For every glorious mountain range and rainbow, thereโs some stinging, deadly, tooth-filled, slime creature hanging out on the same planet.
Ok, so nature is far more beautiful than it is scary, it is good to remember that itโs not just here to impress us. In fact, sometimes it seems like itโs out to humble us. Or at least fuel our nightmares.
Check out these 10 photos โ but maybe not right before you go to sleep:
1. What theโฆ?!
This is a volcano โskylightโ in Hawaii, which makes it sound a lot more scenic than it is. This particular place is called the โPortal to Hell,โ for obvious reasons.
But we know what youโre really wondering โ and no, those arenโt lava-fied bodies. The lava just formed some seriously creepy shapes.
2. Two nightmares in one!
The tongue eating louse is a type of parasite that enters fishโs gills, eats their tongue and then replaces it, living in the fishes mouth.
OMG
*shudder* pic.twitter.com/tTKB7vr6rH
โ Bernieโs Tweets (@BernieSpofforth) July 15, 2020
3. The things we leave behind
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 tricks on you.
4. Eyes in the skies
Weโre already not terribly fond of wasps, but did they really have to make the worldโs creepiest nest, complete with vacant doll stare?
Imagine looking up and spotting this horror!
5. Snake segregator
Arenโt snakes bad enough without looking like spilled intestines?
Apparently not, says nature.
6. I wonder why itโs abandoned
Wow, hornets really know how to make things quaint, donโt they?
Maybe they moved out because they realized how terrifying this looks.
7. No day at the beach
Itโs sad when sea creatures wash ashore at the end of their lives.
But sometimes itโs terrifying too because it makes us never go into the water again.
8. A(head) of the game
A sight like this could easily haunt you for weeks. On the other hand, we can interpret it as natureโs way of saying that everything can be put to good use when survival is at stake.
9. A face not even a mother could love
This creature is super frightening to behold.
Itโs exactly how weโd imagine a flesh-eating worm that exists on the fringes of our worst nightmares.
10. Thanks, we hate it
This thing is straight out of Alien.
Can you imagine trying to teach your kids about the beauty of nature when this thing decides to emerge in its hideous glory?!
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Nature can be glorious, but itโs not all rainbows and puppy dogs. Itโs got its less cute and glamorous side too (donโt we all?).
Weโre just glad we have yet to come across any of the above โ even if we do expect to see them in our nightmares later.
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