60 Times Mother Nature Proved To Be Scarier Than A Horror Movie

By | January 17, 2023

No matter how much we learn about Mother Nature, the outside world will always remain a mystery to human beings. In some ways it's a beautiful place where animals and plants live in harmony with one another, but it can also be full of mystery and danger.

These photos span the world from the jungles of South America to the tundra of Antarctica, and each and every one of them proves that our planet is both awe inspiring and full of gruesome realities. Are you ready to discover just how terrifying and beautiful Earth can be?

Take a closer look at every photo...it might take a minute to understand what is going on and to convince your mind it's actually real...

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Discovered in the Egyptian desert in 2021, these fossils belong to a 43-million-year-old prehistoric whale known as Phiomicetus anubis. Rather than simply swimming through the ocean and just opening its mouth to catch its prey, this fearsome underwater leviathan moved around on four legs and used its incredibly sharp teeth to rip its victims to pieces.

Weighing in at 1,300 pounds, the Phiomicetus anubis has been compared to a cross between a killer whale and large dog, which sounds absolutely terrifying. This isn't the first whale with legs to be found, it is believed to be the earliest semi-aquatic species found in Africa.

In 2005, a South African man, Marius Els, adopted a baby hippo after rescuing it from a river. Six years later the hippo dragged him into the same river and ate him ☠️

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In 2011, one of the more bizarre animal stories occurred when a South African farmer named Marius Els was mauled by his pet hippopotamus, Humphrey. Els adopted Humphrey five years earlier after rescuing him from a quickly rising river near his home. The two became swift friends, and Els even described the animal as being "like a son."

Things took a dark turn five years after the rescue when Humphrey began acting out and attacking people on the Els farm. It's not clear what began the altercation, but the gored body of Els was discovered submerged in the same river in which he saved Humphrey.