David Shale / Black coral (Antipatharia) with tendrils extruded to catch prey. Collected from coral sea mount near Dragon vent field on SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.

MYN / Niall Benvie / Hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium), August meetyourneighbours.net project

Stephen Downer / John Downer P / Vine snakes (Dryophis nasuta) imitate curled tendrils of foliage to conceal themselves in the rainforest (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Olga Kamenskaya / Wallflower (Erysimum flavum) Olkhon island, Lake Baikal, Russia, May.

Chris Mattison / Fork-leaved sundew (Drosera bipinata) leaves unfurling. Cultivated species, occurs in Australia and New Zealand.

Adrian Davies / Wasp (Vespula sp.) trapped in the sticky tendrils of a Flycatcher bush (Roridula gorgonias), Kew Botanic Gardens, UK. Occurs in South Africa.

Adrian Davies / Bluebottles (Calliphora sp.) trapped in the sticky tendrils of a Flycatcher bush (Roridula gorgonias), Kew Botanic Gardens, UK. Occurs in South Africa.

MYN / Piotr Naskrecki / Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) leaves and tendrils, Concord, Massachusetts, USA, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Gary K. Smith / White Bryony (Bryonia dioica) flowers and tendrils, Norfolk, UK, July

Gary K. Smith / White Bryony (Bryonia dioica) flowers and tendrils, Norfolk, UK, July

Nature Production / Tendril of Bur cucumber (Sicyos angulatus) clinging to other plant stems, Japan

Juergen Freund / Tendrils and roots of The Curtain fig tree (Ficus virens) in Atherton tablelands, Queensland, Australia, composite panoramic image