Not for the faint-hearted.

[Baitball Blogger]

I told you, NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED!

You were warned.

[dhol82]

1. Wow! That is major impressive!

[skylucy]

2. Not a bad looking beetle at the end of his transformation.

[skylucy]

3. Big for his age though.

[eppur_se_muova]

4. That's one big larva.

Now do this guy !

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Reminders that many of us would not make it during the prehistoric era.

The amoebas would probably swallow us in our sleep!

[zanana1]

14. Australia? nt

[eppur_se_muova]

18. Looks like southeast Asia, but not really sure -- the site hosting the pic is in French. nt

[zanana1]

19. I can read French.

What is the site?

[eppur_se_muova]

20. It's Costa Rica.

https://www.koreus.com/image/95-insolite-01.html

https://www.koreus.com/modules/news/article14856.html

[zanana1]

22. Thank you! nt

[marylandblue]

6. Giant 300 million year old dragonfly

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-htQZMTXEERE/TyGUQjovgjI/AAAAAAAABiE/R7ejvAi-1Is/s1600/woman+and+meganeura.jpeg

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

7. So cool!!

[magicarpet]

8. What does it eat, Buffalo and Angus bulls ?

[Afromania]

9. Why!? NO!!! Why?!

*looks at floor*

[Solly Mack]

10. Cool

[no_hypocrisy]

11. Looks like a movie from the 1950s . . . . .

[marked50]

12. The things nightmares are made of..

[zanana1]

13. Australia? nt

[auntAgonist]

15. So thankful for YouTube. This IS fascinating. No desire to see in person YAY YouTube. n/t

[lillypaddle]

16. JFC!!!!!

[LudwigPastorius]

17. HOLY....!

Is that thing from Ceti Alpha V?

[eppur_se_muova]

21. Google "Goliath beetle larva" at your peril. nt