Tanaid

Image: Moorea Biocode

You know when you turn over a stone and find half an ant's nest in all its bustle, a small community of millipedes waking up from its slumber and a surprisingly large spider scurrying away into the undergrowth and you think "wow, who knew there would be so many legs under this one stone?"

That's pretty much how I felt when I found out about the Tanaids.

Picasso Sponge 22

This Picasso Sponge depicts the ghostly apparition of a housing development as it haunts a moonlit forest clearing.

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Another one from Esther! Woo!

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Snipe Eel

Image: NOAA Photo Library

Eels are famously long and thin but none are as stupendously skinny as the Snipe Eel!

Crucifix Frog

Image: eyeweed
Notaden bennettii

The brutal, Roman execution device is now a snazzy pattern on a plump frog...

Metamorphosis complete!

Rhinoceros Viper

Image: Josh More
Bitis nasicornis

Vipers already have two long, sharp things sticking out of their upper jaw, so what do they need with yet more sticking out of their snout?

So unfair!

Picasso Sponge 21

This Picasso Sponge depicts a dystopian future in which the sky above the port is the colour of television, tuned to Saturday morning cartoons.

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Humongous thanks to Dear Reader Esther for the picture!

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