Random Creepy And Disturbing Facts That Made Us Say, 'Nope' (21 items)

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  (#8) The Sad Truth About Blobfish

  Posted by Redditor u/songmage:

  Blobfish in its natural habitat looks like a normal fish, but it lives so deep under water that it doesn't use a normal gas bladder to keep itself balanced. Instead, it has a spongy skin that is slightly less dense than water, which becomes damaged and bloated when fishermen bring it up too quickly.

  It's not really the ugliest fish. It has just experienced something worse than one of us being thrown into outer space. Between sea level and space, there's one atmospheric pressure of difference. Between sea level and 2000 feet under water, their upper limit, there's 60 atmospheres of difference.
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  (#5) Cockroaches Will Eat Your Children

  Posted by Redditor u/FauxPoesFoes228:

  Cockroaches have been recorded eating human flesh, both living and dead, as well as fingernails, eyelashes, feet, and hands. The American cockroach and German cockroach are more likely to bite humans than other species.
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  (#7) Cone Snails Are Incredibly Deadly

  Posted by Redditor u/PokeOPhantom:

  After getting stung by a cone snail, you don’t feel the sting for a little bit. There is no antivenin and it can be lethal. Treatment is basically keeping the victim alive until the venom wears off.
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  (#4) Ducks Are Cannibals

  Posted by Redditor u/bob_rob_III:

  Ducks become cannibals due to boredom, of all f***ing reasons. They can only be stopped by cutting off their "mouths."
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  (#21) Mount Everest Is Covered In Corpses

  Posted by Redditor u/eternal_screaming:

  Mount Everest is covered in frozen corpses because removing them is very unsafe and time consuming. They are easily viewed from the climbing routes and some are used as trail markers.
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  (#2) Trees Can Grow In Living Bodies

  Posted by Redditor u/TTConnor:

  It was once discovered that a fir tree was growing inside a human body.

  Artyom Sidorkin went to the doctors suspecting something wrong with his lungs. The doctors thought they were dealing with a tumor but turns out he had inhaled a fir tree seed which had sprouted and had begun growing in his lungs.

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