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...

Mark MacEwen / Octopus tree (Didiera madagascariensis), Spiny Forest, Berenty, Madagascar

Alex Hyde / Spined glassfrog (Teratohyla spinosa) Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica.

Suzi Eszterhas / Ring tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) feeding on Spiny forest tree (Didierea trollii).Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Long-beaked Echidna (Zaglossus bruijni) highland forests of New Guinea

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Tembo' aged 4 years stripping the bark of a spiny branch to feed on the core, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Ce...

Alan Watson / Baobab tree (Adansonia rubrostipa) and Sogno (Didierea madagascariensis) in spiny forest, Reniala Reserve, Madagascar

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Spiny orb weaver (Micrathena) biting a flying ant caught in its web prior to eating it, Napo Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

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...

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...

Morley Read / Flat-headed spiny-backed frog (Osteocephalus planiceps) leaping from a branch, Amazon rainforest, Napo Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Cyril Ruoso / Spiny leaf chameleon (Brookesia decaryi) camouflaged amongst leaf litter. Madagascar Anja Community Reserve, Madagascar. uncatalogued check location, none was given