Golf Ball Sponge - A Trypophobe's Nightmare

Image: California Academy of Sciences

Holes! Holes in a thing! Some people really hate to see holes in a thing. It makes them feel uncomfortable and itchy and a little sick. For some people, holes in a thing is positively unholy. Oddly enough.

When life gets you (upside) down...

When life gets you upside down...

Video: AA&NN

It's time to turn things around. It might be slow going, so slap on a bit of Mozart to get the blood flowing. Let those hectic, Classical beats bring power to your bones.

If you happen to have bones.

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Thanks to Semaias for introducing me to this sweet video! Good job, Neil the snail. You're a STAR!

Wolffish and Wolf Eel

Image: Chad King (SIMoN / MBNMS)

Hey! Check out that great, big ugly fish with fearsome teeth glaring at us from deep within his dark, foreboding cave! Should we go over there and give him a hug? Why don't we see if we can't turn that angry snarl upside down!

Epimeria oxicarinata

Image: WoRMS for SMEBD

It's Sonic the Amphipod!

Water Scavenger Beetle

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear... How can you expect to get anywhere in life with a face and body as repulsive as that? You look like a doom-laden carrot. How can a doom-laden carrot contribute to society? Stop looking like a doom-laden carrot!

Giant, Misshapen Penises

Image: James Gaither
Titan Arum, Amorphophallus Titanum

That's what you need when life gets you down: huge, colourful, misshapen penises. If we're lucky, they might even smell of rotting flesh and be covered in flies and beetles! Yaaay!