It's time for a creepy animals thread

[Nullifidian]

Originally Posted by Aldentron

cicadas creep a lot of people out, i think they're beautiful right before they shed, when they cling to a leaf or branch and begin to seemingly meditate

Oh I have a good image for you then:

[Aldentron]

and here's a video of the bobbit worm in action. octopus is like "lol fuck you dude"
http://vimeo.com/28280553

[Xiz]

[Aldentron]

this thing basically jizzes on its prey until they're paralyzed and can't move
kind of like bukkake rape

edit for clarification, it's not sperm, it's mucous

[pokelda]

I'd eat some of the animals in this thread.

[Aldentron]

i dunno which one is creepier in this vid, the star fish or the nemertean worm

[Charu]

Gotta love that life.

[travman301]

Originally Posted by _.Spitfire._

Oh I have a good image for you then:

I like how it just chills on its old body when he's done molting.

[Nullifidian]

The bobbit worm is an insanely badass creature holy shit. Never heard of that thing before but I'll definitely have to grab some reference of that haha.

Giant hornet, fuck me sideways

Tarantula hawk, arguably the biggest wasp out there.

A type of millipede called Harpaphe Haydeniana

Some kind of jellyfish, dunno which species but it looks creepy

Portuguese Man o' war, these fuckers are terrifying. Delivers an extremely painful venom through its tentacles which can grow up to 50 meters in length! (that's 164 feet for you non-metric people) The venom has been known to kill as well but on very rare occassions. Despite popular belief, these are not jellyfish but a different kind of creature called siphonophore, which means the individual parts of the man o' war are actually seperate creatures called zooids which are part of the same body.

Underside of a Horseshoe crab, not actually a crab (or a crustacean), closer related to arachnids than to actual crustaceans. They also have blue blood.

edit: Fuck daddy long legs!

[Mollocephalus]

A+ thread will insect again

[Shadow_God_10]

This is arguably the most disturbing thread I have ever seen x.x

[samurai7694]

Originally Posted by _.Spitfire._

Giant hornet, fuck me sideways

Tarantula hawk, arguably the biggest wasp out there.

A type of millipede called Harpaphe Haydeniana

My favorites so far. *shudders*

[Coolboyrulez0]

Aside a select few I find most of these creatures absolutely fascinating.
Wouldn't invite them for a sleepover but the only "creepy" thing is the gifs that Tristan posted of what they could do to humans.

[Nullifidian]

Well yeah each of them is fascinating in their own right, of course. I find the golden orb weaver spider for example fascinating to look at, but I imagine if that thing crawled over my face I would scream like a little girl, soil myself and and black out. That's what creepy is to me. Not that it's creepy from just looking at the picture (which almost nobody finds as creepy as say, a movie because it's a still shot), but from the possible scenarios.

[Coolboyrulez0]

I personally wouldn't mind to even touch (provided I know the risks and consequences; non-toxic for example) or at least visit most of these animals in their natural habitats, if so possible.

Then again, I used to be that kid that picked up all kinds of worms / insects outside because they fascinated me, heh.
(To be fair, I don't think I have that child-like gullibility and sense of exploration and discovery anymore)

[Nullifidian]

haha, I used to pick up every spider I came across even if they were in their web (wow I was an asshole towards those spiders for destroying their webs like that but anyway), at some point I grew scared as fuck for them though. Now if I see a spider I walk around it, and if it's a big one (like the funnel weavers we have around here) I'll just take a different route or something if it's in my path lol. I can't even get near them to kill them or scare them away, cause I'm just too afraid myself. I don't have a problem with any other animal really though, and wouldn't mind touching the other animals either but still, I find them pretty scary if you start thinking about how weird/alien-like they look or what they're capable of (like the man o war with its 50 meter tentacles that cause severe pain, imagine the spread of those tentacles out in the ocean).

[Ohaider]

Originally Posted by _.Spitfire._

edit: Fuck daddy long legs!

I'm itchy all over

PS insect thread

Edit: and fish

[Bluearrowll]

Meet the Green Tree Frog.

Scary right?

These Snakes, Mice, Spiders, etc. thought so too.

[DossarLX ODI]

Gulper eel, more fascinating than creepy when watching the video.

"Gulper eels can swallow prey as big as themselves."

[Nullifidian]

Originally Posted by Ohaider

I'm itchy all over

PS insect thread

Edit: and fish

If you wanna get specific, there are hardly any insects and fish in this thread. There are arachnids, crustaceans, millipedes, centipedes, worms, jellyfish and siphonophores, reptiles, amphibians, sea stars and mammals. Only 4 animals posted so far are insects (cicada, giant hornet, tarantula hawk and botfly) and 4 animals that are fish (goblin shark, frill shark, pacu fish and hatchet fish for fish).