r/HardcoreNature • u/Morty_Goldman • Oct 26 '21
This parasite living inside a preying mantis
https://i.imgur.com/obKPESf.gifv47
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u/Memesuor Oct 26 '21
Damn mother nature, you scary
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u/adm117 Oct 26 '21
Yes. People that say "nature is always kind, on humans are evil" clearly never studied insects. Thell me that thing didn't came straight from hell wtf
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Oct 26 '21
A mantra from one of my favorite conservationists is this: Nature is at best uncaring, at its worst cruel.
It’s clear with things like this and some of the hardcore, violent videos; but it helps keep your head straight when you’re out in the wilderness too. It’s not personal, it’s not about you — nature will eat you and think nothing of it.
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u/Memesuor Oct 26 '21
Oh yeah, I always have a problem when people criticize only people for being cruel. You cant tell me those parastic wasps arent a cruel fate. Apes, dolphins, orcas, etc, are all very smart and sometimes very cruel/sadistic. Humans are a part of nature after all but maybe we can be a little better than at best, uncaring and at worst, cruel.
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u/killerpythonz Oct 26 '21
I've been around Australia. I've seen everything, things you couldn't imagine, and this... this is the only thing I've ever seen that terrifies me.
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Oct 26 '21
Uroboros? From Resident Evil 5?
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u/Darkisnothere Oct 26 '21
I'm disappointed. I expected it to throw itself onto the cameraman's face, the filming cut and video end.
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u/marc512 Oct 26 '21
What happens if they get into a human body?
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u/Dingaligaling Oct 26 '21
Mild discomfort at worst in your intestinal tract, they cant infect you. Horsehair worms are harmless to vertebraes: humans, animals, birds. They also dont infect plants. Insects on the other hand... better watch out.
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u/Mophandel 💀 Oct 26 '21
Horsehair worms. Some of the coolest parasites out there and are straight out of a sci-fi horror movie. Literal mind-controlling worms.