Steven David Miller / Australian freshwater / Johnstone's crocodile (Crocodylus johnsoni) with damaged upper jaw in shallow water waiting for a scrap from a fisherman, Lake Kununurra, Western Australia, July

Guy Edwardes / Great black-backed gull (Larus marinus) portrait, with deformity (tongue punctured throat but bird remains healthy and feeding chicks) Great Saltee, Co. Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June

Niall Benvie / Two Carrots (Daucus carota) intertwined, crossed over while they were growing, Wester Ross, Scotland, October

Kim Taylor / Rainbow trout, deformed fry - siamese twins - caused by egg damage {Salmo gairdneri}

Nigel Cattlin / Peach leaf curl caused by Fungus (Taphrina deformans), deformed leaves on 'Lord Napier' nectarine (Prunus sp) tree. Berkshire, England, UK. May.

Nigel Cattlin / Doyenne du Comice pear (Pyrus communis) fruit with deformity caused by Pear stony pit virus. Berkshire, England, UK. October.

Daniel Heuclin / Deformed skull with sloping forehead, found at Chullpa / funeray tower. Ceremonial tomb from between 1200-1450 AD, San Juan del Rosario, Bolivia.

Daniel Heuclin / Deformed skull with sloping forehead, found at Chullpa / funeray tower. Ceremonial tomb from between 1200-1450 AD, San Juan del Rosario, Bolivia.

David Perpinan / Deformed Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni). This is a common condition in Mediterranean tortoises kept in cold weathers or under inadequate husbandry. Small repro only

Ashley Cooper / Bee (Apis mellifera) with deformed wings as a result of attack by Varoa mites (Varroa destructor) in beehive, Cockermouth, Cumbria, UK, June.

Jeff Foott / Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare) with deformed / broken jaw, possibly hit by boat, Cuiaba River, Pantanal Matogrossense National Park, Pantanal, Brazil.

Georgette Douwma / Striped puffer (Arothron manilensis) with deformed 'nostrils'. Puerto Galera, Philippines.