The 5 most horrifying bugs in the world.

[ricosuave]

Jesus.

http://www.cracked.com/article_15816...-in-world.html

edit: its a fata in the cracked thread - so sorry

[Cheese]

Yikes...LOL

It's called a Bullet Ant because its 'unusually severe' sting feels like getting shot. On the Schmidt Sting Index, Bullet Ants rate as the number one most try-not-to--out-your-spine painful in the entirety of the Kingdom Arthropoda.

[CaptainCrunch]

That whole article creeped me the hell out.

[Flames09]

Can someone just post the bit ABOUT the bugs.. I really want to read it but can't look at the pictures.

[wpgflamesfan]

Nm

[burn_this_city]

That bot fly scares the crap outta me.. Thank god its hella cold up here

[SteveToms]

I need a stiff drink after reading that

[metallicat]

Africanized bees in Montana by 2010. Alberta by when...because that's when I think I make my move to the NWT.

[octothorp]

Africanized bees aren't really as scary as this article makes them out; because they can interbreed with european bees, they become less aggressive over time, and in many places they've become the preferred choice for beekeepers because of their greater general durability. Basically, it's all about how aggressive the queen is; bee keepers can replace an africanized queen with a european queen, and almost immediately placate the entire hive. And natural selection will play a role in making the species less agressive; particularly vicious colonies will be modified by human intervention, while gentle colonies will be encouraged and propagated.

[Got Miikka?]

I watched a show on Animal Planet about an insect that must have been a bot fly. Basically they showed all the different animals that got its eggs laid inside their skin and then the result of the larvae proliferating inside the host. Gophers, horses, people... they'd show scientists extracting the larve by popping them out. It was like watching a scientist popping someone's huge giant pimple but instead of pus coming out, it was a huge larvae. One person had a larvae the size of her thumb growing inside her. I was aghast.

[@theCBE]

Anyone else get itchy as they read that ... I hate bugs.

[Cheese]

Originally Posted by octothorp

Africanized bees aren't really as scary as this article makes them out; because they can interbreed with european bees, they become less aggressive over time, and in many places they've become the preferred choice for beekeepers because of their greater general durability. Basically, it's all about how aggressive the queen is; bee keepers can replace an africanized queen with a european queen, and almost immediately placate the entire hive. And natural selection will play a role in making the species less agressive; particularly vicious colonies will be modified by human intervention, while gentle colonies will be encouraged and propagated.

Ya this doesnt sound too bad to me...LOL

Africanized bees do not roll this way. They give you half a second of being too close before they decide it is time to completely your up and empty the entire hive--tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of angry, angry bees. When you run, flailing and crying and soiling yourself while screaming "JESUS CHRIST I'M COVERED IN BEES," they will chase you for over half a mile.