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[ThoseDeafMutes]

KILL EM ALL!!

Are you Argentinian by any chance? Buenos Aires perhaps?

 

[fanboi]

 

[Rikyfree]

The poor caterpillar. Dude got fat, and then had chunks of his body eaten to give birth to nasty larvae that brainwashed him into protecting them even more, and giving his life for them.

The caterpillar was a tea party member?

 

[Deleted member 1235]

:/

 

[SolidusDave]

I think this one wasn't mentioned yet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb3OQPT3qbU#t=3m43s

This is cool because it just temporarily changes behavior instead of zombifying them.

The (Ichneumon) wasp releases a pheromone that makes the ants attack each other, while the wasp can walk right into the nest. Powerful magic spell it has going for it.


I linked the specific time in the video, but watch the whole video for the full story:

- blue butterfly caterpillar tricks ants into believing they are ant larva by using the same pheromones or whatever.
- ants carry caterpillar into their nest and nurture for it until it turns into a butterfly.
- the ichneumon wasp can somehow detect which ant nest has these caterpillars (which the ants themselves can't) and walks right into it
- the wasp releases a pheromone that makes the ants attack each other
- the wasp lays its eggs into the caterpillars
- wasp larva grow inside the caterpillar, which is still nursed by the ants due to their pheromone
- But instead of a butterfly, a wasp hatches.


the poor ants are used by everyone!

 

[kitch9]

Well, our god had a sadistic field day when he created that one..........

Ugh.

 

[Momo]

fuck this thread, I hate you all.

 

[Flo]

I feel sick from watching that, came to 2/3 then gave up, ugh.

 

[Auto_aim1]

Why do you guys have to post pics here?

 

[Jimrpg]

why are insects UGLY? i mean why?

do other animals think they are ugly too?

monkeys - do they think wasps are gross?

what about ants, bees, centipedes?

i mean cats, dogs, elephants, dolphins, fish, are mostly pleasant looking... but insects are basically unpleasant looking.

 

[Powdered Toastman]

why are insects UGLY? i mean why?

do other animals think they are ugly too?

monkeys - do they think wasps are gross?

what about ants, bees, centipedes?

i mean cats, dogs, elephants, dolphins, fish, are mostly pleasant looking... but insects are basically unpleasant looking.

Butterflies are pretty, as are most beetles (which alone are like 40% of all insects).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarabaeidae can be especially beautiful.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

why are insects UGLY? i mean why?

do other animals think they are ugly too?

monkeys - do they think wasps are gross?

what about ants, bees, centipedes?

i mean cats, dogs, elephants, dolphins, fish, are mostly pleasant looking... but insects are basically unpleasant looking.

Generally speaking, dangerous animals we have evolved around will be things we find disgusting, or scary, or what have you. Other animals that look similar to those will be ugly/scary by association. Humans probably make wasps shit themselves.

 

[Rewrite]

You know, I'm usually all about bug threads here on GAF, but my god some of these videos...holy fucking shit.

 

[zoukka]

Why do you guys have to post pics here?

Because of you guys.

 

[Aguirre]

:/

 

[hylje]

I followed with human bot fly videos. Best diet ever.

 

[Jme]

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

not for the faint of heart

Fuck you.

 

[BGBW]

Yeah I really felt bad at that one, mind control is just wrong. Here is a happy video about bees killing a hornet:

"I like my hornets like I like my women. Covered in bees."

 

[Evershade]

Wow at OP and the parasitic fungi. Nature is amazing.

And not all insects are ugly

more here

 

[06nbarnhill]

I am glad I didn't find this thread till morning.

That fish tongue parasite is terrifying.

 

[Winterblink]

How about this mean little motherfucker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMkFb5n97cU

The larvae are just as bad. Froggy goes to eat it, and the larvae attaches itself to the inside of its mouth and basically does the same thing as the beetle above.

 

[taku]

Why did I click this thread.. :'(

 

[Shadow780]

fuck everything in this thread.

 

[AllenShrz]

lol Gaf ultimate enemy. An insects thread.

 

[apana]

It's been speculated by scientists that this parasite also effects the behavor of humans!
I don't want to go into detail, just read the wikipedia about it and be seriously creeped out!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis

Dude this is fucking scary. Why aren't people who suffer from depression required to be tested for Toxoplasmosis?

 

[CaptainMintMan]

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

I must be a small rodent then.

 

[MadmanUK]

Wow at OP and the parasitic fungi. Nature is amazing.

And not all insects are ugly

more here

Where's Marcus Fenix when you need him?

 

[Venfayth]

This thread.. omg.. Horrors D:

 

[(._.)]

watch this

 

[izakq]

Can't help but think of the "O Rly" meme when seeing the moth that is in the background and out of focus.

 

[dojokun]

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


I think I'll go to the shrink now.

Another display of bigotry against intrafamilial relationships.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Leucochloridium variae, common name brown-banded broodsac, is a species of a parasite that invades snails and makes their eye stalks swollen, pulsating and colourful.

This maggot-resembling feature attracts birds. The bird rips off the eye stalk and eats it and later on the parasite's egg is dropped with the bird's feces. Similar life-histories are found in most species in the genus Leucochloridium including Leucochloridium paradoxum.

The snail regenerates a replacement eye stalk, which also becomes infected by the parasite.

That is just... I mean... I have no words.

It's like some horrible snail hell.

 

[dojokun]

Animals are cruel to other animals... just a common thing in nature. Sometimes like in the OP it's out of evolution/procreation, but sometimes it's just for pleasure:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVE60zwXx1k

 

[ZeroCypher]

WHY did I click this thread as I'm eating... WHY???

 

[SolidusDave]

watch this

ah yes, I remember this wonderful scene from the Human Planet series.

Spoiler

(OF COURSE THEY NEEDED TO EAT THE BIGGEST SPIDER IN THE WORLD)

 

[Panzon]

Are you Argentinian by any chance? Buenos Aires perhaps?

No but I would love to visit. Are you?

 

[Fry]

 

[methane47]

OMG DEAR GOD JESUS... I actully got scared... Jesus I hate spiders...

BUT

Here is the REAL STUFF OF NIGHTMARES!!
WATERBUG!!

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-wVFLucTks&feature=related

 

[vilmer_]

Oh my FUCK.

 

[SolidusDave]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-wVFLucTks&feature=related

Always wondered if this beetle was an inspiration for Starship Troopers:

(or the one which shoots at the spaceships)

 

[hawt]

Watching that gave me chills...

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

I don't know, but it might be able to survive "kill it with fire."

 

[apana]

watch this

These kids are my new heroes. Those spiders did kind of look tasty.

 

[beast786]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJThkIP-2EU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q2r1UfjKBM&feature=related

 

[scar tissue]

Human sized wasps wouldn't work, mechanically speaking.

although it wasn't human-sized, i remember the extinct dragonfly 'meganeura' to have about a meter wingspan. a wasp that size would be terrifying.

 

[shira]

Scarring kids for life.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

Scarring kids for life.

http://youtu.be/bRV4d9LCawU

 

[Blitz2o]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JRCGXEiafU

I don't think this has been posted yet.

It's awesome. and scary.

 

[strafer]

No sleep tonight it seems.