Images Dated 20th April 2005

Olive tree

Olive tree (Olea europaea). Olive trees are farmed for their fruit, which is edible and also used to make olive oil. This tree is very old. Most olive trees live for around 200 years, but some can be 500 years old. The longest lived are thought to be over 2000 years old. Photographed in southern France

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The Witches Frolic

A page of verses from The Witches Frolic by English cleric and humorous writer Richard Harris Barham (1788-1845), a.k.a. Thomas Ingoldsby, published 1888. The illustration shows the three witches from the story, two ugly, one beautiful. Below is a depiction of the devil playing the bagpipes. Wood engraving by Edward Gascoine after Ernest M. Jessop. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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White-spotted jellyfish

White-spotted jellyfish (Phyllorhiza punctata). This jellyfish can grow to 50 centimetres across (bell size). The bell has numerous white spots. It is found in Australia, but has spread to Hawaii, the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico by accidental introduction. It is carnivorous, eating planktonic crustaceans, fish eggs and larvae. It has 8 thick arms hanging beneath its bell, used to bring food to its mouth. On the end of each arm are the stinging cells, as well as a thinner, transparent, ribbon-like appendage. Jellyfish are free-swimming aquatic invertebrates, related to the corals and anemones

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