50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

Who needs Alice In Wonderland when we have Mother Nature? As crazy as it sounds, there are too many mind-boggling things happening just outside the comfort of your home. Like, did you know that… goats have accents and owls don’t have eyeballs? Nature has surely been generous with throwing its weird gifts at us to think about. 

And often, you don’t need to go far to realize there’s a bunch of (mildly) interesting stuff happening right at your doorstep. From an odd tree that has a single branch of an apple tree to a frog so tiny, your fingernail looks like Everest in comparison, these are some of the most amusing examples spotted by people and shared in the Reddit community r/mildlyinteresting.

Whether it’s mildly or overwhelmingly interesting remains a subject of debate, but one cannot argue just how crazy nature can be.

#1 A Rare Desert Bloom In The Atacama Desert In Chile

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#2 My New Petunia Looks Like A Galaxy

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#3 This Icy Bird Umbrella

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#4 Albino Deer I Spotted Walking Into Work Last Week

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#5 Mt. Fuji Today – Rare Lenticular Cloud

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#6 This Shadow From Two Different Trees In My Parking Lot

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#7 The Smallest Maple Tree Leaf I’ve Ever Seen

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#8 This Twisted Driftwood I Found On The Beach

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#9 Sunflower Growing Out Of The Sidewalk – Parent Patch Visible In Background

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#10 Vietnamese Mossy Frog

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#11 Colour Gradient Moss

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#12 This Red Only Rainbow I Saw At Midnight In Finland

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#13 A Cherry Just Grew Alone In The Middle Of My Tree

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#14 This Tree That Was Burnt In A Bushfire Continues To Live

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#15 The River By Me Flooded, Then Froze, Then The Water Receded Leaving These Hovering Ice Shelves On The Trees

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#16 This Tibetan Cherry Tree At My Local Park Looks Like Copper!

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#17 This Cabbage In My Yard Showing It’s Fall Colors

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#18 This Baby Grasshopper Army In My Friend’s Garden

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#19 This Sorry Sap Of A Rock Formation

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#20 The New Growth On This Fir Tree

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#21 This Morning I Found By Far The Smallest Frog I Have Ever Seen In My Entire Life (My Average-Sized Fingernail For Scale)

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#22 This Tree Grew Inside An Old Silo And Finally Made It To The Top!

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#23 The Parrot Waxcap Mushroom. Found Across Northern Europe

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#24 My Wife Found This Tiny Skink In Our Garden, Some Much Needed Brightness On A Grey, Smoky Day

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#25 Squirrel With A Blonde Tail

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#26 Left: A Painting From 1892, Right: The Same Spot In 2020

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#27 The Way The Condensation Formed On My Blackberry Plant This Morning

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#28 This Tree In My Neighbourhood That Has 1 Branch Of An Apple Tree And The Rest Is A Normal Tree

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#29 A Whole Colony Of Fairy Inkcaps

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#30 This Geyser Right Before It Blows

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#31 Every Year We Get A Single Red Rose Growing Through The Wall Of Ivy In Our Garden

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#32 Beautiful Elephant Hawk Moth Found In My Garden, UK

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#33 Whole Other World I Found In A Beer Bottle Laying In The Woods

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#34 Snow Had Just The Right Conditions So That It Rolled Up Like A Carpet

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#35 These Bunches Of Grapes Are Growing Into A…bunch Of Grapes

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#36 Close Up Of My Chameleon

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#37 I Found This Leaf That Looks Like A Weather Radar

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#38 The Patterns On This Palm Frond

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#39 This Orchid Really Looks Like An Eagle

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#40 Found A Face On A Tree Today

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#41 My Grass Is An Inch Lower…and Got Frost. My Neighbors Did Not

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#42 3 Ears I Grew From The Same Heirloom Corn Variety

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#43 My Apple Looks Like Its Still Loading

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#44 This Bird That Looks Like Danny Devito

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#45 The Way These Succulents Grow In The Wall

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#46 This Bee Covered In Pollen

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#47 A Tree Inside Another Tree

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#48 This Rock Inside A Rock

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#49 I Found A Cicada With The Mcdonald’s Logo On It

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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#50 These Tumbleweeds That Piled Up In Front Of My Brother’s House

50 ‘Mildly Interesting’ Things Spotted In Nature That Are Actually Surprising

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