There is always beauty in nature. According to the American essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson, nature is beautiful because it is alive, moving, and reproductive.
Nevertheless, it can be scary and disturbing in ways that you cannot imagine.
Here are 50 strange photos that are simply wonders of nature that might get your interest! Be amazed and fascinated!
1. “Arachnids aren’t safe from cordyceps fungus either”
You don’t have to be a fast runner, have majestic claws, be able to spit venom, or even be able to move at all, to be a master hunter. That’s 1 for fungus, 0 for the spider.
Just when we thought we saw enough of nature’s collection of creepy creatures, we come upon a snakehead caterpillar, The last thing this world needs is flying snakes.
“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.” We got to admit that’s a creative way of preventing people from walking on this frozen lake. Seems like foxes aren’t as cunning as they old tales would like us to believe.
There’s nothing a mother wouldn’t do to protect her offsprings. Be that as it may, it’s still gross to look at this photo of a centipede without cringing.
8. Don’t look at this photo if you don’t have a strong stomach
“Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters fish’s gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.” Did we really need to know that? Or even worse, see how it works with our own eyes? Just no.
9. “Husks of dead flowers in my garden. Look like skulls/plague masks”
For a moment, we thought we were looking at a grisly totem of a flesh-eating tribe hidden deep in the jungle. As it turned out, it was the husks of dead flowers. Nature can really play a trick on you.
Just because it’s creepy doesn’t mean it’s not beautiful in its own way. Beautiful or not, you probably wouldn’t want to mess with Devil’s Fingers. Just looky, no touchy.
13. “Antarctic worm species called Eulagisca Gigantean”
This creature is super frightining to behold, whatever it’s called. It’s exactly how we’d imagine a flesh-eating worm that exists on the fringes of our worst nightmares.
15. “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”
Though it may look nightmarish to us, it tells us that nature will always reclaim the places we abandon, given enough time. It serves to remind us that in the battle between nature and civilization, the former will always prevail.
16. “A Centipede That Was Devoured By A Viper, Ate Its Way Out”
Watching nature documentaries is not for everyone because every once in a while you’ll witness something as nasty as this. Gross or not, this centipede won the day and did what it had to do: survive.
17. “Hermit Crab Using A Discarded Doll Head For A Shell”
A sight like this could easily haunt you for weeks. On the other hand, we can interpret it as nature’s way of saying that everything can be put to good use when survival is at stake.
Lizards can regrow their tails and it’s fascinating but we didn’t know they can grow back legs too. This fellow is probably special, even among his own species.
“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 shit it came back to fucking life.” We’re both impressed and disturbed at the same time. Kind of reminds us of the Walking Dead.
25. “Wingless Fly Penicillidia That Attaches To Bats’ Heads And Never Leaves Its Body”
It must be pretty awful to have a parasite glued to your head all the time and you can’t do anything about it. As cruel as it may seem to us, it’s just another method of survival.
Ancient Roman saying said that: ‘A dead enemy always smells good.’ It doesn’t stop there for this ant, for his dead enemy must also taste good. Okay, we’ll just stop at that disturbing thought.
Why would anyone need three tails anyway? Cats seems to be doing just fine with one but Gecko’s are apparently one of nature’s biggest ongoing experiments.
Looking at this photo gives you the feeling it’s a scene straight out of a slasher horror movie. You can almost feel Jason or Michael roaming the woods in search of their next victim. Chilling.
Aren’t we so fortunate to be at the top of the food chain? Crabs, on the other hand, don’t have that fortune. Big fish will always eat the small fish, it’s how nature works.
Hell’s torments are real and now we have definitive proof of it. It must be a special feeling to stand up there and look at the suffering of the damned as they slowly descend into Hell. Not for the faint-hearted.
35. “Millions Of Fire Ants Floating In Flooding From Harvey”
This is what we would call a perfect storm, or a perfect firestorm, to put it more precisely. What we’re looking at is surely one of the famous 10 Plagues of Egypt reported in the Bible.
Something, or someone on this boat must have angered Zeus to the point when he sent a lightning to punish them for their transgressions. What else could explain such fury?
Whoever named a carnivorous plant ‘Venus’ must’ve forgot that Venus was a Roman goddess of beauty. Though it makes sense in a way, as beauty can often be deathly.
There is always beauty in nature. According to the American essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson, nature is beautiful because it is alive, moving, and reproductive.
Nevertheless, it can be scary and disturbing in ways that you cannot imagine.
Here are 50 strange photos that are simply wonders of nature that might get your interest! Be amazed and fascinated!