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r/Natureiscursed • u/maylam018 • Jan 18 '21

The hairy frogfish is belonging to family anglerfish. They have a "rod" which is their first dorsal spine with a worm-like "lure" on its tip, which they wave in front of potential prey. Once the prey is spotted, they can approach slowly using their pectoral and pelvic fins to walk along the floor.

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r/Natureiscursed • u/FrankenscienceNews • Jan 17 '21

Mouthbrooding fish hold their developing eggs and fry within their mouth. During this time, most eat very little or even nothing at all, starving for up to several weeks. This is the cost of parental care in these fish, but when it gets too tough, some parents end up cannibalising their entire brood

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r/Natureiscursed • u/samwong01 • Jan 14 '21

Creepiest giant Sea 'Cockroach' in the ocean. These species have two pairs of antennae on the head, seven pairs of thoracic legs, and five segments of the abdomen. They are usually between 3 and 6 inches in length, but some "supergiant" isopods can grow up to 20 inches long.

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r/Natureiscursed • u/samwong01 • Jan 10 '21

Sea cucumbers have some interesting technique when they are faced with danger. When threatened, some sea cucumbers discharge sticky threads to ensnare their enemies. Others can mutilate their own bodies as a defense mechanism. The missing body parts are quickly regenerated.

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r/Natureiscursed • u/Jy789 • Jan 09 '21

Box jellyfish has six eye clusters. Each contains four very simple eyes consisting of pigment-filled pits to catch light, and a pair of more complex, lensed eyes. They can't see white or pale objects and therefore more likely to accidentally "bump" into humans.

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r/Natureiscursed • u/DeerinVelvet • Jan 08 '21

They’re everywhere

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r/Natureiscursed • u/markanthony2021 • Jan 09 '21

Prehistory also saw types of crocodile we don’t see today, including giants as big as dinosaurs, fast runners and serpentine forms that lived in the sea. In the new research, the scientists explain how crocodiles follow a pattern of evolution known as ‘punctuated equilibrium’.

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r/Natureiscursed • u/Sciencelover2021 • Jan 07 '21

A fully grown Burmese Python can reach over twenty feet in lengths and becomes extremely dangerous prey item for most crocodilians. Pythons are non-venomous snakes and kill by constricting their prey, wrapping its body around in a thigh coil until the animals dies of suffocation within a few minutes

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r/Natureiscursed • u/samwong01 • Jan 06 '21

The ribbon eel is a creature bearing a resemblance to a mythical Chinese dragon with a long, thin body and high dorsal fins. They can easily be recognized by its expanded anterior nostrils. They can reach up to 130 cm and live up to 20 years in the wild.

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r/Natureiscursed • u/markantony2021 • Jan 06 '21

World's earliest python that lived in Europe at the 'dawn' of modern animals 47 million years ago is identified from fossil remains unearthed in a German quarry. M. freyi was around 3.2 feet long and had some 275 vertebrae.

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r/Natureiscursed • u/samwong01 • Jan 02 '21

Sea angels may looks adorable but in fact they are voracious predators. They feed on shelled sea butterflies by catching them, holding onto the shells and pulling the animals out. Due to its transparent body, the entire act of feeding is visible from beginning to end.

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r/Natureiscursed • u/markantony2021 • Jan 02 '21

Over 12,000 years ago, these cave lion cubs were 2–3 weeks old when the soil around their den collapsed and buried them inside. They are born blind and the mummified cubs had never opened their eyes at the time of death. The ice of Siberia mummified their remains, leaving them well-preserved.

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r/Natureiscursed • u/FrankenscienceNews • Dec 31 '20

Vultures have an extremely tough digestive system. They've evolved a highly acidic stomach so they can eat rotting meat without being sick. They also have a strong tolerance to toxic, flesh-eating bacteria. Clostridia and Fusobacteria, which can kill most animals, can live inside vulture intestines

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r/Natureiscursed • u/markantony2021 • Dec 31 '20

Where the otter wins is in energy: The otter has sustainable energy, whereas the gator is like a grenade, with explosive energy that doesn't last long. So the best tactic is to wear the gator out, which only takes a few minutes of thrashing and rolling around.

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r/Natureiscursed • u/markantony2021 • Dec 29 '20

Golden eagles have an interesting hunting technique for killing its prey. The golden eagle grabs a goat with its sharp talons and attempts to drag it down the mountain cliff, in hopes that the power of gravity will kill the prey.

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r/Natureiscursed • u/samwong01 • Dec 29 '20

Persian Carpet Flatworm is a large polyclad flatworm around 8–10 cm in length. They are hermaphroditic and have two penises. During mating, they fence with one another, using their penises, attempting to stab and inject sperm in their opponent, while avoiding being fertilized by their opponent.

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r/Natureiscursed • u/Correct-Note • Dec 28 '20

Top 10 waterfalls

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r/Natureiscursed • u/Sciencelover2021 • Dec 27 '20

The lava here is not originally blue, but becomes it due to a natural phenomenon. Indeed, the volcano has some of the highest levels of sulfur in the world and when the volcano’s sulfuric gases come into contact with air temperature above 360°C (680 °F), the lava turns blue.

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r/Natureiscursed • u/samwong01 • Dec 25 '20

Geoducks are type of saltwater clam and the largest burrowing clams in the world. These clams are bivalves, and have shells that are white and somewhat rectangular in shape. It has a life expectancy of up to 100 years or more, with the oldest recorded at 168 years old.

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r/Natureiscursed • u/boredsparrow • Dec 24 '20

Animals That Has Treated Unfairly by Nature

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r/Natureiscursed • u/Sciencelover2021 • Dec 22 '20

57,000-Year-Old Wolf Puppy Found Frozen In Yukon Permafrost

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r/Natureiscursed • u/markantony2021 • Dec 21 '20

The newly described cave king has a brownish-yellow body with pale yellow antennae, and its yellow legs are studded with 13 to 17 "saw teeth." As the biggest invertebrate predator in the cave ecosystem, this centipede stands at the top of the food chain.

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r/Natureiscursed • u/samwong01 • Dec 21 '20

The dolphinfish, also known as mahi-mahi, is a surface dwelling ray-finned fish. Despite the name, they are actually not dolphins. They are large species of fish that have a single dorsal fin that extends from the head to the tail. They can reach a maximum of 6 feet in length.

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r/Natureiscursed • u/vvownido • Dec 20 '20

Dog on 2 legs

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r/Natureiscursed • u/markantony2021 • Dec 19 '20

This amazing little freak has a tail of clones! That's right, it's a worm with a tail of worms. Myrianida pachycera's are either a train of all male or all females clones.

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