Alex Mustard / Portrait of a Giant frogfish (Antennarius commersoni) on a large Yellow elephant ear sponge (Ianthella basta). Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

Wim van den Heever / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) close up of skin and ear, OlDonyo Kenya.

Franco Banfi / Orange elephant ear sponge (Agelas clathrodes) Santa Lucia, Camaguey, Cuba, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean

Cyril Ruoso / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) hanging upside down, during translocation by Kenya Wildlife Service, due to over population, Mwaluganje Reserve, Kenya. October 2006.

Georgette Douwma / Stove-pipe sponge (Aplysina archeri) and Orange elephant ear sponge (Agelas clathrodes) Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean.

Dong Lei / Purple bergenia (Bergenia purpurascens) in flower, Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China.

Oriol Alamany / Close up of skin on the ear and back of an African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Mopani, Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa, September.

Andy Rouse / Young African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf. Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa.

Juergen Freund / Elephant ear sponge (Ianthella basta) with a Triplefin blenny resting on it, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Detail of Orange elephant ear sponge (Agelas clathrodes) with crinoid / featherstar attached, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Juergen Freund / Details of Orange elephant ear sponge (Agelas clathrodes) with crinoids / featherstars attached, Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Tony Heald / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at waterhole with Giraffe in the background, Etosha National Park, Namibia, August