Weird Life

. (nominated by Ely Wallis)

. (nominated by Ely Wallis)

. Just because they’re everywhere. And because you can put them through a sieve and they will just reform. Or is that just a myth? (nominated by Ely Wallis)

. Micropillboxes - who would have thunk it? (nominated by Jim Croft)

. Two for the price of one (nominated by Jim Croft)

. Animal, vegetable or mineral? (nominated by Jim Croft)

. (nominated by Erica McAlister @flygirlNHM)

. A.K.A. Velvet worms, just because of their texture. (nominated by Ely Wallis)

. Who can resist creeping green slime? (nominated by Jim Croft)

. Spheres within spheres (nominated by Jim Croft)

. Almost a DNA spiral inside a cell (nominated by Tim Entwisle)

. Witches Butter (no idea why) (nominated by Tim Entwisle)

. Ostracods that look like giant swimming rice bubbles. Along with their friends Bathynomus - enormous ostracods that wouldn’t look out of place in Dr Who. (nominated by Ely Wallis)

. Two leaves, no stem, no roots, all on the head of a pin. A bunch of flowers does not get any smaller than this. (Nominated by Jim Croft)

(nominated by Ely Wallis)

. Because you can't make this stuff up (nominated by Jim Croft)

. A.K.A. Tumbleweed (nominated by Tim Entwisle )

. Because they’re often described as ‘microscopic plankton’ but they’re not always tiny. (nominated by Ely Wallis)

. (nominated by Tim Entwisle)