Hammerhead Shark - Sphyrna mokarran
Strawberry top shell (Clanculus puniceus)
The strawberry top shell is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top shells. The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 22 mm. This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Tanzania.
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There are many reasons to avoid walking barefoot through the forests of Malaysia. Snakes, spiders, centipedes, incredibly poisonous frogs unknown to science (maybe they’ll name it after you, it’s first verified human victim!) and now this. A walking bundle of rusty tetanus.
The Spiky Grouse Grasshopper (Discotettix belzebuth) reaches less than an inch long and is presumably well suited to living camouflaged among leaf litter and bits of wood.
The fact that they could go equally unseen in a damp shed is pure coincidence, I’m sure.
… Images: Bernard DUPONT
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The Blue Dragon - Glaucus atlanticus
… is a species of small, blue sea slug. This pelagic aeolid nudibranch floats upside down, using the surface tension of the water to stay up, and is carried along by the winds and ocean currents. The blue side of their body faces upwards, blending in with the blue of the water, while the grey side faces downwards, blending in with the silvery surface of the sea. G. atlanticus feeds on other pelagic creatures, including the Portuguese man o’ war.
photograph by Taro Taylor
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Lohikäärme Justus (The Dragon Justus), Pikku Kakkonen, 1982
eee he’s so charming
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