Nature Production / Bombardier Beetle (Pheropsophus jessoensis) protecting itself by ejecting a boiling, noxious chemical spray, Nagasaki, Japan.

Guy Edwardes / Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica) ejecting venom, Kruger, South South Africa, Controlled conditions

Guy Edwardes / Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica) ejecting venom Kruger, South Africa, Controlled conditions.

Martin Dohrn / Cardinal fish (Apogon sp) moments after it has mistakenly tried to eat an ostracod. The ostracod then releases glowing mucus that is so bright that it can be seen through the body of the fish. This gi...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Baling machine ejecting a bale of Barley straw on arable farmland, Scotland, UK, September

Kim Taylor / Wood Ant (Formica rufa) workers defending the nest by ejecting droplets of formic acid, UK.

Kim Taylor / Rhododendron leaf-hopper (Graphocephala fennahi) ejecting drop of 'honey dew' while sucking sap from stem, Surrey, England, October.

Roger Powell / European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) opening its beak wide before ejecting a pellet from it. Guerreiro, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, May..

Gary K. Smith / Spindle (Euonymus oxyphyllus) showing the seed cases ejecting seeds, UK October

Nick Upton / Snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis) among Coralweed (Corallina officinalis) ejecting remains of its prey, a mussel shell. Rhossili, The Gower Peninsula, July.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Baling machine ejecting a bale of Barley straw on arable farmland, Scotland, UK, September

Gary K. Smith / Common earth star (Geastrum triplex) with fruiting body ejecting spores, coastal pine woodland, Norfolk UK, October