A botfly maggot's entire purpose is to mate, procreate, and infest mammals with its larvae.If your worst nightmare is having your body taken over by another life form, then read no further. The botfly has a short albeit gruesome life cycle that involves infesting a host to grow its larva until it matures and pops out of the host’s flesh. Most alarmingly, these maggot-like larvae end up inside human hosts, too. Read More...
Yukio Mishima was the most renowned author in Japan before he descended into political extremism and attempted a failed coup that ended with him committing ritual suicide.JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty ImagesYukio Mishima, famed Japanese author, shortly before he committed ritual suicide after a failed coup attempt.
When he awoke on the morning of November 25, 1970, Yukio Mishima was the star of the Japanese literary world — considered by many a likely candidate for the Nobel Prize and an internationally renowned man of letters. Read More...
Scary Prehistoric Animals: Thalattoarchon Image Source: HNA
Thalattoarchon is the new kid on the block, having only been discovered a few years ago and first officially classified in just 2013.
It was an ichthyosaur, another group of marine reptiles commonly and incorrectly believed to be dinosaurs. Thalattoarchon were 28-foot-long apex predators whose massive jaws allowed them to hunt prey almost as big as they were.
With this beast only being discovered five years ago, it begs the question: What other unimaginable prehistoric creatures’ remains now sit beneath the ground and the sea, waiting to be discovered? Read More...
