Image: James Niland Abispa ephippium I get that wasps use bright colours to warn predators of their painful sting. It's a great way...

Image: Todd Pierson Desmognathus marmoratus Hmmm... I think I would call it the People-eyed Salamander.

Image: Sylke Rohrlach Hydatina physis What is a shell? Armour? Home? Laborious burden? How about fashion accessory?

Image: gordon.milligan Echinus esculentus It's the hedgehog of the sea!

Image: Brian Gratwicke Megaloremmius leo It's the world's smallest orangutan! But not, as it turns out, the world's smallest...

Image: Nick Hobgood We landlubbers really get the raw end of the deal when it comes to symbiosis. We got parasites, all right. You can h...