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[The Lamp]

This wasp attacks and basically turns its prey into zombies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN2XMyxAs5o&feature=player_embedded

I'm kind of glad it does this to roaches because I hate them. This wasp injects a venom that zombifies cockroaches, in which she then plants her eggs which hatch and eat the roach alive from the inside out.

So many disgusting elements put together...WTF nature....

 

[sixteen-bit]

Straight out of sci-fi horror.

 

[Clydefrog]

Thank god insects are small. Human-sized wasps would be fucking terrifying.

 

[Stinkles]

www.potatobugs.com

An insect that ONLY feeds on human cheeks.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Thank god insects are small. Human-sized wasps would be fucking terrifying.

Human sized wasps wouldn't work, mechanically speaking.

 

[snack]

Damn, Nature. You scary.

 

[Isamu Dyson]

not sure i should have entered this thread

Thank god insects are small. Human-sized wasps would be fucking terrifying.

yeah human sized wasps would be terrifying, shame i'm already petrified by small wasps. now even more worried. ahaha.

thanks gaf, you make it all so much better.

 

[Hilbert]

I love the diversity of life.

 

[Chichikov]

This is not as rare as you would like to believe.

http://www.cracked.com/article_19384_the-5-creepiest-ways-animals-have-mastered-mind-control.html

 

[Clydefrog]

Human sized wasps wouldn't work, mechanically speaking.

yay

 

[KidDork]

I saw a spider catch, bite and wrap a yellowjacket yesterday. The yellowjacket struggled and struggled, was bit again, and then finally lay there, it's mandibles clicking against the webbing.

Horrible.

 

[Chuck (Old)]

Search Google/YouTube for Ophiocordyceps unliateralis, or cordyceps.

 

[Medalion]

Now I see where some people get their Horror movie ideas

Daaammn nature, you scary

 

[Gospel]

The enemy of your enemy is your friend. Take that roaches, you bastards.

 

[PaleFolklore]

First cockroaches, then the world.

 

[GuessWho]

what demonry is this?

 

[GDGF]

I read the title as "Probably the most horrifying incest ever."


I think I'll go to the shrink now.

 

[Nora Kisaragi]

So the wasp turns its prey into a zombie, plants its eggs into it, traps/barricades it, and the prey can't do anything as it is forced to be eaten by wasp babies from the inside out...alive?

WTF?

If these guys evolve to hunt humans, it'll be game over.

 

[ezrarh]

We're one lab accident away from zombie apocalypse.

 

[Kinyou]

www.potatobugs.com

An insect that ONLY feeds on human cheeks.

Q: I have potato bugs in my vegetable garden. How can I rid myself of these pesky critters?
A: Drench your entire yard with gasoline and set it ablaze. Once the fire has burned itself out and the ground has cooled, cultivate the soil to a depth of seven feet, saturate the area with battery acid and top the surface with gasoline. After a few minutes, most of the surviving potato bugs, now irritated, will burrow up for air. Set the yard on fire again, and let it burn itself out. The remaining bugs should be crisped. Add water. Only then, and only maybe, will you rid yourself of potato bugs.

Q: When I sleep, I have recurring dreams about potato bugs. Nightmares, really. Should I be concerned?
A: No. We all have nightmares about potato bugs. Try not to drink alcohol right before bed.

lol

btw. those insect killing mushrooms are kinda scary too:

 

[Door2Dawn]

Damn that roach was so scared it took a shit.

 

[ToxicAdam]

If I were a small rodent, this would scare the shit out of me.

 

[Lesath]

www.potatobugs.com

An insect that ONLY feeds on human cheeks.

I was collecting insects for my ecology project when I ran into a dead one in a stagnant pond of water. If the size and appearance are not enough to send you running, the smell will.

 

[Bossun]

Once again I won't sleep tonight.

Oh NeoGAF you make my dreams so much more enjoyable...

 

[balddemon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23eimVLAQ2c
This terrifies me more...

not for the faint of heart

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Wasps are the worst creatures on the planet.

 

[Pollux]

Thank god insects are small. Human-sized wasps would be fucking terrifying.

Human sized anything (not already that size or larger) would be fucking terrifying.

e.g. Squirrels...human sized ones, they would be evil man. pure evil. The ones behind my apartment building already run up to you as soon as you walk out the door and jump on your leg hoping for food.

