Damn Nature, You Scary! - Images
Cymothoa exigua, a.k.a. the tongue-eating louse
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Bobbit worms are scary as hell.
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<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/73997797" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/73997797">Bobbit Worm</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4662184">Khaled Sultani</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/659/050/198.gif)
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<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/73997797" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/73997797">Bobbit Worm</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4662184">Khaled Sultani</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/659/050/198.gif)
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We're beyond fucked.
![ON THAT DAY, MANKIND RECEIVED A GRIM REMINDER WELIVED IN FEAR OF THE SPIDERS](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/658/327/9fd.jpg)
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NOPE
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Has downvotes because it's moved from Cringeworthy
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Birds nesting in a deer carcas
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"So around November a friend gave me a deer carcass for a project I’m in the process of cultivating. I left it hang in a tree over winter to dry out. Today, I went to take it down, but to my surprise, I found new life forming in the heart of death."](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/654/408/4d6.jpg)
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"So around November a friend gave me a deer carcass for a project I’m in the process of cultivating. I left it hang in a tree over winter to dry out. Today, I went to take it down, but to my surprise, I found new life forming in the heart of death."](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/654/408/4d6.jpg)
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Wasn't Needing Sleep Any Way
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A Bigger Fish Thief
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Giant hornets nest
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Raptorial Prey Restraint
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From the source:
This is an illustration based on the new paper by Fowler et al, which discusses a likely possible method of predation byDeinonychus and other dromaeosaurs (the "raptor prey restraint" model, or RPR). This excellent publication is available free to download. It suggests that the unique foot morphology of dromaeosaurs was an adaptation to take prey in a very similar manner to extant birds of prey: by grasping with the foot claws, digging in with the hypertrophied "sickle" claw, and tightly hanging on to the prey animal as it struggles and thrashes around. The dromaeosaur would then begin to feed on it while it's still alive, until it finally dies from blood loss and organ failure, all the while standing on top of the animal to pin it down (a likely use of the unusually short ankles found in dromaeosaurs) and using primitive flight strokes with its "wings" to maintain balance.
The primary animal of study in the RPR paper is Deinonychus, so that's what I've drawn here. It is shown preying on the basal ornithopod Zephyrosaurus. Though Deinonychus is usually depicted in a dense floodplain environment, here I've reconstructed it amongst some higher-altitude arid North American mountains.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/647/183/b57.jpg)
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From the source:
This is an illustration based on the new paper by Fowler et al, which discusses a likely possible method of predation byDeinonychus and other dromaeosaurs (the "raptor prey restraint" model, or RPR). This excellent publication is available free to download. It suggests that the unique foot morphology of dromaeosaurs was an adaptation to take prey in a very similar manner to extant birds of prey: by grasping with the foot claws, digging in with the hypertrophied "sickle" claw, and tightly hanging on to the prey animal as it struggles and thrashes around. The dromaeosaur would then begin to feed on it while it's still alive, until it finally dies from blood loss and organ failure, all the while standing on top of the animal to pin it down (a likely use of the unusually short ankles found in dromaeosaurs) and using primitive flight strokes with its "wings" to maintain balance.
The primary animal of study in the RPR paper is Deinonychus, so that's what I've drawn here. It is shown preying on the basal ornithopod Zephyrosaurus. Though Deinonychus is usually depicted in a dense floodplain environment, here I've reconstructed it amongst some higher-altitude arid North American mountains.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/647/183/b57.jpg)
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Son, It Was Nice Knowing You.
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Bird's Unknown Vomit
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