# Weirdest observations **URL:** \ **Category:** Nature Talk\ **Tags:** question, cool-story, mostly-humor, fun, just-for-fun, photography\ **Created:** [December 9, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524 "2025-12-09T19:10:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![awitchemogurl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/awitchemogurl/32/67058_2.png) [@awitchemogurl](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/awitchemogurl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/1 "2025-12-09T19:10:32Z")
Well, Since I am curious what’s the _weirdest_ observation you’ve ever had, 👁️‍🗨️ I want the weirdest most _ **wack** _ observations and maybe the story \<3 🖤 ---
**Author:** ![dendroleon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dendroleon/32/27658_2.png) [@dendroleon](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/dendroleon)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/2 "2025-12-09T19:14:08Z")
mine is probably the [ear](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/326870134) i found on a trail. ---
**Author:** ![Thunderhead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/thunderhead/32/62294_2.png) [@Thunderhead](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Thunderhead)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/3 "2025-12-09T21:12:26Z")
Slime molds. I’ve a dozen kinds (hard to get ids) and they are all weird! I cannot resist touching them, smushing a part… wondering things like how do they get there and how smart is it? I’ve seen it take over a large area quickly and disappear overnight… or look like insect eggs…or a mess of bubble gum… ---
**Author:** ![tjeales](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tjeales/32/28691_2.png) [@tjeales](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tjeales)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/4 "2025-12-09T21:48:56Z")
One weird one I managed to get a picture of was this Bush Stone Curlew checking out a meditating hippie in central Brisbane. [https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/141503706](https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/141503706) ---
**Author:** ![jnstuart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jnstuart/32/1623_2.png) [@jnstuart](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jnstuart)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/5 "2025-12-09T22:01:50Z")
The mallard jet-skiing a goose: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/95898691](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/95898691) ---
**Author:** ![vreinkymov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/vreinkymov/32/58876_2.png) [@vreinkymov](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/vreinkymov)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/6 "2025-12-09T22:46:34Z")
Lots of plant-mutants in the [Fascinating Fasciation](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fascinating-fasciation) project if that counts as weird, one of which is [this California Buckwheat](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/286094515), which I found that had so many mutated stems. For animals, [WeirdWildWonders](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?order_by=votes&project_id=weirdwildwonders&verifiable=any) has lots of strange things! ---
**Author:** ![roadside\_rambler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/roadside_rambler/32/60180_2.png) [@roadside\_rambler](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/roadside_rambler)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/7 "2025-12-10T00:09:17Z")
Finding this deer who was killed by lightning was weird: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/327125713](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/327125713) ---
**Author:** ![bromine\_17](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bromine_17/32/59271_2.png) [@bromine\_17](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bromine_17)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/8 "2025-12-10T00:38:13Z")
@dendroleon very interesting and random… here’s a [deer leg](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/320515263) I found on the side of the road but nothing compares to your ear! [This apple](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/315635675), when I was going apple picking I found an apple with about 6 somewhat evenly spaced (and equally sized) holes in it. I don’t know what made these holes. In terms of weird as in strange, this [sacrum](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/302128659) I found on Woodlawn Beach still is unidentified and it’s confusing to me. I believe it’s definitely a deer sacrum, but not a white tailed deer sacrum as white tailed deer sacra only have 3 pairs of foramina whereas this specimen had four pairs (I am not an osteologist or anything but picture comparisons online show clear differences). Mule deer sacra look the most similar to my image but mule deer are a western species and the only other explanation is that a.) it is a different species? or b.) it washed up in the lake somehow. I’ve been curious about this ever since I found the bone because it was such a cool find and I just don’t get it! I wish I took more pictures. ---
**Author:** ![kanescompendium](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/kanescompendium/32/59120_2.png) [@kanescompendium](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/kanescompendium)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/9 "2025-12-10T02:06:34Z")
I don’t know what [this](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/287194729) is.. I hope its a slime mold… I almost forgot about a [strange pupa](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/290034144) I saw attached to a tree branch that had two small tail like appendages squirming around. I have it tentatively ID’d as a [Rat-tail Maggot Fly](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/364082-Eristalini) ---
