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Owlflies are closely related to Antlions, with the same kind of giant, hollow jaws for injecting toxins and sucking out the insides of prey.

And then they pupate and come out all dainty.

Venus Comb Murex. This carnivorous, Indo-Pacific snail reaches half a foot long. Apparently Venus uses its shell as a comb. Presumably she also uses a dagger to clean her fingernails, a flamethrower to light her cigarettes and a bullet to say goodbye. 

Red-tipped Fireworm. It looks cuddly, but it’s called a Fireworm because of the particular kind of pain inflicted by its toxic bristles.

Sometimes acts like a kind of caterpillar-vulture.thing.

Marine Spider. Relaxes in a silk sealed crevice at high tide, goes a-killing at low.

A white skate being spooky and phantasmagorical in the deeps.

Antlion. The name mostly applies to the gruesome, ferocious larvae. No-one really cares about the fragile adults.

Hairy Octopus. A tiny, rare, Indonesian octopus disguised as a clump algae.

Hairy Sea Hare scoffs at your insistence that slugs should be well shaved.

The Four-eyed Fish has… two eyes. Each one divided in two!

Each eye has two pupils and two retinas, one to see above water, the other below.

Each eye has just one lens, but it’s uniquely shaped to see up in the air and down in the water simultaneously.

Carefully swimming with the upper eye halfs above water lets Four-eyes hunt for prey and look out for eagles at the same time.

Has a face like a frog in a dungeon.

Wandering Leg Sausage. Segmented for your pleasure.