Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Anteater

Image: Anthony Brewer
There are four kinds of mammal in the world: Rodents, who are the annoying ones; Carnivores, who are the scary ones; Ungulates, who are the tasty ones; and everything else, who are the weird ones.

Sunday, 28 July 2013

Ghost Pipefish

Image: Nick Hobgood
Gosh! Ghosts have sure gotten funky lately! I don't think I have any bedsheets like this... yet. Looks like haunting my neighbours is going to be a carnival from now on!

Friday, 26 July 2013

Two-spotted Spider Mite

Image: Gilles San Martin
Tetranychus urticae
It's not a pretty sight when a mite gets mighty...

Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Larvacea

Image: screen
Uh oh! It's that time again. That time when we, the mighty vertebrates, must visit the modern representatives of a cadet branch that stretches back to time immemorial. It's full of spineless malcontents, many of whom have descended into a life of crime and manual labour but, in our beneficence, we shall oblige them with a visitation.

Sunday, 21 July 2013

Cone Snail

Image: NOAA
WHEN SNAILS KILL!

Friday, 19 July 2013

Spoonwing

Image: Muchaxo
I'm hoping a Spoonwing is an intelligent spoon who will fly to me when I have a tub of ice cream but forgot to bring a spoon. But it could just be someone throwing a spoon at my head.