The 100 Most Fascinatingly Disgusting Members Of The Animal Kindom

I have so many feelings about that!

That is a tarantula hawk.

The tarantula hawk is relatively docile and rarely stings without provocation. However the sting, particularly of Pepsis formosa, is among the most painful of any insect, though the intense pain only lasts for about 3 minutes.[3] Commenting on his own experience, one researcher described the pain as "…immediate, excruciating pain that simply shuts down one's ability to do anything, except, perhaps, scream. Mental discipline simply does not work in these situations."[2] In terms of scale, the wasp's sting is rated near the top of the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, second only to that of the bullet ant and is described by Schmidt as "blinding, fierce [and] shockingly electric".[4]

Schmidt Sting Pain Index!

Oh, duh, cozen identified it in the original post.

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

Is this index a joke?

1.8 Bullhorn acacia ant: A rare, piercing, elevated sort of pain. Someone has fired a staple into your cheek.

2.0 Bald-faced hornet: Rich, hearty, slightly crunchy. Similar to getting your hand mashed in a revolving door.

2.0 Yellowjacket: Hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine W. C. Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue.

3.0 Paper wasp: Caustic and burning. Distinctly bitter aftertaste. Like spilling a beaker of hydrochloric acid on a paper cut.

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Flickr gallery of close up bug faces

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2353963/Frankenstein-rabbit-monster-spikes-sticking-head-draws-hundreds-thousands-spectators-online.html

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poor little guy

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what is that beautiful beast

idk but Ian Holm sure seems keen for me to get it back to earth in one piece

goblin shark i think

Yeah goblin shark. Thought extinct till relatively recently I believe.

No. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin_shark

Are the second teeth from an animal hiding inside a shark carcass maybe?

yes, but it's a shark too, so it picked pretty much the absolute worst disguise

We talked about it over on Weird Animals

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2013/10/600-grey-goblin.gif

Rodents that are attracted to poo: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131111-hate-poo-theres-good-reason-why/all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp0mXz_Qqp4

some pretty crazy shit here: http://gizmodo.com/this-deep-sea-fisherman-posts-his-discoveries-on-twitte-1790323479

original twitter feed w/ images (in russian) https://twitter.com/rfedortsov/media

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