Fun New Species to Haunt Your Dreams

Just when you were getting over your fears of everything that already exists in the world, our old frenemy science has come along with a list of the top ten newly discovered species, some of which are scaaary. You thought the Leprosy Armadillo was bad? Well, I’ll see that and raise you a 6-foot long monitor lizard. (Wait, he only eats fruit? OK, that’s kind of adorable.) Remember how you really hate spiders? Look out, there’s a new sheriff in town: His name is the Darwin’s bark spider, and he spins crazy tough webs. Also on the list: glowing mushrooms, a pancake batfish, and a totally cute deer-looking animal who doesn’t look mean but probably has some mechanism whereby it kills you with sweet kisses. All I’m saying is look alive and put a goddamn lid on your boots because there might be a jumping cockroach out there who’s got his eye on you.

Image via J. Brown