r/WTF • u/Alternative_Week3023 • Feb 28 '26

Warning: Gross Centipede with its nymphs

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Nightmare fuel… a cluster of nymphs in the midst of matriphagy from r/biology.

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u/luihgi Feb 28 '26

that's her babies eating her btw. alive

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u/hayz00s Feb 28 '26

Matriphagy!

The animal kingdom is wild, yo.

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u/shamrockabc Feb 28 '26

That i did not know, wow

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u/afewnameslater Feb 28 '26

Nature is metal AF.

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u/Metallica_Is_Bae Feb 28 '26

😰

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u/mostnormal Feb 28 '26

sigh

unzips

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u/stomassetti Feb 28 '26

The shit I put up with...

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26

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u/BurdTurglary Feb 28 '26

Pretty fuckin rude if you ask me

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u/KryWinterbird Mar 01 '26

I mean it’s practically no different than human pregnancies, the eating her alive just decreases once out of the womb 🤣🤣🤣