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

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/6964/wtfisthisaq8hy3.th.jpg (http://img385.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wtfisthisaq8hy3.jpg)

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 :razz:

[strangeepiphany]

I clicked to enlarge it. :cheesygri

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 :cheesygri

[NDman]

and this one, too?

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/07/31/moos.montauk.monster.cnn

(I think it is fake, though)

[Musiq Soulchild]

lol..

It looks like it has a bunch of hotdogs lined up vertically..

[nano]

i was waiting for the second page to add " that mother****ing **** is soo nasty why would you post that" ... i got goosebumps just looking at it.... and im still getting them 2 hrs later!

[Hanniganite]

It's got like little clams on its back...

[infinite.chaoz]

Eh, it's still better than Indian food.

[EbonyRose]

As long as that thing and I can reach a mutual understanding that it must never make contact with me, then we're fine. The picture didn't look so bad as a thumbnail.

[joeym]

Dad i want one!

[zfmduel]

Deep Fry Plz

[jp06]

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."

i've seen a frog (forgot the name) that does the same thing. It's back has a bunch of eggs and baby frogs hatch from it.

[will1087]

The wasp proceeds to chew off half of each of the roach's antennae.[2] The wasp, which is too small to carry the roach, then leads the victim to the wasp's burrow, by pulling one of the roach's antennae in a manner similar to a leash. Once they reach the burrow, the wasp lays a white egg, about 2 mm long, on the roach's abdomen. It then exits and proceeds to fill in the burrow entrance with pebbles, more to keep other predators out than to keep the roach in.

With its escape reflex disabled, the stung roach will simply rest in the burrow as the wasp's egg hatches after about three days. The hatched larva lives and feeds for 4-5 days on the roach, then chews its way into its abdomen and proceeds to live as an endoparasitoid. Over a period of eight days, the wasp larva consumes the roach's internal organs in an order which guarantees that the roach will stay alive, at least until the larva enters the pupal stage and forms a cocoon inside the roach's body. Eventually the fully-grown wasp emerges from the roach's body to begin its adult life. Development is faster in the warm season.

Adults live for several months. Mating takes about one minute, and only one mating is necessary for a female wasp to successfully parasitize several dozen roaches.



Ladies and gentlemen, the Emerald Cockroach Wasp (fitting name).

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

[goob3r]

I'd step on it.

[royaltee66]

Totally gross and sick. It's eggs growing on his back. GROSS

[xpoint9]

lol so today I sent this pic to my friend, and when he opened it in firefox, he almost threw up, then he tried to close it, but firefox wasn't responding and he couldn't do anything on his computer. even the taskbar didn't come up. And he couldn't turn off his computer, because he had couple of word files open that he didn't save. So he was sitting there for 15 minutes, with this picture on the monitor trying to figure out a way to save his work.
but he had to turn off his computer, because he was sick of looking at the pic, and the computer just froze.

[Viper98]

lol so today I sent this pic to my friend, and when he opened it in firefox, he almost threw up, then he tried to close it, but firefox wasn't responding and he couldn't do anything on his computer. even the taskbar didn't come up. And he couldn't turn off his computer, because he had couple of word files open that he didn't save. So he was sitting there for 15 minutes, with this picture on the monitor trying to figure out a way to save his work.
but he had to turn off his computer, because he was sick of looking at the pic, and the computer just froze.

what's so bad about it exactly?

[sexpuppet6000]

I clicked it, but didn't expect it to enlarge to that size. It is definitely gross x10000.

[sexpuppet6000]

what's so bad about it exactly?

It is gross and disgusting?
I don't want to get into anything personal, but what is wrong with you?

[hyperion]

I'd totally squash it.

[mrlooneytoon]

Looks like something from the movie Starship troopers. Nasty...

[jp06]

I'd totally squash it.

according to wikipedia, some reach upto 12 cm. Would you still crush it if it was that big? All those burst eggs can cause a big mess on your shoe.

[Lava]

I'd hit it...
















with a baseball bat.

[scottmcl]

Digg is not 4chan

RFD is not Digg

[board123]

Digg is not 4chan

RFD is not Digg
RFD is 4chan?

[KelvinK]

it eats fish?

[Viper98]

It is gross and disgusting?
I don't want to get into anything personal, but what is wrong with you?

maybe I was too desensitized as a child by sites like ogrish but that doesn't bother me in the slightest
it's just a bug

[Sepiraph]

Most bugs are pretty gross ... save except ladybug and moth.