polar Bear
Polar bears are actually known for being the largest land carnivores in the world, growing up to 2.8 m long and weighing close to 1800 lbs. Compared to other bear species who tend to live on a mixture of fruits/nuts and other animals, polar bears are strictly carnivorous.
Something that also separates them from other bear species is that most others will avoid attacking humans unless threatened, but polar bears will attack unprompted.
This Looks Like A Hunting Photo Someone Would Post
Great tits, a species of small birds known for their distinctive yellow bellies and black head markings, mostly consume a diet of insects unless food is scarce.
These birds will turn toward hunting and killing other birds and small rodents, such as mice, in order to avoid starvation.
Try To Kill Me And You'll Die Too
This moray eel literally bit off more than it could chew by trying to consume a pufferfish whole.
The pufferfish, whose venom is known to cause muscle paralysis and is lethal to sea animals and even humans, decided to strike back in revenge, causing both to die in the process.
Bet You Didn't Know Amphibians Could Be This Big
This man is holding a giant Chinese salamander, the largest amphibian species in the world. Despite their size, these animals are very peaceful, but currently are considered an endangered species due to hunting and poaching.
Strangely, these large salamanders have been said to make noises similar to a crying toddler.
... But Nature Can Also Be Kind Of Adorable
This grizzly bear and wolf were observed hunting and traveling together for 10 days after this wolf was separated from its pack.
I would like Disney to consider turning this friendship into an animated film.
