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
#2 Hermit Crab Using A Discarded Doll Head For A Shell
#3 Wasps Build Nest Around A Discarded Child’s Doll
#4 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
#5 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
#6 Cymothoa Exigua Is A Type Of Parasite That Enters Fish’s Gills, Eats Their Tongue, And Then Replaces It
#7 Husks Of Dead Flowers In My Garden. Look Like Skulls/Plague Masks
#8 Devil’s Fingers Fungus
#9 Smiiiittttttthhhhhers
#10 Snake Head Caterpillar
#11 A Centipede That Was Devoured By A Viper, Ate Its Way Out
#12 This Tree In Nebraska Was Struck By Lightning And Burning Afterwards A Day Later
#13 Lizard Growing Another Foot On It’s Tail?
#14 A Beehive Built Around Wind Chimes At My Friend’s House
#15 The Sheepshead Fish Has Human-Like Teeth
#16 Wingless Fly Penicillidia That Attaches To Bats’ Heads And Never Leaves Its Body
#17 A Landslide In Taiwan
#18 The Battle
#19 My Mussel Contained A Tiny Half-Eaten Crab
#20 My Cousin Caught A Lobster With Double Pinchers. Both Claws Work
#21 Spiked Skeleton
#22 Arachnids Aren’t Safe From Cordyceps Fungus Either
#23 Battle-Scarred Hippo
#24 Brave Patriot Bald Eagle Takes Down Wimpy Canadian Goose
#25 Gecko Eats His Own Tail
#42 Fatal Blow