nature is f*cking hardcore

[anotheranon]

The 5 Most Horrifying Bugs in the World. I'd fact-check before getting too wound up about them (I doubt ants can scream - no vocal chords), but I defy anyone to find anything cute or cuddly about any of these (I'm looking at you, tommdroid ;) )

The prose is pretty funny though - imagine Quentin Tarantino writing for National Geographic :P

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[dustdaughter.livejournal.com]

I'd click the link but thinking about bugs makes me itch.

*scratches*

Oh, no.

[sealwhiskers.livejournal.com]

Shit...just..shit.

My scalp fells like it's alive...

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Knew about four out of five, but the bullet ant was new to me ... NEAT! :-)

[tommdroid.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to say I wouldn't cuddle the Bot Fly. I knew about Bot flies, but I did not know of the human Bot fly.

Nature, and the insect World in particular, is indeed hard core. And there is alot of "eating alive" going on in the insect community. I think we ought to be very happy for the now lower amount of oxygen levels that prevents the insects from getting as big as they once were...imagine meeting with an flesh eating ant the size of a sheep...

personally I prefer to cuddle with insects that "look" horrifying, because they seldom are horrifying. But even I avoid insects that "do" horrifying things. Perhaps it's just as humans getting baffled when meeting life forms doing even more horrifying deeds than us humans.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

"Never, EVER let your hive insect get bigger than you" is my personal take-away lesson here...

[ex-idragosa.livejournal.com]

I can't find any information about shrieking, but the bit about it being the most painful insect sting looks true. In South America, they use these buggers as part of manhood initiatory rites, where the initiate has to endure several stings at once. And we thought the beer bong was an appropriate initiation device...

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I did cross check that, and - I think i prefer the beer bong :P

I do remember seeing some Animal Planet/Discovery Channel-type documentary some time though, that showed a researcher who had systematically desensitized himself to the stings through repeated exposure. Or maybe that was black widow bites....

[ex-idragosa.livejournal.com]

Ouch