Photo credits
All 41 photographs are from Wikimedia Commons under free licences, resized and converted to WebP. Species identifications were checked against each file’s description and categories. Thank you to every photographer.
| Photo | Animal | Author | Licence | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Snowy (wandering) albatross Diomedea exulans | JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Diomedea exulans 3 - SE Tasmania.jpg |
 | Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea | AWeith | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) attacking, Amsterdam island, Svalbard.jpg |
 | Axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum | Ruben Undheim from Trondheim, Norway | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Ambystoma mexicanum (6337857516).jpg |
 | Basking shark Cetorhinus maximus | Greg Skomal / NOAA Fisheries Service | Public domain | Cetorhinus maximus by greg skomal.JPG |
 | Bee hummingbird Mellisuga helenae | Charles J. Sharp | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) adult male in flight.jpg |
 | Stag beetle Lucanus cervus | Flocci Nivis | CC BY 4.0 | 20200529 Lucanus cervus 02.jpg |
 | Eastern blue-tongued skink Tiliqua scincoides scincoides | Andrew Harvey | CC BY 2.0 | Eastern blue-tongued lizard - Tiliqua scincoides scincoides - 4.jpg |
 | Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus | NOAA Photo Library | Public domain | Anim1754 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library (cropped).jpg |
 | Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus | Charles J. Sharp | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) female 2.jpg |
 | Red-billed chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | Hobbyfotowiki | CC0 | Red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax).jpg |
 | Common frog Rana temporaria | Richard Bartz, Munich aka Makro Freak Image:MFB.jpg | CC BY-SA 2.5 | European Common Frog Rana temporaria.jpg |
 | Common lizard Zootoca vivipara | Charles J. Sharp | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Common lizard (Zootoca vivipara).jpg |
 | Common earthworm Lumbricus terrestris | Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark | CC BY 2.0 | Lumbricus terrestris (26559560801).jpg |
 | African bush elephant Loxodonta africana | Charles J. Sharp | CC BY-SA 4.0 | African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) female with six-week-old baby.jpg |
 | Emperor penguin Aptenodytes forsteri | Christopher Michel | CC BY 2.0 | Penguin in Antarctica jumping out of the water.jpg |
 | Galápagos tortoise Chelonoidis niger | Kevin Gepford | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Chelonoidis-niger-donfaustoi-wallow.jpg |
 | Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis | Stefan Krause, Germany | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Giraffa camelopardalis head (Profil).jpg |
 | Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus | Hemming1952 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Greenland shark profile.jpg |
 | Grey seal Halichoerus grypus | Steve Fareham | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Grey seal at Donna Nook - geograph.org.uk - 4276244.jpg |
 | European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus | Michael Gäbler | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Erinaceus europaeus (Linnaeus, 1758).jpg |
 | Hen harrier Circus cyaneus | Александр Чегодаев | CC0 | Circus cyaneus 265961899.jpg |
 | Western honey bee Apis mellifera | John Severns (Severnjc) | Public domain | European honey bee extracts nectar.jpg |
 | Moon jellyfish Aurelia aurita | Hans Hillewaert | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Aurelia aurita 2.jpg |
 | Kākāpō Strigops habroptila | Kimberley Collins | CC BY 2.0 | Kākāpō at Dunedin Wildlife Hospital.jpg |
 | Komodo dragon Varanus komodoensis | Jakub Hałun | CC BY 4.0 | Varanus komodoensis, Komodo Island, Indonesia, 20250822 1319 2749.jpg |
 | Manx Loaghtan sheep Ovis aries | Jane Cooper Orkney | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Manx Loaghtan Ram, 2 horns.jpg |
 | Peacock mantis shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus | Cédric Péneau | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Odontodactylus scyllarus Réunion.jpg |
 | Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus | Martin Reith | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Manx Shearwater.JPG |
 | Naked mole-rat Heterocephalus glaber | Roman Klementschitz, Wien | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Nacktmull.jpg |
 | Common octopus Octopus vulgaris | H. Zell | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Octopus vulgaris 03.jpg |
 | Common ostrich Struthio camelus | H. Zell | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Struthio camelus - male - Rülzheim.jpg |
 | Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus | Carlos Delgado | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Falco peregrinus - 01.jpg |
 | Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus | Charles J. Sharp | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Scottsdale.jpg |
 | Ocean quahog Arctica islandica | Hans Hillewaert | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Arctica islandica valves.jpg |
 | Sea sponge Phylum Porifera | Peter Southwood | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Sponge at Josh's Reef P5080270.jpg |
 | Common starfish Asterias rubens | Hans Hillewaert | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Asterias rubens.jpg |
 | Stoat Mustela erminea | Keven Law from Los Angeles, USA | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Mustela Erminea head.jpg |
 | Common swift Apus apus | Alexis Lours | CC BY 4.0 | Common Swift 2025 07 18 02.jpg |
 | Tardigrade Phylum Tardigrada | Schokraie E, Warnken U, Hotz-Wagenblatt A, Grohme MA, Hengherr S, et al. (2012) | CC BY 2.5 | SEM image of Milnesium tardigradum in active state - journal.pone.0045682.g001-2.png |
 | Tuatara Sphenodon punctatus | wild_wind | CC BY 4.0 | Sphenodon punctatus 106371236.jpg |
 | Red-necked wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus | benjamint | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Red-necked wallaby442.jpg |
Images under CC BY-SA licences remain under those licences in their resized form. Illustrations of Useless and the support poster are © ReallyByte.