Remi Masson / Common toads (Bufo bufo) mating surrounded by strings of toadspawn. Ain, Alps, France. First prize in the category "The Underwater World, GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014 competiti...

Ingo Arndt / Natterjack toads, mating pair with strings of toad spawn {Bufo calamita} Germany

Solvin Zankl / Pair of Common european toads (Bufo bufo) with strings of toadspawn, in pond, Germany. Specially commended in Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPOY) 2013, Underwater Worlds Category.

Heather Angel / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) carrying pollen strings from previous flower into Evening primrose (Oenothera glazioviana). At night in garden. Surrey, England, UK. July.

Heather Angel / Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) picking up pollen strings in Large-flowered evening primrose (Oenothera glazioviana). Flowers remains open on cool mornings allowing diurnal species to nectar....

Remi Masson / Common toad (Bufo bufo) pair in amplexus with strings of eggs, Ain, Alps, France, April

David Fleetham / Sea cucumber (Bohadschia argus) which has ejected a part of its internal organs called Cuvierian tubules. These significantly sticky strings are a defense mechanism designed to deter predators. Yap,...

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Shipibo-Conibo woman preparing cotton on a spindle to weave a traditional fabric, near Pulcalpa, Peru, 2009.

Aflo / Tabby cat playing with a rope. Konan, Aichi, Japan.

Constantinos Petrinos / Strings of Garlic (Allium sativum) Attica region, Athens, Greece, Mediterranean, October 2013

Nick Upton / Split level view of Common European toad spawn (Bufo bufo) strings wrapped around reed stems in a freshwater pond, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Split level view of Common European toad spawn (Bufo bufo) strings wrapped around reed stems in a freshwater pond, Wiltshire, UK, May.