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There are arguably as many beautiful creatures in the world as there are creepy ones. But since they’re not as pleasant to look at, the latter might not appear on your news feed as often as puppies or kittens do.

Well, today we want to shed light on the underdogs, the eyesores, the fascinating yet at the same time disgusting creations of Mother Nature. If you think you’re brave enough to see them, scroll down to find an entire list of some of the most bizarre-looking creatures out there. But if you are squeamish about spiders, weird aquatic beings, and reptiles, among other similar things, you might want to check out some dog memes instead.

Here at Bored Panda we were curious to learn more about all sorts of weird-looking beings, so we got in touch with the evolutionary biologist and Professor at the Department of Biology at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Dr. Robert Montgomerie, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions. If you’re curious, too, scroll down to see what the professor had to say about them.

#1 Dead Man’s Fingers Fungus. So Excited To Have Spotted This On A Recent Trail Hike (Location: Ontario, Canada)

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#2 Tupelo Trees In A Dried-Up Swamp. Really Pretty But Kind Of Creepy (George L. Smith State Park)

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#3 Aplysia Vaccaria Is A Species Of Slug Native To California And Mexico That Can Grow Up To 1 Meter In Length And Weigh 30 Pounds

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#4 Euphorbia Balsamifera Emerging From The Underworld

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#5 Found In My Dad’s Shower In Puerto Vallarta

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#6 Nature Is Creepy

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#7 Found This Coming Out Of My Sink That Had Not Been Used In A Week. It Had The Tensile Strength Of Fine Hair

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#8 Welp, I’m Gonna Die. Do I Call The Army Or What?

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#9 This Wasp I Caught Flying Around My House Has An Ant Head Latched Onto Its Back Leg

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#10 Underground Nest Of Garter Snakes At A Friend’s House

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#11 Spider Who Tried To Nest In My Ear

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#12 This Absolute Unit Of An Insect (Malayan Jungle Nymph)

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#13 Woke Up To See This In My Kitchen, I Live In The Middle Of The Mountains Like 500 Km From The Nearest Beach

My wife screamed as if she saw a ghost at 5 AM in the morning, turns out she went to get some water and saw this huge crab crawling in the kitchen. It's just insane.

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#14 My Tarantula Had Babies

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#15 This Is Idiacanthus Antrostomus, Also Known As The Pacific Blackdragon, A Type Of Dragon Fish

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#16 Saw A Ton Of Vultures On A House Today. I’m Not Sure What This Implies. Google Says Either A Gas Leak Or A Body

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#17 Absolute Unit Of A Jerusalem Cricket, Which Is Neither From Jerusalem Nor A Cricket

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#18 Something You Don’t Want To See While Driving… A Hundred Baby Spiders Crawling Up Your Leg

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#19 A Swarm Of Honeybees Looking For A New Home Decided That My Mother’s Jeans Looked Comfortable. We Contacted A Local Beekeeper, And He Just Came By And Shook Them Into His Box

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#20 Found Under My Friend’s Flower Pot, AKA The Gates Of Hell

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#21 Of All The Mutations That Could Happen

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#22 A Tree That Has Grown Around And Inside A Piece Of Spine

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#23 These Are All Brown Recluse. A Man Said He Had A Lot Of Glue Traps That Looked Just Like This In His Home

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#24 This Evil-Looking Mushroom Thing In My Yard

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#25 These Folks Having A Rave On My Porch

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#26 A Wild Tokay Gecko Eating Someone’s Pet Tarantula

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#27 Seen In Costa Rica

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#28 So Some Bees Decided To Make A Hive In Between The Window And The Shutters

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#29 There Is Something Attractive And Repulsive About Crabs.⁣ Mother Nature Tried

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#30 Insects Nest That Looks Like A Skull

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#31 A Giant Swarm Of Maggots Eating A Dear Carcass On The Nature Trail Behind My House

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#32 Inside A Common Starling’s Mouth

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#33 Found On A Dog Walk

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#34 Inside The Hive Of The Stingless Honey Bee Plebeia Sp

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#35 Well, That Is Some Fungus

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#36 Blue Heron About To Eat An Alligator

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#37 Went To Go Brush My Teeth Last Night, And

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#38 Spider In Our Pantry

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#39 A Bunch Of Ducks Followed Me Yesterday Night. They Stopped And Stared Whenever I Turned Around

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#40 This Nest Of Caribbean Reef Lobsters That I Came Upon During A Night Dive

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#41 I’m Pretty Sure I Came Across The Scene Of A Crime This Afternoon

The smaller spider looks like a widow to me. At first, I thought it was a black widow, but it has more of a brown color, and I don't recognize the red stripe. Plus, its web is in an exposed location above a window on the outside of our house. What is it?

The bigger one (the victim, I think) is curled up, not moving, and partially wrapped in webbing. I thought it might be a tarantula, but I'm not sure. It has really fuzzy legs and body.

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#42 This Creature Is Growing In My Backyard

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#43 That Is Wild

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#44 There’s Nothing Unusual About A Catfish With Teeth