Nature (warning: if you are freaked out by weird looking creatures then do not click)

[xpoint9]

wow found this on digg. its a picture of really weird and freaky looking bug. If you want you can click on the thumbnail to enlarge. I wouldn't



more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_water_bug

[dragon_drift]

gross yet fascinating...

it looks like something from a sci-fi movie lol

as for the stuff on it's back
According to Wiki,
"Belostomatids show parental care and the eggs of many species are laid on the male's wings and carried until they hatch."

[Viper98]

that looks like that thing that they showed on planet earth where the fungi takes over the insects body and then grows inside it

[a1cd]

Giant water bugs are a popular food in Thailand.

[Tijuana]

my toes just tingled

[strangeepiphany]

I clicked to enlarge it.

Gross, but fascinating, as dragon_drift said. Wouldn't want to see it in real life, though.

[skyblue12]

wow what the heck is that lol. i don't know whether to be scared or fascinated, it makes my stomach queasy yet it looks so interesting.. lol reminds me of AVP for some reason.

[phyrefly]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_water_bug

[felix]

Giant water bugs are a popular food in Thailand.

Good source of protein I suppose. Remember Simba the Lion King grew up eating bugs and insects (or grubs so they call it).

[Emancipated]

wow what the heck is that lol. i don't know whether to be scared or fascinated, it makes my stomach queasy yet it looks so interesting.. lol reminds me of AVP for some reason.

Everything you've ever seen onscreen or read in sci-fi novels were inspirations from nature. I think all living things however strange and bizarre is what makes this planet so interesting. Like sea creatures living in or around the hydrothermal vents have no pigment and are blind or have no eyes at all; that's a real mind job but it's a beautiful causation (is that right?) of how nature works.

[xpoint9]

that looks like that thing that they showed on planet earth where the fungi takes over the insects body and then grows inside it

I watched that, that was really f'd up lol.

here is the video, for those who want to see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3t4v8PmY_Q

[aimfox]

*shrugs*

[laptop-tech]

I watched that, that was really f'd up lol.

here is the video, for those who want to see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3t4v8PmY_Q

WTF WTF WTF !!!

This is freaky !!!

[Mgz]

10% of what cow eat turn into meat
80% of insect eat turn into protein

I guess as population is increasing we have to eat insect in future

[NDman]

and this one, too?

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...uk.monster.cnn

(I think it is fake, though)