15 Terrifying Creatures You’ll Wish Don’t Exist, But They Do
Researching this piece was a real struggle. I’m genuinely terrified of all the animals in this article, and it baffles me that these things actually exist. If you like being freaked out a little and getting your skin all crawly, you’ve come to the right place. If not it’s not too late to turn back.
1. House Centipede.
This freaky creature can grow up to 15 pairs of legs, and feeds off insects or arachnoids. Imagine seeing one of these guys in your bathroom?! Sack that!
2. The Scorpionfly.
Believe it or not these guys are harmless to humans, and that scorpion tail is its genitals!
3. The Camel Spider.
What’s worse than a scorpion or a spider? A combination of the two! Te jaws on this horrid creature can reach up to 13% of it’s body length.
4. Botfly worm.
These buggers are the offspring of the botfly – that’s the bastards who lay their eggs on humans and animals, and the larvae digs in under the skin. Not nice at all.
5. The Nut-Cracking-Pacu-Fish.
Not only has this guy got the most menacing name in the animal kingdom, it is one the most feared after a bizarre incident in Denmark. In which one of these nutters clamped on to a swimmer’s testicles, yep! Hence the name.
6. The Tarantula Hawk.
These guys hunt are spider wasps which hunt tarantulas as food for their babies. After making the kill, they drag the body to their hiding place and plant an egg in its abdomen, which will hatch into a new nightmare.
7. The Bobbit Worm.
Armed with razor-sharp teeth, the bobbit worms buries itself under ground and silently waits for its prey. They can attack with such speed and ferocity that their prey are often cut in half.
8. Isopod.
This guy might look some kind of Frankenstein creation but they’re actually harmless. Can live in water and land, they tend to flee whenever human contact presents itself. Still, they look bloody scary!
9. Hercules Beatle Larvae.
Totally not dangerous, but totally disgusting. They can grow up to 15cm and weigh well over 100 grams. This is the bugger Mr. Grylls swallowed.
10. Sarcastic Fringehead.
These guys not only have a ridiculous name but they wouldn’t be out of place in a Star Wars movie. Found in the Pacific Ocean, they’r extremely territorial and totally weird.
11. Kinabalu Giant Red Leach.
These horrors will get your skin crawling. They can grow up to 30cm’s in length and feed on worms such as the giant blue worm in the gif. If I ever see one again it’ll be too soon.
12. The Candiru.
“The Vampire Fish” is a tiny fish found in the Amazon river. Known for swimming up the old urine pipe while people are having a wee. The real stickler is once it’s in there, those two spikes make it incredibly painful to remove.
13. The Hag Fish.
These nutters can grow up to half a metre in length! They feed by sneaking in through large animals gills and eating them from the inside, not nice at all.
14. The Immortal Jellyfish.
This jelly is the only known animal who can bring itself back from the dead. When it dies, it curls up like any creature would, but then emerges anew from it’s own carcass.
15. The Dobonsfly.
This one really makes my skin crawl. They can grow up to 15cm in length and carry poison in those fangs, if they bite you, you’ll really know about it.
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