Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Spiny orb-weaver (Micrathena sp.) weaving a silk nest to protect its eggs, the nest is suspended from a thread to isolate it from predators, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. Filmed at...
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Shane Gross / Thorny or spiny seahorse (Hippocampus histrix) portrait made off Anilao, Philippines.
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Georgette Douwma / Mantel of Spiny oyster (Spondylus varius). Indonesia. Indo-West Pacific.
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Pascal Kobeh / Trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis) on the coral drop off, Sulu Sea, Philippines.
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Jack Dykinga / Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) with Desert spiny desert lizard (Sceloporus magister) prey, Catalina State Park, Arizona, Sonoran Desert, USA. August.
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Nick Upton / Running foliage spider / Spiny-legged sac spider (Liocranum rupicola), a nationally scarce species in the UK, hunting at night in an old stone wall, Wiltshire, UK, September.
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Mark MacEwen / Octopus tree (Didiera madagascariensis), Spiny Forest, Berenty, Madagascar
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Paul Bertner / Spiny Spider (Gasteracantha falcicornis), Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania
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Sue Daly / Close-up of the limbs of a Spiny starfish (Marthasterias glacialis) showing its many tube feet moving over the seabed, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.
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Sue Daly / Spiny starfish (Marthasterias glacialis) moving its arms over the seabed, showing use of its tube feet, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.
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Alex Hyde / Spined glassfrog (Teratohyla spinosa) Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica.
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Alex Mustard / Hedgehog seahorse (Hippocampus spinosissimus) female moves over a sandy seabed. Dauin, Negros Island, Philippines. Bohol Sea, tropical west Pacific Ocean.