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This terrifyingly tentacled moth reminds us that nature is freakier than any nightmare

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By Rachel Feltman October 25, 2017

As I attempted to enjoy some homemade tomato soup on Sunday evening, Popular Science Editor in Chief Joe Brown derailed my chill by sending me a video on Facebook. This video:

My friends, I am generally fascinated by the range of strangeness that mother nature puts on display. But I have to admit that I kind of hoped this clip would turn out to be some kind of hoax. It was just too freaky. The way that caterpillar-y butt looks too bulbous and heavy for the delicate moth body it sits atop. The sheer length of the four (count them, four) tentacles affixed at the end. The way those tentacles wiggled and writhed. The fact that they were hairy. It was simply too much.

https://www.popsci.com/terrifying-viral-video-nature-is-freaky

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I was prepared to be seriously underwhelmed.  But, I'm not.