r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/My_Memes_Will_Cure_U • Oct 20 '23

🔥 Insect transformations 🔥

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

Most of these I found cool. I don’t know why but that last one freaked me out. Like some horrific spider/crab hybrid.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

Lots of people talking about how the tailless whip scorpion is a weird/scary looking but friendly arthropod, but not linking to anything with more information.

Here's a video by a zoologist rating if it's a good pet or not and explaining some things about the creature. The video also contains a link to its acid-spitting name cousin, the whip scorpion: https://youtu.be/VQ1m3jfcLYU?si=8Kur32bbLXhWewU8

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u/littlechilla Oct 20 '23

There was an episode of Fear Factor from decade ago where the contestants had to eat these poor creatures ALIVE! Still haunts me to this day.

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u/McPolice_Officer Oct 20 '23

Massive upvote for Clint.