 

[triplestation]

That was an amazing watch.

 

[stufte]

 

[GhaleonEB]

www.potatobugs.com

An insect that ONLY feeds on human cheeks.

Q: I have potato bugs in my vegetable garden. How can I rid myself of these pesky critters?

A: Drench your entire yard with gasoline and set it ablaze. Once the fire has burned itself out and the ground has cooled, cultivate the soil to a depth of seven feet, saturate the area with battery acid and top the surface with gasoline. After a few minutes, most of the surviving potato bugs, now irritated, will burrow up for air. Set the yard on fire again, and let it burn itself out. The remaining bugs should be crisped. Add water. Only then, and only maybe, will you rid yourself of potato bugs.​

Sound advice.

 

[Exuro]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23eimVLAQ2c
This terrifies me more...

not for the faint of heart

wtf man....wtf

 

[Lesiroth]

GOD DAMMIT Why do I always enter these threads

 

[apana]

Search Google/YouTube for Ophiocordyceps unliateralis, or cordyceps.

Wow that's cool.

 

[Advance_Alarm]

this is the one that freaks me out

Cymothoa exigua

 

[Gospel]

Search Google/YouTube for Ophiocordyceps unliateralis, or cordyceps.

ho-lee shit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXFNnxAoxtI&feature=related

 

[apana]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23eimVLAQ2c
This terrifies me more...

not for the faint of heart

Oh god so disgusting but I'm still kind of glad I saw it.

 

[Chuck (Old)]

this is the one that freaks me out

Cymothoa exigua

Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cymothoidae. It tends to be 3 to 4 centimetres (1.2 to 1.6 in) long. This parasite enters through the gills, and then attaches itself at the base of the spotted rose snapper's (Lutjanus guttatus) tongue. It extracts blood through the claws on its front, causing the tongue to atrophy from lack of blood. The parasite then replaces the fish's tongue by attaching its own body to the muscles of the tongue stub. The fish is able to use the parasite just like a normal tongue.

Holy shit.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Holy Shit @ Centipede

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooFSFR2s7Ig&feature=related

 

[Uncompromisable]

Man there's just so many creepy things:

Ants vs Crab BBC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=qOe5Lmyyxiw
Aforementioned killer fungi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8
Body controlling wasps inside caterpillar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMG-LWyNcAs&feature=related
Worm turning cricket into zombie: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5220551385066049121

 

[HeadlessRoland]

Holy shit.

Yeah, there are some insanely complex parasitics/symbiotic relationships. This thread has some of the best examples.

 

[Uncompromisable]

Brain tapeworm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJCh7bR1Nf0 (careful: there's scene of open brain surgery)
explained here: http://eands.caltech.edu/articles/LXVI4/brainworms.html

 

[Kinyou]

this is the one that freaks me out

Cymothoa exigua

Does this one have two? Talking about some badluck...

 

[linko9]

Not as bad as the dickworm (not an insect though). It lives in water and crawls up your dick. I forget what it's actually called, and I'm not going to google dickworm.

 

[Huevos de Oro]

Does this one have two? Talking about some badluck...

A second cymothoa attached to the tongue of the first cymothoa.

 

[Kinyou]

A second cymothoa attached to the tongue of the first cymothoa.

Brain tapeworm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJCh7bR1Nf0 (careful: there's scene of open brain surgery)
explained here: http://eands.caltech.edu/articles/LXVI4/brainworms.html

Those goddamn related videos. I just spend half an hour watching some of the most grossest stuff getting pulled out of ears.

 

[DarthWoo]

Not as bad as the dickworm (not an insect though). It lives in water and crawls up your dick. I forget what it's actually called, and I'm not going to google dickworm.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru ?

 

[apana]

Brain tapeworm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJCh7bR1Nf0 (careful: there's scene of open brain surgery)
explained here: http://eands.caltech.edu/articles/LXVI4/brainworms.html

Great now I'm never going to be able to eat pork again. Motherfucking brain worms, this world is crazy.

 

[Htown]

Body controlling wasps inside caterpillar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMG-LWyNcAs&feature=related

D:

 

[Amagon]

 

[darkwing]

I lost it when the caterpillar starved to death protecting the parasites