Well, Since I am curious what’s the weirdest observation you’ve ever had, :eye_in_speech_bubble: I want the weirdest most wack observations and maybe the story <3 :black_heart:

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…

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

The mallard jet-skiing a goose: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/95898691

Lots of plant-mutants in the Fascinating Fasciation project if that counts as weird, one of which is this California Buckwheat , which I found that had so many mutated stems. For animals, WeirdWildWonders has lots of strange things!

Finding this deer who was killed by lightning was weird: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/327125713

@dendroleon very interesting and random… here’s a deer leg I found on the side of the road but nothing compares to your ear! This apple , 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…

I don’t know what this is.. I hope its a slime mold… I almost forgot about a strange pupa 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

I didn’t even need to check the link to know which observation you were talking about! It’s an all-timer!

I think my weirdest was four wings 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.

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dendroleon December 9, 2025, 7:14pm 2

mine is probably the ear i found on a trail.

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