Mark Moffett / Slug Caterpillar (Setora fletcheri) shows warning coloration and spines loaded with toxins that erect when the animal is disturbed, Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam
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Paul Williams / Nephila pilipes spider and common tiger butterfly (Danaus genutia). The butterfly contains toxins that make it distateful to the spider, so the spider snips the butterfly out of its web and releases i...
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Paul Williams / RF - Golden orb-web spider (Nephila pilipes) spider snipping Common tiger butterfly (Danaus genutia) out of web. The butterfly contains toxins that make it distasteful to the spider releases it from w...
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Constantinos Petrinos / Marine flatworm (Pseudobiceros flowersi) with ruffled marginal tentacles - pseudotentacles. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.e shown that fish will spit them out after the briefest of nips. We...
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Adrian Davies / Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) bloom on Slapton Ley, Devon, England. This bacteria produces toxins including Micocystin, July, 2014.
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Adrian Davies / Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) bloom on Slapton Ley, Devon, England. This bacteria produces toxins including Micocystin, July, 2014.
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Adrian Davies / Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) bloom on Slapton Ley, Devon, England. This bacteria produces toxins including Micocystin, July.
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Adrian Davies / Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) bloom on Slapton Ley, Devon, England. This bacteria produces toxins including Micocystin, July.
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Piotr Naskrecki / Blister Beetle (Mylabris sp) with aposematic coloration to warn predators of its toxins, Goegap Nature Reserve, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Piotr Naskrecki / Koppie Foam Grasshopper (Dictyophorus spumans) with aposematic coloration to warn predators about their toxins, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
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Thomas Marent / Cane Toad (Bufo marinus) the large swollen parotid glands behind the head of the cane produce a mixture of fourteen different toxins affecting the nervous system of any predator inexperienced enough t...
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Piotr Naskrecki / Milkweed Grasshopper (Phymateus morbillosus) with aposematic coloration to warn predators of its toxins, Cederberg, Western Cape, South Africa