Creepy crawlies

Though cryptids like atmospheric beasts and sheepsquatch are fantastical creatures unlike any known animals, some cryptids are merely super-sized versions of existing species. Name an animal or insect and chances are good that someone, somewhere (or several people in numerous locations) claim enormous versions of the creature exist. With that in mind, here are five

<b>They're still terrifying, but you can't look away.</b> With over <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis" target="_blank">2,200 species</a> throughout the world, the Praying Mantis is a camouflage expert.

We've rounded up images of the world's most adorable insects.

Igor Siwanowicz's pictures of praying mantises, stag beetles and chameleons.

Our world is full of creatures big and small, short and tall. Below the Sifter looks at 15 of the largest animals in the world, classified by various categories such as mammals, repti…

There is a saying 'the Devil is in the details,' but for all we know he may well just be hiding in tree branches and our very own toilets in the form of wild creatures.

From the beds we wake up in to the buses we take and the offices we work at, it often seems like we live on a man-made planet. But the natural world is all around us, all the time. It's just we build such intricate hideouts, we sometimes forget about it. So let's refresh our memory.

Stilgar, do we have wormsign?Project Noah is a wildlife discussion website. One member named 4840 found this little guy deep in the interior of Ecuador. It's uncertain what it is, but some forum members think that it is a Martiodrilus crassus, which is Latin for "worm which feeds on dogs and small children."-via Geekologie...

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