Derby Hat Bryozoan

Image: Donna Pomeroy
Eurystomella bilabiata

Oh dear, someones's dropped their... hat?

Thread-legged Bug

Image: Carlos De Soto Molinari

It's the 21st century and such things as agriculture, antibiotics and the ever-increasing speed of bad news have conspired to ensure that there are more humans alive today than ever before.

And you know what that means...

Blind Cusk Eel

Humans have never been great at the whole ghost thing. They all look like white bed sheets with black circles for eyes.

Blind Cusk Eels, on the other hand, now they're almost 100% pure ectoplasm!

Apheloria virginiensis

Image: Marshal Hedin

Hey, look! It's a beautiful, brightly-coloured millipede! You know what that means, right?

That's right. Cyanide! Yaaaay!

Bullseye Electric Ray

Image: Steve Ryan
Diplobatis ommata

BULLSEYE!

Possibly not the best accessory for a relatively small fish in a big, bad sea with sharks in...

Button Zoanthid

Image: Stéphane Duquesne

Looks like I've been getting buttons all wrong this whole time. All my buttons consist of about one colour and have approximately zero tentacles. Also I've got them mostly on shirts.

I never thought of gathering them up into a bouquet of buttons!

Jewelled Chameleon

Image: Bernard DUPONT
Furcifer campani

Camouflage?

What camouflage?

Red Palm Mite

Image: Eric Erbe, Chris Pooley
Raoiella indica

Uh oh! Sometimes big problems come in teeny-tiny packages!

African Clawed Frog

Image: Brian Gratwicke

When you see the unconventionally cute face of an African Clawed Frog, you'd be hard-pressed to imagine you were looking into the beady eyes of a ravenous, meat-eating beast.