13 Reminders That Nature Is Disgusting
Nature documentaries are the original horror movies.
![13 Reminders That Nature Is Disgusting](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/8/788308_320x180.jpg)
Almost everything we love is on the planet that we are rapidly destroying, but, on the bright side, some truly horrifying things also roam this planet so maybe its end isn't the worst thing. Here are some of the grossest parts of the natural world, for your sick and twisted enjoyment.
![Pacu's Human Teeth CRACKED.COM Related to the pirranhea, the pacu fish can grow up to two feet and has weirdly human teeth (but no dentist.)](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/1/788241.jpg)
Source: USA Today
![Sea Lampreys CRACKED.COM The eel-like fish attaches itself to prey, sucking the blood and other bodily fluids out. It produces a chemical to keep its prey's blood from clotting. In worse news, we're descended from its distant ancestor.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/1/788311.jpg)
Source: Great Lakes Fishery Commission
![Baby Koalas CRACKED.COM The seemingly cute creatures eat their moms' poop. For a few weeks, a joey will nuzzle its mom's butt, when she'll release poop pellets then runnier fecal matter call pap which helps prepare the baby for a diet of eucalyptus leaves.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/0/788240.jpg)
Source: PBS
![Leopard Slug Mating Just a normal love story... two slugs dangle upside on a mucus rope, where their giant blue penises (protruding from the sides of their heads) wrap around the writhing mates, fertilizing each others' eggs. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/3/788233.jpg)
Source: BBC
![Rat-Eating Plant CRACKED.COM Nepenthes attenboroughii (named in honor of Sir David Attenborough) is a football-sized pitcher plant that traps insects and small animals, including rats.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/6/788236.jpg)
Source: CNN
![Giant South African Earthworm CRACKED.COM If you're grossed out by WORMS, imagine one that can grow up to 21 feet long.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/3/7/788237.jpg)
Source: BBC
![Cannibalistic Squirrels CRACKED.COM Squirrels are not strict vegetarians but are really bad at killing. So they eat poor cute li'll helpless animals alive... like baby birds, baby bunnies, and even baby squirrels.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/2/9/788229.jpg)
More: 5 Horrors of Nature Happening In Your Backyard (Right Now)
![Rock Snot CRACKED.COM Global warming is causing the freshwater algae to be more common, if you needed more reason to be concerned.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/4/2/788242.jpg)
Source: Scientific American
![Decapitated Deer CRACKED.COM There have been several reported incidents of white-tailed bucks wielding the decapitated, decomposing head of their defeated rival upon their antlers.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/1/9/788219.jpg)
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![Hagfish CRACKED.COM If vagina dentata is your ultimate nightmare, beware the mouth of this eel-like fish. When threatened, the fish releases viscous slime. They mostly eat dead fish.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/4/788194.jpg)
Source: Natural History Museum
![Surinam Toad Birth CRACKED.COM As if childbirth wasn't already horrifying, this species' mama toad absorbs fertilized eggs in her back, and 3 to 4 months later, formed toads burst out of her back's skin. They start feeding right away, sometimes eating their siblings.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/9/3/788193.jpg)
Source: San Diego Zoo
![Pigeon-Eating Catfish CRACKED.COM If you've ever lived in a city, you know how absolutely disgusting pigeons are. In Southwestern France, giant catfish have learned how to hunt the gross birds.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/9/788189.jpg)
Source: NPR
![Bone-Eating Snot Flower CRACKED.COM These sea creatures are actually WORMS who mainly feed on whale bones (or any other bones that come across their path)](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/3/788183.jpg)
Source: The Guardian