Caught Collection (#32)

Tuna fishermen with catch in hold of boat, caught using pole and line fishing method, Pico Island, Azores, august

Licensed cockle picker holding cockles in hands after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Licensed cockle pickers landing boat and unloading after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Poles used for line caught tuna fishing on boat in harbour, pole and line fishing method, Pico Island, Azores, august

Bags of harvested cockles after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) adult, feeding on baitball school of small bait fish, offshore Port St. Johns, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape (Transkei), South Africa

Domestic Sheep, ewe, with horns caught in wire netting fence, close-up of head, England, may

Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) adult, caught in mist net with bird ringer, Norfolk, England

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) adult, in flight, catching fish in talons, blurred movement, Finland

Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) dead adult, caught in gin trap, Suffolk, England, march

European Mole (Talpa europaea) four dead adults, hung on barbed wire fence by molecatcher, Keld, Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales N.P. North Yorkshire, England, october

Funnel-web Nursery-web spider (Euprosthenops australis) adult, feeding on dragonfly caught in web, Burkina Faso

Social Spider (Anelosimus sp. ) adults, group with Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata) caught in communal web
Social Spider (Anelosimus sp.) adults, group with Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata) caught in communal web, Los Amigos Biological Station, Madre de Dios, Amazonia, Peru

Velvet Spider (Dresserus sp. ) adult, feeding on cockroach prey caught in cribellate (woolly silk), Karoo Region
Velvet Spider (Dresserus sp.) adult, feeding on cockroach prey caught in cribellate (woolly silk), Karoo Region, South Africa

Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) adult, diving underwater and feeding on baitball school of small bait fish, offshore Port St. Johns, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape (Transkei), South Africa

Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) two adults, diving underwater and feeding on baitball school of small bait fish, offshore Port St. Johns, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape (Transkei), South Africa

Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) and Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) adults, diving underwater and feeding on baitball school of small bait fish, offshore Port St

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) adult, with goldfish in beak, perched on post, Worcestershire, England, october

Little Tern (Sterna albifrons sinensis) adult, in flight, catching fish in beak with reflection, Hebei, China, may

Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster) adult, with hairband caught in beak, Sri Lanka, december

Alga-covered protozoan, SEM
Alga-covered protozoan, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Algae (blue) are seen on the body of the protozoan, and cilia (green) are used to waft the algae to the protozoans feeding area

Spiders web, SEM
Spiders web. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of threads of spiders silk (yellow) encasing a woodlouse. Silk is produced from silk glands in the abdomen of the spider

Laughing kookaburra feeding
Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) eating a mouse. This bird is a member of the kingfisher family. It occurs throughout eastern Australia and has been introduced to Tasmania

Stellers sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) eating a rat

Indian elephant bathing
Captured Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) bathing. Photographed in Sri Lanka, India

Common blue damselfly on a sundew leaf
Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) trapped on the leaf of an English sundew (Drosera anglica). Also known as the common bluet

May bugs mating
May bugs (Melolontha melolontha) mating. A second male (top) is competing for the female (bottom). The beetles are attracted to light at night and were caught in a light trap put out to catch moths

Dead fly on a fly swat, SEM
Dead fly. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of an unidentified fly (order Diptera) that has been killed by a fly swat. Insects can help in solving crimes, an area named forensic entomology

Bee foot, SEM
Bee foot. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the tip of a leg from a bee (superfamily Apoidea). The end of an insect leg consists of the final segment, which is called the tarsus

Snake pipefish (Entelurus aequoruis). This is an open-water fish native to the Atlantic Ocean. It can grow to more than 50 centimetres in length

Coelacanth fish fin
Fin of dead coelacanth fish (Latimeria chalumnae). This fish uses its lobed fins to swim, moving them in the same way as a tetrapod walking on land

Mako shark on a fishing line
Mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) jumping on the end of a fishing line. Photographed in the Pemba Channel, Kenya

Burbot (Lota lota)

Common topknot (Pleuronectes punctatus). This is the underside of the fish. The common topknot inhabits rocks and wrecks. Unlike other flatfish it has very little ability to change the colours of its

Zander (Sander lucioperca)

Corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops). This marine fish inhabits shallow reef environments on the eastern shores of the Atlantic Ocean

Tompot blenny (Parablennius gattorugine). This fish inhabits rocks in shallow water. It ranges throughout the western Mediterranean, the North Sea and the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean

Dead coelacanth fish

Fishermen weighing their catch. Man holding a pollock (Gadus virens) suspended on weighing scales. Photographed in Sjona Mo i Rana, Norway

Atlantic cod caught on a fishing hook
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) caught on a fishing hook

Trapped food in dental braces
MODEL RELEASED. Trapped food in dental braces, which are fixed to the teeth of a teenage girl. Fixed braces consist of metal brackets cemented to each tooth

Catching a european perch fish (Perca fluviatilis). Photographed at Lake Vattern, in Narke, Sweden

Freshly caught mackerel
Freshly caught mackeral being landed on Smeaton Pier, St Ives, Cornwall, UK

Black sea bass (Centropristis striata) ready to be cooked. Photographed in Sardinia

Fish ready to be cooked including a greater weever (Trachinus draco, left), black bullhead catfish (Ictalurus melas, centre), and a black scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus, right)

Grey mullet (Chelon labrosus) live in coastal waters and estuaries. They are a rich source of vitamin A (necessary for night vision, healthy skin and mucous membranes)

Mackerel tails. This oily fish is a rich source of vitamin A, D and B6. Research has shown that fish oil, especially from mackerel (Scomber scombrus), can reduce the risk of heart disease

Skates collected for research
Skate specimens. Fishing net holding skates (Raja erinacea, with long tails) caught for biological research at the Woods Hole Marine Biology Labora- tory (MBL) in Massachusetts, USA

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