- Big spiders (small ones up to 2" don't bother me)
- Sharks (actually, that's one of those phobias I can invoke by thinking about it too much. I won't go near dark water when I think of Jaws)
- Saw a documentairy once about the African naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber). They have a queen that breeds underground. She swells up (up to the point where the skin almost becomes transparant) and gives birth to about 25 little ones. That really gave me the willies
- Saw another documentairy about Surinam toads (Pipa pipa) (yes, I really like wildlife documentairies ) After mating the female toad will carry the eggs IN her back (yes under the skin)
I'll quote some stuff I found on the net:
"Amplexus takes place over a period of days (the exact period varies). Afterwards the eggs sink gradually into the female's back, and the skin pad solidifies to a kind of stiff crust with "windows" over the eggs.
The developed froglets are visible inside their pockets for several days before hatching. They emerge over a period of days, thrusting their head and forelegs out first, then struggling free."
Soooo, what are my phobias? Mostly gross stuff combined with small animals