Angaria

Image: Shellnut

Here come those snails again, showing us once more that you don't need to live fast to leave a good-looking corpse.

Jellynose Fish

Image: fishpix.kahaku.go.jp

WARNING: High concentration of gelatinous material in the schnozzle area.

Big, Voluminous Sleeves

Big, voluminous sleeves... the trend that keeps on giving. And billowing. After all, who doesn't want to look like a rakish buccaneer or ostentatious wizard?

Carpet Anemone

Image: Nevit Dilmen

Nylon? That's just plastic. Wool? Keep it, sheep. Tiger pelt? I'd rather a live, trained tiger to do my bidding.

No. When it comes to carpets, it's teeny-tiny tentacles tickling my tootsies from now on.

Lophogastrid

Image: Alexander Semenov

It can be difficult to describe things you've never seen before. Just think of the medieval bestiaries. Beavers have fish tails, don't they? Rhinos are covered in ornate steel plate, aren't they? Elephants... Where do you even begin with elephants?

Snaggle-tongue of the Gumboot Chiton

Cryptochiton stelleri

Yuck! What devilry is this? It's like that bit in Jurassic Park with the giant T. rex eye except he's made of mash potato and appears to be staring actual daggers.

Microdon

Image: N Sloth

It sounds like a dinosaur but it looks like a... slug?

Bryozoa Nudibranch

Image: Donna Pomeroy

This has to be one of the more eye-bending examples of camouflage out there.