15 Poison Dart Frogs

There are over 200 species of Poison Dart Frog found in South and Central America, each one advertising their stomach-curdling defences with bright colour and vivid pattern. Some, like the Strawberry Poison Dart Frog, have more than a dozen wildly differing morphs within the same species.

Here's but the slightest taste of aposematic colouration which duly caught my eye!

Worm Snail

Image: California Academy of Sciences

Ahhh! Sometimes I just have to lie back and bask in nature's boundless capacity to be completely stationary!

Chimaera

Image: NOAA

The original Chimaera was a mythical Greek monster composed of a lion with a goat's head sticking out if its back and a snake instead of a tail. You have to admit, a goat's head on a lion's back is way more impressive than the ear on a mouse they did in that primitive age known as 1997. Those Greeks were way ahead of their time.

Aplacophora

Image: NOAA PMEL Vents Program

Proof that molluscs can worm with the best of them!

Lace Bug

Image: Gilles San Martin

Look at this lovely Lace Bug! How could anyone hate something so pretty? You'll see!

Grimalditeuthis bonplandi

Image: MBARI

How the weak shall inherit the earth. Or at least the sea.