Tim Laman / Men spearfishing at night from the bows of canoes in Mayalibit Bay. Waigeo Island, West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Sue Daly / Diving instructor spearing lionfish (Pterois volitans), an invasive species which has been released in the Atlantic Bonaire, Dutch Antilles, Caribbean, February 2012, Model Released

Juergen Freund / Spearing mantis shrimp (Lysiosquilloides sp) in burrow, Komodo NP, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Spearing mantis shrimp (Lysiosquillina sp.) waiting in its burrow. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Sue Daly / Shrimp-spearing mantis shrimp (Lysiosquillina sp) Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Jeff Rotman / Bluewater hunter surfaces with giant Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares) killed with a hand-made, 2m speargun, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.

Patricio Robles Gil / Picador spearing bull with Matadors watching in final stages of bullfight, Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Mexico

Solvin Zankl / Close up of claws of spearer Mantis Shrimp (Lysiosquillina maculata) with barbs spearing fish prey, Lembah Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Solvin Zankl / Front claws of spearer Mantis Shrimp (Lysiosquillina maculata) showing barbs used for spearing large prey, Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Solvin Zankl / Spearer Mantis Shrimp (Lysiosquillina maculata) with front claws extended, spearing fish prey, Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Euryattus sp) on heavy silk guyline suspended from rolled-up leaf, catches a fly in mid-flight, Queensland, Australia