Is There A Word That Describes Finding Something Both Horrifying Yet Delightful?

Is there a word that describes finding something both horrifying yet delightful?

Photographer Nicky Bay Documents Mirror Spiders Adjusting their Silver Plates to Appear More Reflective

I would like to pet this creachur.

Look at this woolly chafer! Have you seen a bug so fluffy? 🥺

Mammal

Mononykus is love. Mononykus is life. All hail Mononykus.

obsessed

feathered biped

my daughter

Journey to the microcosmos is so chill and soothing.

"Pelomyxa are giant amoeba, capable of growing as much as 5 millimeters in length. So it doesn't seem like they should be that difficult to find. In fact, Jame--our master of microscopes--found hundreds of them filling up his pond tank, completely visible without the help of a microscope. They were so large that he actually took one and touched it. So, if you would like to know what it feels like to pet an amoeba, he is now an expert. He says, "It's squishy.""

Journey to the Microcosmos- The Microbe That's Big Enough to Pet

Images Originally Captured by Jam's Germs

Quote Voiced by Hank Green

Man, one thing about adhd is when you get focused on something, you Really get Focused on something. Aka me furiously googling mosasaur and varanid skeletons.

Tis true. Here's my old ten gal set up on a standard computer desk. Didn't take up much space at all. I still have the tank in case I have the time (and better health) to keep a betta again.

I’m sure a great many people have said this before, both here on the tingle dot net and on other platforms, but I’ve recently had to explain this to a family member and I think it bears repeating.

There are a ton of myths in fish keeping, especially about the more popular species, like bettas. Such as “bettas don’t need much water because they live in puddles in the wild!” Which will then prompt me to have to gently explain that this is not quite true, and that when they think about puddles they’re thinking of something like this:

(A very small and ephemeral collection of water in a divot on the ground after a rain, usually evaporated after a few hours, and how would a fish even get in there?)

Instead of something like this:

(An example of a wild beta habitat: shallow ponds, marshes, slow moving streams and flood plains. These might be described affectionately as a “puddle” in that these habitats may only be a foot or two deep, but they generally cover a wide and vegetation-heavy area.)

Anyway if I see one more of those plastic 0.5 gallon “tanks” I am going to scream.