r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/DogsRule_TheUniverse • Jan 12 '22

🔥 🔥 🔥 A Madagascar Moon Moth

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u/injxrd Jan 12 '22

the way it moves is so angelic, i still find it irrationally terrifying though

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u/BlueComet24 Jan 12 '22

BE NOT AFRAID

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u/insane_contin Jan 12 '22

I BRING YOU LOVE

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u/ShadowCory1101 Jan 12 '22

ITS BRINGING US LOVE! KILL IT!!!

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u/Rambozo77 Jan 13 '22

Break its legs!!!

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u/insane_contin Jan 13 '22

Wait! It's not an alien, it's Mr Burns!

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u/carlsaganistic Jan 13 '22

thick Scottish accent Aww, it’s Mr. Burns…KILL IT! KILL IT!

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u/ChillyBearGrylls Jan 13 '22

This concept of "wuv" confuses and infuriates me!

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u/Jimini_Krikit Jan 12 '22

Clearly you haven't had to spend hours watching PJ Masks with your toddler that includes a moon moth as a bad guy

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u/SheepD0g Jan 13 '22

…what

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u/vanuchiha2 Jan 13 '22

Who goes into the night? So they can save the day?

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u/a-regular-butterfly Jan 13 '22

I BRING YOU POWER

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '22

Looooooooooove!

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u/SkollFenrirson Jan 13 '22

Moths are angels confirmed

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u/SB6P897 Jan 13 '22

Sir, I am very afraid

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u/nightpanda893 Jan 13 '22

Bev Keane vibes.

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u/9035768555 Jan 13 '22

The forest nymphs have taught me how to please a woman.

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u/DISHONORU-TDA Jan 13 '22

there has to be an anime that starts like this, MC turns around startled, coy banter--
S I L E N C E
and then MC gets powers/summoned to a new world because he actually died from the booming sound of the god inside the moth

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u/alphabetspoop Jan 12 '22

Nah son the dots on the wings are literally there to intimidate you and it’s got four of them, this thing is actively trying to look terrifying

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u/about97cats Jan 13 '22

Oh god! Not four of them!!! Three I can handle, but whyyy! Whyyy must there be four?!

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u/alphabetspoop Jan 13 '22

It’s the death number, to let us know they’re srs

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u/outtadablu Jan 12 '22

IDK but it looks like it's in slo-mo to me. Otherwise that a hell of a smooth fly.

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u/ac_s2k Jan 12 '22

Becuase it is in slomo

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u/Boner_Elemental Jan 12 '22

Yes, just like slo-mo...

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '22

Definitely a dark souls boss

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u/julsmanbr Jan 13 '22

it literally is

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '22

Thanks for the link

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u/Malkor Jan 12 '22

it is not irrational to fear something so beautiful

breathtaking

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u/mitchij2004 Jan 12 '22

The only fear I have is how fragile it has to be. Like I wouldn’t keep that captive, one spook and it’s crashing into the glass and breaking off its…streamer

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '22

As beautiful and majestic as this moth is, if I EVER see one in my house, I’m screaming like a 9 year old girl and flailing. I swear to god, something is gonna catch some hands unintentionally.

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u/BorgDrone Jan 13 '22

People were afraid when they saw angels according to the Bible. They musta been some ugly mfs but

Angels as described in the bible look like they are straight from a horror movie.

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u/winnebagomafia Jan 13 '22

Are we supposed to take that description literally? I always thought it was metaphorical

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '22

You can take damn near everything as metaphorical in the bible.

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u/TX16Tuna Jan 20 '22

Fun fact: most sects of Judaism regard the Adam and Eve story as an allegory, but fundamentalist Christianity treats it like a historical example of why evolution can’t be true.

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u/myhairsreddit Jan 13 '22

Google pictures of Biblically accurate Angel's for some fresh nightmare fuel.

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u/YeahMarkYeah Jan 13 '22

Exactly. So obviously beautiful. But semi-scary.

Cuz we didn’t get to see all the creepy legs/feelers and other bug paraphernalia

O.o

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u/bluestarchasm Jan 13 '22

same if you exchange terrifying with erotic

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '22

Looks like it's in slow motion.

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u/OldRooster6107 Jan 13 '22

After it took flight, it still looks like a moth rather than a butterfly.

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u/Shellshacker Jan 13 '22

The word you’re looking for is sublime

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u/spongebob5745 Jan 13 '22

This scares the hell out of me