Steve Downer / Slug (Species unknown) descending on slime rope from leaf. UK. June.

Ammonite / Close-up of a Yellow slug (Limax flavus) moving towards the camera leaving a slime trail and extending and retracting its eyestalk, footage taken using an endoscopic camera, Bristol, England, UK, Marc...

Ammonite / Close-up of a Yellow slug (Limax flavus) leaving a slime trail as it moves, footage taken using an endoscopic camera, Bristol, England, UK, March.

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Bacteria - iron and manganese oxidizers and their complementary reducers, in the mud of an empty fish pond, Upper Lusatia Heath and Pond Landscape, Upper Lusatia UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Germany

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Acellular Slime Mould, 'Many headed slime' (Physarum polycephalum) inhabits shady, cool, moist areas, such as decaying leaves and logs

Adrian Davies / Slime mould (Mucilago crustacea). Surrey, England, UK. January.

Rod Williams / Wolf's milk slime mould (Lycogala epidendrum) on a fallen tree, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. April.

Robert Thompson / Red raspberry slime fungus (Tubifera ferruglnosa) Gosford Forest Park, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland. September.

Joao Burini / Slime mould (Arcyria sp), Intervales State Park, Sao Paulo, Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Brazil.

Robert Thompson / Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) and slug on moss. Annagarriff Wood National Nature Reserve, Peatlands Park, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. August.

Sylvain Cordier / Wild boar (Sus scrofa), adult male drooling, Haute Saone, France,

Sylvain Cordier / Wild boar (Sus scrofa), adult male, Haute Saone, France.