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
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#4 This Frog Was Found All Dried Up And Withered Outside The Store In The Morning. The Store Manager Said, "Let's Try Splashing Some Water On It," And Holy Sh*t It Came Back To F*cking Life
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#5 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
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#7 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
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#8 Cymothoa Exigua Is A Type Of Parasite That Enters Fish's Gills, Eats Their Tongue, And Then Replaces It
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#15 This Busy Owl Killed 70+ Lemmings And Surrounded His Nest With Their Fresh Corpses
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#17 This Tree In Nebraska Was Struck By Lightning And Burning Afterwards A Day Later
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#19 Fireants Create A Floating Island Of Themselves To Ride Out The Houston Flooding
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#20 Was About To Show My Kids That Cicada Shells Aren't Gross And Scary When
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