In the face of insects, spiders, centipedes and other arthropods, anyway, as long as the hands and feet add up to more than 4, we humans instinctively feel that they are terrible.
According to the researchers, that's because we evolved mechanisms to protect our bodies, and some of those insects are vectors of dangerous pathogens.
Some are painful after being stabbed, and some are fatal.
On the other hand, in the process of natural selection, many insects have also developed a terrible appearance.
This is the same principle as toxins, a strategy to protect yourself from predators, just think, if you have a nightmare at night, the things that appear in the dream, you will not want to eat it.
The focus of today's introduction is those insects that deliberately make themselves very scary and unpleasant in appearance, so as to protect themselves, and do not know whether they have aroused everyone's interest.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Brazilian horned cicada</h1>
The appearance of the Brazilian horned cicada looks like a large malignant tumor on the back and head.
The body is covered with all kinds of protrusions, including foot balls, wings, resin and other strange things.
The size of this insect is usually larger than the average insect, and the horned cicada in this posture is arguably one of the most grotesque insects in the world.
But it is actually very peace-loving and will not cause any harm to mankind.
Still, no one should want to keep it as a pet, and as everyone thinks, horned cicadas evolved to appear in order to survive.
The shape of this strange protrusion makes the predator think that after eating it, it will be infected, and after the protrusion is fully grown, it looks as if many eyes have derived multiple antennae, as if the horned cicada is looking directly at the predator, so that it does not dare to come closer.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > osmanthus anode - the largest aquatic bug</h1>
The stench emitted by bugs not only makes people feel uncomfortable, but also spreads the virus, and this alone is enough.
What's more, imagine that there is a squirming tentacle on the back of a mite the size of a palm, which is indeed not a comfortable gesture, fortunately, the habitat of the osmanthus negative bug, yes, yes, is in the water, so at least it will not burrow into your bed like other of its kind, but when playing in the water in a tropical place, when you accidentally feel pain after being bitten, it will inevitably make people feel disappointed.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > scorpion</h1>
This insect that lives in the tropics basically gathers all the hated elements of wasps or scorpions.
But in fact it and the scorpion they have nothing in common, the needle on the tail is the reproductive organs are not poisonous.
Even so, it still does not reduce the horror of its appearance, and the scorpion is the elder of the creatures on the earth.
Thanks to its appearance, predators did not dare to come close, so that it began in the Mesozoic era and has existed to this day.
Some researchers even believe that insects such as butterflies or moths that we are familiar with have evolved from scorpions.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > marching ant</h1>
This kind of thinking, like a newborn kitten, is invisible to the eyes. That seems to be the only reason we haven't been wiped out by this ant yet, in a field of marching ants, there are 20 million ants.
All of them use pheromones to transmit information, and the marching ants have different habits from other ants, that is, they will wander around and will not build permanent nests.
The job of military service is to find a large amount of food for large groups of ants, although small, but the jaw length of up to 15 mm, like torture equipment, the marching ant's jaw is very powerful, in African folk therapy, even used as a suture knife wound or skin crack wound, when they bite it will be very painful.
But being bitten only once will not cause any harm to the human body, but if you accidentally catch this group of ants in Africa, please run away immediately.
Because the marching ants are very aggressive, where they pass, the other insects are not even seen.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > heliophore (camel spider).</h1>
Inhabiting Egypt and the Middle East near Iraq, the mothers are covered in fur. During U.S. military operations against Saddam Hussein's regime, there was a stir on the Internet.
For example, its body length can grow to half the length of an adult, but in fact, the heliophore is a little larger than the average small insect, reaching 15 centimeters, but of course it cannot be as large as the height of a human, except for its strange appearance, plus they will make a whirring sound.
It already feels very uncomfortable, and in addition, it runs very fast, with a top speed of 15 kilometers per hour.
The jaw part makes up about a third of the body, in other words, it looks like a creature you appear in a nightmare, because of its rapid movements and huge body.
There is also the title of Feng Xian, an Egyptian giant, and even though it is not poisonous, it is still quite painful to be bitten.
In the Middle Ages, the brutal rulers of the East liked to fill the cave with sun avoidance eyes to deter enemies, and like other spiders, the sun avoidance eye also had the function of external digestion.
That is to say, after catching prey, the digestive juices will first be injected into the opponent's body, waiting for the body tissues of the prey to be digested, and then swallowing them into the body.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > silkworm</h1>
If there were no silkworms in the world, humans would not be able to weave those beautiful silk things, and silkworms, as the name suggests, are mostly raised by humans.
They are basically unable to survive in the wild, and the adults grow very cute in appearance.
One of them is a creature called velvet, with branched antennae on its head that resemble rabbit ears.
However, such a cute gesture seems to be of little use to us, and the only use is probably to help lay the larvae.
Before transforming into beautiful butterflies, silkworms can only bear the humiliation in an ugly posture, and when they are enlarged and observed, they look like a combined version of astronauts and mountain monsters.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the magic mantis</h1>
This large mantis is the flower demon king who can simulate the shape of an orchid, and when insects spread the pollen of orchids, one that accidentally stops on the flower bud of the magic flower mantis will be eaten.
As we've described in other films, this behavior is very common in nature, and the mantis will show other expressions when not simulating the shape of an orchid.
The antennae of their heads seemed to be stained with the blood of good victims.
Their forefoots are jagged like the blades of a murderous maniac, impressive, but like other scary-looking insects.
It is indeed a terrible nightmare for their prey, but humans are not their prey, so even if we have hands to catch them, there is no danger.