Golden Horseshoe Crab Tea Towel: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 59

We think this image of a tri-spine horseshoe crab is so unusual, it’ll send you off to an under water world while drying the dishes. It features on one side of this organic cotton tea towel and helped Laurent Ballesta win the Adult Grand Title award for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 59.

Marine biologist Laurent was exploring the protected waters of Pangatalan Island in the Philippines when he came across the tri-spine horseshoe crab moving slowly across the mud. Underneath its golden protective carapace hides 12 appendages, while above a trio of juvenile golden trevallies are poised to dart down for edible morsels ploughed up by its passage.