Most of the times that we visit a breathtaking natural scene, we can usually describe our experience with words like “serene” and “peaceful.” It’s not often that our environment is completely silent, but the sounds of chirping birds and rustling bush is usually more soothing than anything.
However, if we spend enough time outside, there’s a chance we might hear some spookier noises. And that’s particularly true at night, which is when I learned what a rabbit screaming sounds like. It’s blood-curdling, in case you were wondering.
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But as we can see from the photos on this list, that’s hardly the only time of day in which nature can show its ferocity. As we’ll see, a lot can happen in the deceptive quiet of the world’s picturesque scenery.
Imagine how terrifying it would be to be the snake is this situation.
Not only would this bird of prey have us firmly in its grasp, but as soon as we look up to see what’s clamping down on us, we’d immediately come face to face with this death glare.
This Amarillia fungus is about as intimidating as it looks, at least if you’re a tree.
It kind of looks like the symbiote that turns an unlucky host into Venom, but this one simply eats away at its host rather than giving it superpowers.
This wasp has a sleek, metallic look and believe it or not, you’re in luck if you have them around.
As the U.S. Forest Service explained , this is a blue mud wasp and it specializes in killing the fearsome black widow spiders.
Better yet, it’s not known to be a very aggressive wasp so it’s not likely to sting you if you don’t give it a reason to.
This bizarre creature is known as a telescope fish and if you don’t like it, you probably won’t have to meet it.
According to Oregon State University , that’s because you’d have to go at least 1640 feet under the sea to find one.
Their eyes have adapted well to the murky depths and this fish has apparently transformed so much over the years that scientists thought they had found a completely different fish when they rediscovered it in 1954.
Don’t worry, this isn’t a xenomorph. Instead, it’s a legless amphibian called Caecilia Pachynema.
As National Geographic reported , brooding females in this species grow an extra layer of skin because that’s what their young will eat after its born.
And it’s not unheard of for them to start biting at their mothers from the inside before that happens.
Apparently, this cicada and predatory wasp almost fell on the uploader’s head in their struggle.
And based on the way they described the wasp repeatedly stinging the noisy insect, it’s pretty clear that the wasp was winning in this case.
Ouch.
It turns out that when some lilies die, they do a lot more than simply wilt.
It’s unclear what exactly this flower is dripping and why it looks so much like blood, but it seems oddly fitting for the situation.
There are a lot of beetles in this world, but they don’t usually have such bright red mandibles.
The uploader found this specimen in Poland where they’re apparently pretty rare. Based on how little most people like weird bugs, that probably comes as comforting news to many.
I’m not sure who or what this tiger is so mad at, but I’ll bet the photographer is glad it isn’t them.
After all, this photo does a lot to express how much damage such a muscular creature is likely to do once it gets its paws on whatever provoked it.
Although we know that water snakes exist, it still seems unusual for one to slither around with a fish in its mouth.
It’s hard to tell whether the fish is still alive in this shot, though it would certainly explain why it isn’t already being eaten if it is.
I imagine it’s pretty hard to chow down on something that keeps flopping around.
Things definitely aren’t looking good for this zebra now that the lioness has executed such a powerful takedown.
From here, we can expect her to start biting the zebra’s neck and we can pretty much consider this a done deal once that happens.
It’s unclear what animal these bones once belonged to because it only recently ended up in this person’s yard.
Apparently, a buzzard just dropped it here when it was done with it, at which point it became the uploader’s problem.
Yay…
Here we see a frilled shark and it’s apparently a very rare sight.
According to National Geographic , that’s because they live at such extreme ocean depths, nobody is sure of how many even exist.
What is known, however, is that they’ve been around for at least 80 million years and haven’t changed much in that time, which earns them the nickname “living fossils.”
This globe thistle seems like an odd setting for a fight, but that’s nonetheless where one is taking place.
And in this case, we’re seeing a spider’s moment of triumph against what is either a solitary bee or a wasp.
At first, it’s pretty hard to tell what exactly we’re even looking at here.
However, while it may be smart enough to know what to do with them, the octopus we see in this photo hasn’t grown a pair of wings.
Instead, it’s caught a bird and pulled it down into its territory.
It’s unclear what attacked this snake, but it’s pretty easy to see that it knew when this creature was at its most vulnerable.
That lump was apparently an egg that this snake was in the process of digesting before its attacker came along and finished the reptile.
Maybe it was the egg’s parent?
This was once a caterpillar, but it’s pretty easy to see that it’s not supposed to look like this.
However, this is what can apparently happen when a wasp decides to force the crawler to host a bunch of its larvae.
So if you were wondering what those little pieces inside of it are, now you know.
It almost looks like they’ve been posed in this position, but we’re seeing an actual fight between two squirrels.
It’s usually hard to tell who’s winning in such fights because it usually involves them rolling around in a clump of angry fur, but it’s definitely clear who has the advantage here.
Can you see the hungry cougar?
I assure you that there is actually one in this picture, but it’s obviously pretty well-hidden. And the scary thing is that if we were here, it would have already seen us.
If you give up, look in the space right above the rock sticking out of in the lower right side of this photo. You’ll eventually see its face.
Here we see some deer ribs that have an arrow embedded into them.
And if you’re wondering how they grew around it like this, the answer is that the deer survived for years after it was shot and the bones grew around the arrow.
