Nature's Unlovables

[pr_capone]

Nature can be both amazing and terrifying all at the same time. Posted these pics because I found them fascinating and I'm bored to tears at work.

Isopod

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mfR4ZOrIiUY/TTMLLo0RohI/AAAAAAAAAGA/CmOuQxW9kxk/s400/Giant+Isopod+3.jpg

http://cellar.org/2007/isopod2.jpg

Tongue Eating Isopod (it eats, then replaces, the tongue of it's host)

http://ipath.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/tongbon2_1.jpg

Giant Salamander

http://www.bizarrebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Chinese-Giant-Salamander.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2XOd8q-f6gc/Tk90TrmtdVI/AAAAAAAAAUA/uTQIoQv8DQw/s400/Giant+Salamanders-6.jpg

Tigerfish

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/20/article-1322118-0BB02583000005DC-996_646x781.jpg

Aye Aye

http://hamous.org/images/ayeaye.jpg

http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/004/cache/aye-aye_454_600x450.jpg

Frilled Shark (thought to be prehistoric but recently re-discovered)

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/photogalleries/frilled-shark/images/primary/frillshark-big-1.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Br1rQvAweME/TGPTbL1XhKI/AAAAAAAAAEg/HXeFVdlFGf0/s1600/Frilled+Shark.jpg

Watusi Cattle (their horns can be up to 100lbs a piece)

http://www.saynotocrack.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/friend-lurch-1.jpg

Cordyceps Fungi (It slowly consumes them and kills insects. From their collapsed body, grows a 'flowering' stalk. Now this is the creepy bit- the stalk changes form with different species)

http://neurophilosophy.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/cordyceps-unilateralis.JPG

http://neurophilosophy.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/fungus_campanotus.jpg

http://www.utexas.edu/courses/zoo384l/sirena/species/fungi/cordyceps_fly.jpg

http://entomology.unl.edu/images/beneficials/fungal/cordyceps.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Cordyceps.jpg/800px-Cordyceps.jpg

[Bump]

wtf I'm never swimming in another river again

[Simply Red]

If I ran into ANY of these heathens in nature, I'd literally poop right there.

[Bump]

If I ran into ANY of these heathens in nature, I'd literally poop right there.

oh come one, you can't be scared of the little Aye Aye, it's kinda cute

[In58men]

http://img.tapatalk.com/61473c72-a609-d66d.jpg



HA stupid fish

[pr_capone]

Axolotl

http://uglorable.com/media/2008/0100a.jpg

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/animals/images/800/axolotl.jpg

Belgian Blue

http://edge.ebaumsworld.com/picture/Sniklson25/Belgianblue.jpg

http://veganslyna.blogg.se/images/2009/kundbild-php_28320804.jpg

Hagfish

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ckBlasgNSzg/SIe86bdJ8kI/AAAAAAAAG_k/4W34TN4gcHY/s400/Pacific+Hagfish.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ckBlasgNSzg/SIe_LnSnwdI/AAAAAAAAG_s/nPpFxu4SFUk/s400/Epatretus+stoutii.jpg


Pink Fairy Armadillo

http://www.commonsensejunction.com/xtras/bizarre-creatures/13.jpg

Cantor's Giant Softshell Turtle

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Pelochelys_cantorii.jpg

Blobfish

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01565/blobfish_1565953c.jpg

Mudhopper

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LbccUVbSRd8/SXYy6R6T3DI/AAAAAAAAEF4/PlZPjPj72RI/s400/Mudskipper+3.JPG

Blue Sea Slug

Assassin Spider

http://images.theglobeandmail.com/archives/RTGAM/images/20050512/wscigal1512/_done_0213spider_350_.jpg

Olm

http://naturemanchester.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/fig_04_olm.jpg

Hemeroplanes Triptolemus (This is not a snake, it's a larva. It's just trolling you.)

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljkaodxaGQ1qhdyls.jpg

Yeti Lobster

http://www.newcritters.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/kiwahirsuta.jpg

[Donger]

What about that deep-sea fish thing with the little light on a stalk?

[Pitt Gorilla]

Blobfish has a sad.

[Thig Lyfe]

frazod

[Stewie]

Blobfish

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01565/blobfish_1565953c.jpg


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/Ziggy-cartoon.jpg

[Canofbier]

Axolotl
Belgian Blue

http://edge.ebaumsworld.com/picture/Sniklson25/Belgianblue.jpg

http://veganslyna.blogg.se/images/2009/kundbild-php_28320804.jpg

Holy hell, that thing is ripped!

[Canofbier]

Also, the Axolotl looks like a Pokemon or something.

[ThaVirus]

What about that deep-sea fish thing with the little light on a stalk?

http://images.mudfooted.com/Angler-Fish.jpg

It's called an Angler Fish.

[ThaVirus]

Also, the Axolotl looks like a Pokemon or something.

Yeah, you beat me to it but that was my exact first thought as well. That one and the Blobfish look like something you'd see in Pokemon.

[In58men]

http://images.mudfooted.com/Angler-Fish.jpg

It's called an Angler Fish.



Pretttyyyyy follow the liiiiggghhhttttt.

[chefsos]

The blobfish kind of looks like Fisty after a rough night.

[Thig Lyfe]

Also, the Axolotl looks like a Pokemon or something.

A pretty adorable Pokemon at that!

[In58men]

Yeah, you beat me to it but that was my exact first thought as well. That one and the Blobfish look like something you'd see in Pokemon.

http://img.tapatalk.com/61473c72-b033-e0ea.jpg

[Jewish Rabbi]

Pit bulls

[pr_capone]

The blobfish kind of looks like Fisty after a rough night.

ROFL

[Okie_Apparition]

What you are likely to find on an internet dating site
for $100 Alex

[In58men]

Watusi cattle?


100 lbs a piece? How do they keep their head up? I call bullshit

[Ceej]

Blobfish looks like one of the creatures on Where the Wild Things Are.


Also,


Spiders are fucked up enough. Thanks for the creepy thread.

[-King-]

KILL THEM ALL WITH AIDS FIRE!


Except the Axolotl. That is pretty cute....

Until it reaches adulthood, then someone can kill it with AIDs fire also https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zxuWvZSiF0I/TYVR9Ot79nI/AAAAAAAAD9Q/vdMZIDj_qXc/adult+axolotl.jpg

[Canofbier]

No "****ed up animals" thread can be allowed to go without the Candiru. It's a parasitic fish in the Amazon that swims up your dick and latches on with spines. SFW footage of the surgery in the embedded video.

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[In58men]

No "****ed up animals" thread can be allowed to go without the Candiru. It's a parasitic fish in the Amazon that swims up your dick and latches on with spines. SFW footage of the surgery in the embedded video.

<iframe id="dit-video-embed" width="640" height="360" src="http://static.discoverymedia.com/videos/components/apl/692e972c1c15412835bfbcf845d0840fec4ae1a4/snag-it-player.html?auto=no" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true"></iframe>

That fish you're talking about was also on 1,000 Ways to Die


I believe its attracted to urine, so don't pee in a river/lake.

[Canofbier]

That fish you're talking about was also on 1,000 Ways to Die


I believe its attracted to urine, so don't pee in a river/lake.

I hear they reside in shower drains as well.

[whoman69]

http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/MItf5A6fneo/hqdefault.jpg

[Okie_Apparition]

I bet they jump out in front of cars at night
& blind them with the reflections