You'd think by now that we would know what to expect from nature. It's going to throw crazy weather at us sometimes, but most days will be within a certain normal range. It's going to give us things that make our bodies unique and different, and it's going to give us some challenges, too, but basically people are going to be people, dogs are going to be dogs, and so on.
But don't ever imagine that nature doesn't have some surprises in store for us too.
Interesting enough to take a pic, useless enough to put it directly into the compost after that.
They're usually hefty monsters you have to figure out how to fit into your grocery cart, but this little thing wouldn't be an issue. Wouldn't be very filling, either.
And it really does look like if there's any bridge there, it's low profile. Just the sort of thing most of us would want during a dodgeball game.
If you have ears like this, I hope it means that you'll live long and prosper.
He was born with a perfect heart on his head — and definitely inside, too!
Or faux hawk, at least. So it's naturally stylish!
It looks like there are strawberries growing inside of it, which would be quite the trick. But those are just mutated, undeveloped tomatoes growing inside.
This guy has the Kansas of feet. Apparently it's not uncommon, and it's not a painful condition.
No surprise, polycoria is associated with poor visual acuity, but there is surgery that can help.
The sheer size of this thing makes me wonder what it's been feeding on.
Or not really a shell at all, just a membrane. It could be that the hen that laid that egg needs more calcium in her diet.
I sure hope there's a back door, and that it's not frozen over too.
For example, on this pathway, the snow has collected where patio stones used to be, even years after they were removed.
Thanks to the frost on the ground, it's clear just how still horses stand when they're sleeping.
If you didn't have to scrape this frost off your car in the morning, you'd want to frame it and put it on your wall.
Bob Ross would be proud nature's brushstrokes in this frost, though he'd probably want to add a warm little cabin in the bottom left corner.
This one, placed in water, grew some roots instead. That's nature's determination to find a way to keep going for you.
Not only is that odd, but the tree looks a bit sassy because of it, don't you think?
"I've been told my thumb is unusually large," wrote Reddit user BeardedGlass.
The fact that the tiny second egg was discovered after being boiled just makes it even stranger. I wish there was a follow-up image of what the baby egg looks like inside.
When looking for a safe place to make its cocoon, this bug decided to create a pocket in an outdoor chair by stitching it together and then built the cocoon in the fold.
The moisture and humidity trapped beneath this piece of broken glass as created a tiny, accidental greenhouse. It's pretty, but unfortunately, someone should probably pick up that glass before someone steps on it.
This plant wasn't about to let no parking prevent it from growing, so it just went right up the middle of the post.
On that day, Mother Nature decided to show the Empire what a Death Star really looks like. Those could do serious damage.
The light is just that pink. Different colors of daylight are caused by how the sunlight bounces over different molecules in the air. Usually, it's subtle, but when pollen is particularly bad or there's something like a fire sending more dust up than usual, it can be incredible.
Although it's unusual to see, extra beans makes it extra adorable, I'm sure.
I've seen trees "eat" fences and other things placed too close, but this is rally off-putting. Also off-putting is that the poor woman buried there is just labeled as "Wife of Roland Blandes." At least put her name!
In this person's nails, you can clearly see the lines where the nails stopped growing during treatment and where they started growing again after treatment.
The poster says that there's "a distinct line where my short and long hair used to be." I'm guessing shorter hair lower down the head, longer hair on the crown — maybe something to do with the weight of the hair?
