Real Life Monsters

[Shades of Eternity]

plant monsters are a particular favorite.

Until a trip behind the scenes at the Muttart Conservatory. I had no idea that orchids do the same thing as carnivorous plants: clamp down on bugs.

Pollination trap - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I think they need an adult.

 

[Tonguez]

serial killers

dont they call those "Adventurers"

I just learnt that even without wind spiders can use websilk to fly via manipulating the earths electromagnetic field - actual lightning Spiders!

As if these webs werent enough!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

actual lightning Spiders!

Teslarantulas? Ohm Weavers?

 

[Piperken]

I imagine a lot of stuff found in AUS would qualify. Huntsman spiders, while not dangerous, are scary; esp. if you find one who managed to conceal itself behind the giant shampoo bottles in your shower caddy!

Emus caused all kinds of havoc to people in the 19th century according to newspaper accounts; they even fought a war against them.

 

[Tonguez]

Emus caused all kinds of havoc to people in the 19th century according to newspaper accounts; they even fought a war against them.

and the Emu's won.

but Cassowary are the far more terrifying bird in Australia - the Ozzies never even tried to mess with them, they're firm evidence that birds are theropod dinosaurs

 

[Shades of Eternity]

as crazy as it is, moose.

big enough to break a car
fast enough to narrow the ranks of unprepared hunters

aquatic
and naturally doubles back, so if you follow its trail, it sees you coming.

plus that prehensile nose.

I'm not entirely convinced that moose aren't a deer that made a Lovecraftian pact.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Most of the biggest bovines (bison, cape buffalo) and deer (elk, moose) are scary mofos.

Boars & warthogs are nothing to sneeze at either.

Deadly Warthog Attack! #animalattack #deadly #hunting

m.youtube.com

 

[grimslade]

I was reading about a fungus that afflicts silk worms, cordyceps militaris. It infects the host and secretes an enzyme that converts the trehalose from leafy goodness the worm eats, into glucose, which the caterpillar cannot process, but the fungus can. The fungus corrupts the creature's metabolism to work for the colony. The caterpillar releases hunger inducing hormones and induces hyperphagia, forcing it into a feeding frenzy. Even though the caterpillar eats and eats, it stays a very hungry caterpillar while the fungus grows within its host.
Last of Us shows what can happens when you apply this to a human. Imagine a whole village as a fungal colony, filled with starving people surrounded by food and still starving. Maybe Wendigo Psychosis when the food runs out.

 

[Theory of Games]

dont they call those "Adventurers"

Not sure who "they" are, but I meant serial killers

 

[AnotherGuy]

Boars & warthogs are nothing to sneeze at either.

As King Baratheon found out.