**Author:** ![That\_Bug\_Guy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/that_bug_guy/32/24914_2.png) [@That\_Bug\_Guy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/That_Bug_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/10 "2025-12-10T02:48:27Z")
I didn’t even need to check the link to know which observation you were talking about! It’s an all-timer! ---
**Author:** ![phma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/phma/32/54376_2.png) [@phma](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/phma)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/11 "2025-12-10T03:41:43Z")
I think my weirdest was [four wings](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/315106324) of an insect, apparently some kind of tiger moth, with no body attached. The theory is that a bat ate the moth and dropped the wings. ---
**Author:** ![mkanimallover](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/mkanimallover/32/62000_2.png) [@mkanimallover](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/mkanimallover)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/12 "2025-12-10T03:50:57Z")
Turtle leg found on someone’s lawn, IDed to species [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314198232](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314198232) ---
**Author:** ![mkanimallover](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/mkanimallover/32/62000_2.png) [@mkanimallover](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/mkanimallover)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/13 "2025-12-10T03:58:38Z")
This strange creature was found under the bark of a log that I accidentally semi-ripped up (I was very excited by the arthropods on it!!). [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/330020005](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/330020005) It was right next to a common pill woodlouse, which was coincidentally a great size comparison! I still have no idea what it is, and that in itself is weird, since I generally have a pretty good understanding of insects, arachnids, and even a bit of springtails. Weirder still is the fact that I spent over half an hour tearing up that log while at a place 2+ hours from my house instead of photographing all of the more uncommon/more unusual birds and reptiles. I probably could have found some cool specimens in my yard too, but hey! I think it was worth it! ---
**Author:** ![inkadillo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/inkadillo/32/27820_2.png) [@inkadillo](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/inkadillo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/14 "2025-12-10T04:50:16Z")
A weed growing out of someone’s astroturf lawn in suburbia. Life finds a way lol [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195950989](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/217230651) And then there’s this…thing. Vaguely resembles something _Nostoc_-ish, in that it is gelatinous and mysterious, but I just don’t know…[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195950989](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195950989) ---
**Author:** ![ms\_le](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/ms_le/32/65424_2.png) [@ms\_le](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/ms_le)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/15 "2025-12-10T05:58:39Z")
I was fascinated by these ??? that I found while hiking along the Minnesota River on a warm day last January. Would love to know what they were. [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/277525420](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/277525420) ---
**Author:** ![Miyru](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/miyru/32/51447_2.png) [@Miyru](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Miyru)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/16 "2025-12-10T09:10:16Z")
[a leg](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/261966361) [a tail](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/264124817) [ass mold!](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/319565731) ---
**Author:** ![bromine\_17](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bromine_17/32/59271_2.png) [@bromine\_17](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bromine_17)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/17 "2025-12-10T11:01:18Z")
Omg that reminds me of the bird leg I found on the sidewalk a few years ago! Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Thunderhead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/thunderhead/32/62294_2.png) [@Thunderhead](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Thunderhead)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/18 "2025-12-10T11:24:40Z")
I found a juvenile skunk’s head below a tree on a field edge. As I walked up to see it clearly I noticed fur raining down from the tree branches and out to the field. I had to assume I had just missed a bird of prey, though I saw no one flying. ---
**Author:** ![eyekosaeder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/eyekosaeder/32/66699_2.png) [@eyekosaeder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/eyekosaeder)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/19 "2025-12-10T13:00:23Z")
[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/267305741](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/267305741) these things, which I’d tentatively id as fish gills. They were found like this just floating in a rockpool ---
**Author:** ![oksanaetal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/oksanaetal/32/60589_2.png) [@oksanaetal](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/oksanaetal)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/weirdest-observations/73524/20 "2025-12-10T14:12:56Z")
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