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[Robotguy]

As previously mentioned Piranha are mostly scavengers and don't normally go after things that aren't already dead or wounded.

I've been swimming in a lake with Piranha and came out fine. Later we went fishing for them with raw beef and it was pretty nuts how fast they swarmed it.

 

[Bobs Big Boy]

They make for amazing pets more than any fish.

 

[Toxi]

Can we get a description? Or rough comparison?

Myiasis is the term for having a maggot infestation in your flesh. So imagine that.

 

[E92 M3]

Yes, lots of thing such as various forms of infectious disease.

 

[AlexBasch]

Myiasis.

Google at your own risk.

Oh, I remember watching a video about this a long while back.

About the subject, there's a video of the aftermath an incident of a kid in Peru with piranhas.

If you've seen it, you know what I'm talking about. If you haven't, chances are you're not gonna like it.

 

[XT Vengeance]

Ted Cruz presidency.

I was gonna say barracudas but this is far more true.

 

[Kinyou]

Fucking Honey Badgers man. They'll go straight for your testicles and rip them off.

 

[GuyKazama]

Irukandji jellyfish are the smallest and most venomous box jellyfish in the world. They inhabit the marine waters of Australia and are able to fire their stingers into their victim.

Their entire body, including the bell, can sting you.

Irukandji jellyfish's stings are so severe they can cause fatal brain haemorrhages. On a pain index of zero to ten, with zero being no pain at all and ten being the most excruciating pain imaginable, Dr. Jamie Seymour ranked the pain of a sting from an Irukandji jellyfish a twelve. it has been recorded that even the maximum dosage of morphine does little to reduce the pain.

These fuckers are why I don't swim when I visit my family up north. 2spooky4me.

Ok, this thing wins.

 

[Toxi]

Also

Elephants
Cape Buffalo
Hippos

These animals will fuck you up. There's a reason the Cape Buffalo is nicknamed "The Widowmaker".

Remember what I said about crocodiles?

Hipppos literally bite crocodiles in half.

 

[LizardKing]

Piranhas are pretty harmless. They don't do what the movies say they do or what you probably think they do. They don't attack large living animals, including humans. They don't swarm either. You can walk around in a river with piranhas and be totally fine.

 

[Kinyou]

Also: Hippos.

Remember what I said about crocodiles?

Hipppos literally bite crocodiles in half.

Yeah, also aggressive as hell


https://youtu.be/Su7GkqwxG08

 

[Toxi]

Piranhas are pretty harmless. They don't do what the movies say they do or what you probably think they do. They don't attack large living animals, including humans. They don't swarm either. You can walk around in a river with piranhas and be totally fine.

They do attack humans... But not often, and not in the "hivemind swarm" way you see in movies.

They're basically normal fish with big sharp teeth.

 

[Mr. Giggles]

Not in my experience OP.

• Wasps - they follow you to hell and back just to sting you. True fuckers of the insect world.
• Fire ants - fuck them.
• Jellyfish - oh look, it's a plastic bag, nope. Fuck you Portuguese man o' war.
• Horse flies - fuckers don't go away once they obtain lock on.

Good list.

Horse flies are big assholes, I've swatted and splashed water but nothing deters them

 

[PandaPedinte]

Also

Elephants
Cape Buffalo
Hippos

These animals will fuck you up. There's a reason the Cape Buffalo is nicknamed "The Widowmaker".

Remember what I said about crocodiles?

Hipppos literally bite crocodiles in half.

Wow

 

[Mr. Giggles]

Yeah, also aggressive as hell


https://youtu.be/Su7GkqwxG08

Holy shit, how does it move so fast in the water

Fuck no, staying out of the water

 

[Steel]

Surely it can't be that bad..


*google images*


Eh, well... Yeah, it totally was.

Why did I google that?


Just... Why!?

 

[Mr. Giggles]

Myiasis.

Google at your own risk.

GOD NO WHY.

Spoiler

This thread has reminded me why I stay indoors so much

 

[Pankratous]

Oh, I remember watching a video about this a long while back.

About the subject, there's a video of the aftermath an incident of a kid in Peru with piranhas.

If you've seen it, you know what I'm talking about. If you haven't, chances are you're not gonna like it.

Yeah, I saw that video last night. Pretty fucking horrible.

 

[mekes]

I read the title and my mind went to something like the Bull Shark. But then I backtracked and thought of the Irukandji. Entered the thread and saw that somebody already covered that.

Irukandji I feel is extremely scary. You'd feel what, a small prick whilst in the ocean? And then seconds later you are fucked and need near enough instant medical care. You'd have to arrive at a conclusion as to what happened also, as you probably wont see the jellyfish.

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

Horse Flies
They can get massive, they are a huge nuisance, painful painful bite fake dead after you hit them, follow you for ages, and never give up.



I'm only thinking of things that can harm me where I currently am. No jellyfish or sharks to worry about, or urethra fish.

 

[Smokey]

Locking yourself in a panic room because your apartment is flooding with roaches and then finding out that they're in there with you and then they all climb inside you and burst out like a roach pinata.

Bruh

 

[hydragonwarrior]

I think ClapperJaws are pretty scary.

 

[Kinyou]

Horse Flies
They can get massive, they are a huge nuisance, painful painful bite fake dead after you hit them, follow you for ages, and never give up.

And at least do mosquitoes announce themselves with their annoying sound. These guys just suddenly sit on your hand.

 

[ODDI]

Some of the imagery in this thread made me back the fuck out!

 

[akira28]

Myiasis.

Google at your own risk.

kill...me...please

 

[TwEE-N-Toast]

Lava and quicksand. That shit is everywhere.

