The Freaky

Nature is not cute animals and flowers, it’s brutal, as this incredible series of photos shows. The photos capture the moment a zebra is caught and ripped apart by a crocodile while trying to cross the Mara river in Kenya. The photos were taken by Nimit Virdi, from Wellington, India, while on a game drive in […]

The strange but true tale of the 130 year old tortoise that adopted a baby hippo. In December 2004 unseasonably heavy rains on the East Coast of Kenya washed a family of hippopotamuses down the Sabaki River and out to sea. Locals from the town of Malindi, near Mombassa spotted the hippos and tried to […]

The corona virus now means much of the world is in lockdown. Bad news for humans but good news for wildlife. Across the globe nature is starting to reclaim town and cities.  In the town of Llandudno in Wales, United Kingdom, goats have come off the hills and occupied the town.  Local journalist Andrew Stuart […]

A shocking video circulating the internet shows the dangers of smoking Salvia.  The video shows a man preparing to plant the ornamental herb in his garden, before smoking some in a bong and then …..well we will let you watch the video to find out what happens next.  Salvia (scientific name: salvia divinorum) is a […]

Iguanas in Florida, USA have literally been falling out of trees due to the recent unseasonably cold weather.  Iguanas do not like cold weather. They start becoming sluggish when temperatures drop to 10C (50F), if the temperature drops further to around 4.5C  (40F) then their bodies shutdown and they become catatonic. In this frozen lifeless state […]

If you’ve ever been caught in a dust storm you’ll know how scary it can be and how it can feel like you are going to choke to death. So you might be surprised to learn that we wouldn’t have enough oxygen on the planet to breathe if it wasn’t for Saharan dust storms. Every […]

It is normally the man who catches the fish. But for one Indonesian man the roles were reversed when a flying needlefish stabbed the teen in the neck.  According to reports, Muhammad Idul was night fishing with his friend when his boat rode into a school of needlefish. The startled fish began jumping out of the […]

A chicken in Thailand lived for over 10 days after its head was chopped off. And in the process became an unlikely celebrity. The headless chicken was found in the Ratchaburi Province in central Thailand by Supakadee Arun Thong, a local vet. She had no idea how it had lost its head although she suspected it had […]

You don’t have to watch science fiction to find freaky creatures, there are plenty of them right here on planet Earth. Take this slime mold for example. Despite not having ears, eyes or even a brain this slime is capable of learning, solving puzzles and even making decisions. The slime’s technical name is Physarum polycephalum, but its […]

Two gorillas at a sanctuary in Africa have learnt to imitate humans by standing on two legs. The two standing gorillas, who were photographed posing for a selfie, live at a gorilla orphanage in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. The two gorillas were brought to the Senkwekwe Sanctuary orphanage and raised by the […]

It’s the little things on Planet Earth that are often the most bizarre. These colourful caterpillars remind us how wonderfully strange nature is. What is even more remarkable is that this collection of odd caterpillars weren’t found in the depths of some isolated jungle but were collected from the parks, gardens and woodlands of the […]

It is commonly believed that the Amazon rainforest is essential for providing the oxygen we breathe. But this is a myth.  One single tree can produce enough oxygen to support two people. And the Amazon Rainforest is ten times the size of Texas, producing 20 times more oxygen than all the people on the surface […]

Remarkable new evidence has come to light to suggest that some birds of prey deliberately set fire to scrubland to flush out prey. Ornithologist Bob Gosford claims that arsonist birds are picking up burning twigs from existing fires and dropping them elsewhere to start new blazes. This sends small animals running to escape and the […]

Dolphins have been observed in the wild getting “high” on the toxins produced by pufferfish. The stunning footage, filmed for the BBC, captured a group of young dolphins very carefully provoking a pufferfish, also known as a blowfish, so that it would produce its dangerous toxin, which can kill if taken in large doses, but […]

Were you aware that alligators eat sharks? Well they do. Scientists recently discovered that American Alligators have developed a taste for small sharks, and stingrays too. In the first ever study of this weird nature phenomenon researchers at Kansas State University have documented American alligators feasting on four species of shark on the Pacific and […]

Crabs on Prozac are becoming aggressive, engaging in fights, and even killing each other while on the drug, scientists have discovered. Prozac is a pharmaceutical drug used to treat depression, and other mental health related conditions, in humans. To be clear, depressed crabs are not being prescribed Prozac by doctors (although the image of a […]

It sounds like something out of a horror story, but in Puerto Rico there is a species of tree that traps and kill baby birds, and then feeds on the bird’s nutrients.   Pisonia trees or “bird catching” trees are proof that nature is freakily cruel. From branches can be seen mummified bodies of bird […]

The Freaky brings you another strange but true story from the endlessly weird natural world …ant suicide bombers. When their colony is under attack the Apicotermitinae species of termites will explode their own stomachs showering their attackers with their excrement, but killing themselves in the process. The hope is that this weird behavior will be […]

A Praying Mantis has been photographed killing a hummingbird and eating its brain. As if that wasn’t freaky enough, it turns out that this wasn’t a one off – all around the world Praying Mantises are participating in similar behaviour. Researchers at the University of Basel, Switzerland have just released a paper titled “Praying Mantises […]

The Freaky love this video of a bee being born.It takes 21 days for a bee to develop from egg to larvae and this beautiful piece of work condenses those 3 weeks in the life of the baby bee into one hypnotic minute. The video showing a worker bee emerging fully formed to join the […]

Snoring hummingbird. Snoring hummingbird. Snoring hummingbird. We love this snoring hummingbird! This mesmeric video was recorded by scientists in a Peruvian lab who were studying the sleeping patterns of hummingbirds. Hummingbirds have an exhausting life – in order to “hover” they have to beat their wings between twelve and eighty times per second. To achieve […]

You won’t believe what these clouds are made of…. Some clouds are more than just water vapour – they are alive. In Lake Malawi every year in August huge black clouds form above the water. These swirling clouds form across the water and form the shore it looks like the lake on fire. So what is […]

We love these amazing orchids that look like animals. 1. Monkey Orchid (Dracula Simia) 2. Flying Duck Orchid  (Caleana Major) 3. Dove Orchid (Peristeria Elata) 4. Tiger Face Orchid  5. White Egret Orchid (Habeneria Radiata)

  Photographer Paul Mansfield, 44, captured this remarkable scene of a pelican eating a small bird while on a day trip to London with his family. The pigeon had been pecking at crumbs in St James’ Park, Westminster, when he was targeted by the pelican. Mr Mansfield said: ‘I noticed a small crowd gathered at […]

This is the Argentinian Blue-bill duck, a cute but unremarkable looking duck but below the water it holds an incredible secret – it has a massive penis! The duck has an average penis length of 8 inches (20cm) – that is longer than a human whose average penis size is 6 inches. And the longest […]