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Is this thing scary?

Kento — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:54:52 +0000

I only know the name “jumping spider” because somebody in my family once told me my mother is afraid of them more than she is other spiders.

It seems pretty not scary to me?

Thanks, Tical00 from the Something Awful Forums. Even though your version of the picture had the outer eyes photoshopped AND I JUST REALIZED IT WAS ALSO MADE TO SMILE.
(Click the image for photocredits. I think I’m going to do it that way from now on.)

A Spider on a Frog on a Turtle

Kento — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:33:22 +0000

I’ve missed a lot while I was gone. Apparently this has been everywhere, but I hadn’t seen it. I’ll share it with you just incase you somehow missed it too.

These people say they found them like that. It is the best thing.

Thanks Mirick from the Something Awful Forums!

Cute Spider

Kento — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:10:00 +0000

Via Rachel S’s Flickr Photostream!

Red-eyed bug

Kento — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:51:24 +0000

I’m not sure what is wrong with me when I look at nature and think “this reminds me of a CG-movie.” But it’s so easy to imagine the kind of personality this bug might have in one of those movies.

Via Chewy Chua’s Flickr photostream.

crazy creepy colombian caterpillar

Kento — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:53:15 +0000

All I know about this picture is that it was taken in Colombia, and that it is simultaneously beautiful and kind of scares me.

Via Ana Maria Rincon’s Flickr photosream.

These things are really interesting….

Emi — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:21:54 +0000

Blue crabs are pretty cool. We found this one at the estuary near Puerto Peñasco in Mexico during Spring Break. We got to go out there with someone from CEDO.
This crab had attitude! Trying to catch it was a whole bunch of excitement in itself… There was a lot of chasing in a creek involved (those fin-like back legs make it FAST in water!), and when Emily grabbed it it pinched her.
Then when we released it, which is what the picture is… It just sat there and started eating!

Mantis

Kento — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:53:05 +0000

I was looking through Nemo’s Great Uncle’s Flickr photostream a little more, and I found one picture that really amazed me.

Every color is so fantastic.

Via Nemo’s Great Uncle’s Flickr photostream!

Mr. Long Antennas

Emi — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:49:32 +0000

I absolutely adore this guy. He’s probably some invasive exotic beetle that is going to kill everything, but he’s so darn cute!
Unfortunately the picture is kind of fuzzy because he’s so tiny… But I did my best!

I kept thinking this looked familiar….

Emi — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:37:38 +0000

And then I understood why!

Via Bitterbug’s photostream.

aw crab

Kento — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:19:54 +0000

Man, sometimes I wish I lived in a crustacean nation.

You can read this crab’s entire personality just by looking at it!

Via FreeCat’s photostream!