Nature Production / Bombardier Beetle (Pheropsophus jessoensis) protecting itself by ejecting a boiling, noxious chemical spray, Nagasaki, Japan.

Guy Edwardes / Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica) ejecting venom, Kruger, South South Africa, Controlled conditions

Guy Edwardes / Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica) ejecting venom Kruger, South Africa, Controlled conditions.

Martin Dohrn / Cardinal fish (Apogon sp) moments after it has mistakenly tried to eat an ostracod. The ostracod then releases glowing mucus that is so bright that it can be seen through the body of the fish. This gi...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Baling machine ejecting a bale of Barley straw on arable farmland, Scotland, UK, September

Kim Taylor / Wood Ant (Formica rufa) workers defending the nest by ejecting droplets of formic acid, UK.

Gary K. Smith / Spindle (Euonymus oxyphyllus) showing the seed cases ejecting seeds, UK October

Nick Upton / Snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis) among Coralweed (Corallina officinalis) ejecting remains of its prey, a mussel shell. Rhossili, The Gower Peninsula, July.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Baling machine ejecting a bale of Barley straw on arable farmland, Scotland, UK, September

Gary K. Smith / Common earth star (Geastrum triplex) with fruiting body ejecting spores, coastal pine woodland, Norfolk UK, October

Gerrit Vyn / Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) ejecting a pellet of indigestible insect parts. Anahuac NWR, Texas, USA

Tom Marshall / New Zealand / Sacred kingfisher (Todiramphus sancta vagans) ejecting pellet by regurgitating, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Canterbury, New Zealand

Jose B. Ruiz / European cuckoo chick ejecting host's egg (Cuculus canorus) Spain

Solvin Zankl / Box crab ejecting water {Calappa sp} Bahamas

Barrie Britton / Dunnock male pecks female so she ejects sperm from previoius mating with another male; this male then mates with her. From BBC TV programme 'Life of Birds'

Jose B. Ruiz / Newly hatched European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) nestling ejecting Rufous bush robin (Cercotrichas galactotes) chick from nest. . Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / European Cuckoo chick ejecting host - Shrike (Lanius senator) - egg from nest, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / European Cuckoo chick ejecting Shrike (Lanius senator) egg from nest, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / European cuckoo chick ejecting host bird's chick from nest, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / European cuckoo chick ejecting Shrike (Lanius senator) chick from nest, Spain

Neil Bromhall / Earthstar ejecting spores {Geastrum sp} UK - spores ejected by the force of raindrops

Neil Bromhall / Earthstar ejecting spores {Geastrum sp} UK spores ejected by the force of raindrops