 

[spindashing]

Myiasis.

Google at your own risk.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[Horsemama1956]

Also

Elephants
Cape Buffalo
Hippos

These animals will fuck you up. There's a reason the Cape Buffalo is nicknamed "The Widowmaker".

Remember what I said about crocodiles?

Hipppos literally bite crocodiles in half.

Yup they will attack or scare off anything that entire its territory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2XnQ4HKSVc

This Hippo thrashes an Impala around that got stuck in the mud after being chased by a Lion. Then it dunks it under the mud so it drowns.

 

[KDR_11k]

Yet the dreaded Man'o'war is eaten by the tiny blue dragon slug (that forms the basis for the very hard Azure Nightmare boss in Dariusburst):

[IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Blue_dragon-glaucus_atlanticus_%288599051974%29.jpg/1280px-Blue_dragon-glaucus_atlanticus_%288599051974%29.jpg[/IMG]

And of course the derpiest fish of them all:

[IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Mola_mola.jpg/1280px-Mola_mola.jpg[/IMG]

Holy shit, how does it move so fast in the water

Fuck no, staying out of the water

That won't help, it can run at 35km/h on land.

 

[Kinyou]

Yup they will attack or scare off anything that entire its territory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2XnQ4HKSVc

This Hippo thrashes an Impala around that got stuck in the mud after being chased by a Lion. Then it dunks it under the mud so it drowns.

Ugh, cruel nature. The impala wants none of that shit.

 

[Ocarina_117]

Myiasis.

Google at your own risk.

JESUS CHRIST, THAT IS HORRIBLE

 

[KDR_11k]

Myiasis.

Google at your own risk.

For people who don't dare google it after all the posts about it: That's just another term for botfly infection.

 

[MogCakes]

That won't help, it can run at 35km/h on land.

They're apex predators right? IIRC

 

[KDR_11k]

They're apex predators right? IIRC

No, herbivores. They're just dicks about it.

 

[uncelestial]

 

[Jezan]

I came to the thread thinking I would learn something scientific about piranhas, then I was like "well this is no that bad" until the pics of gross and scary stuff was posted, I always fall for this. Fucking roaches and fuck everything not cute.

 

[Zetta]

Myiasis.

Google at your own risk.

Jesus christ this is horror movie level. On topic I don't fear a fish that is food for a Pink Dolphin.

 

[Stereogatari]

Irukandji jellyfish are the smallest and most venomous box jellyfish in the world. They inhabit the marine waters of Australia and are able to fire their stingers into their victim.

Their entire body, including the bell, can sting you.

Irukandji jellyfish's stings are so severe they can cause fatal brain haemorrhages. On a pain index of zero to ten, with zero being no pain at all and ten being the most excruciating pain imaginable, Dr. Jamie Seymour ranked the pain of a sting from an Irukandji jellyfish a twelve. it has been recorded that even the maximum dosage of morphine does little to reduce the pain.

These fuckers are why I don't swim when I visit my family up north. 2spooky4me.



Sydney funnel webs are pieces of shit too.

We also get the smaller man-o-war jellyfish down here too. Responsible for thousands of stings per year.

Wolbachia.

 

[norm9]

Piranha 3D is the best 3D movie, seriously

You're not wrong. Saw it twice in the theater. Alexander Aja is a master of tension.

 

[Pedersen]

I think I'll just get high and put on some planet earth while I tuck myself comfortably in my soft blanket while sipping some hot cocoa far away from outside

 

[chadderbox77]

The blanket has a spider in it.

 

[shoreu]

Not really scared because I'll probably go my entire life without seeing them in the wild

 

[Mr. Robot]

There was once a cazador from fallout inside my house, i opened the windows and tried to make it go away, but it didn't move much, i googled wtf it was and as i was reading its wikipedia, the fucker flew away to the window.
I didn't go out for the rest of the day that day.


Tarantula Hawk Wasp

 

[RustyNails]

Irukandji jellyfish's stings are so severe they can cause fatal brain haemorrhages. On a pain index of zero to ten, with zero being no pain at all and ten being the most excruciating pain imaginable, Dr. Jamie Seymour ranked the pain of a sting from an Irukandji jellyfish a twelve. it has been recorded that even the maximum dosage of morphine does little to reduce the pain.

Yo this is fucked up. They are tiny, look harmless and can torture you in literally the worst way imaginable in terms of adminstering pain. I'm imagining what a poor victim had to go through. Damn, nature sucks ass.

 

[DedValve]

Piranha are actually pretty docile, contrary to these motherfuckers

Piranha: only found in water, easy to avoid, only attack when hungry
Wasps: found everywhere, hard to avoid, will pop up unannounced, will attack just because it fucking feels like it

Your having a nice day and all of a sudden a man comes up, screams in your face, pushes you in the dirt, beats your wife and kids, pisses on you then tells you to go home and theres literally nothing you can do except hope you take him out before he takes you out but youll still get beat up.

That is a wasp on a good day. And thats just one wasp.

 

[Ricky Ricardo]

Can we get a description? Or rough comparison?

Imagine flies decided your mouth or scalp looked like a great place to lay countless of their young. Imagine then that those young then hatched and began to devour your flesh as you lived and breathed.

Multiply that by 1000

 

[Pyccko]

Bobbit Worm. blech

 

[Sunset Samurai]

FEAR

Watched that once and was scared to have sex for a week

 

[jb1234]

Salt water croc. *shudder*

 

[Tempy]

Bobbit Worm. blech

They're a tropical aquarium owner's worst nightmare.

http://www.wired.com/2013/09/absurd-creature-of-the-week-bobbit-worm/