Welcome to the jungle, indeed.
Nature is amazing, nature is beautiful, but sometimes, nature can be downright disturbing.
Deep down inside, no matter how cute ananimalis, it’s still wild.
Most kidnapped penguin chicks die from the cold or predation.
2.Who doesn’t love ladybugs?
Apparently, other ladybugs.
Some species of the insect arecannibalistic.
The behavior is called intraguild predation and happens when the food supply is scarce.
3.Ever wanted to snuggle a koala bear?
You might want to think twice, considering the marsupials are currently experiencing a raging chlamydia outbreak.
However, the STI now spreads sexually and is also passed from mother to joey.
It is a significant threat to the koala population, which is already an endangered species.
While they domanyquestionable things, one habit they are known for is torturing their prey.
6.Have you ever noticed just how muchdogslovesqueaky toys?
The squeak mimics the sound of distressed prey and allows domesticated dogs to tap into their natural hunting instincts.
7.Snails have anywhere between 1,000 and 25,000 razor-like teeth.
The flexible band of microscopic teeth and jaw are calledradula.
8.Pygmy slow loriseshave poisonous elbows.
Often considered a cuddly wintertime creature, polar bears are more vicious than grizzlies.
10.Margays, aka tree ocelots, hunt using psychological manipulation.
12.When times are tough, mice will eat literally anything…including other mice.
13.Vampire butterflies?
Some species of butterflies are known to drink blood, including sulfur butterflies and tiger swallowtails.
14.Tasmanian devils fight so often that they are actually spreading contagious mouth cancer to each other.
17.And finally, otters just being themselves is disturbing enough.
