Field guide No. 637
Chili peppers on blue coral
The reef is spicier than it looks.
On a bright reef a pale blue coral branches out like a bush and red chilli peppers grow from the tips of every branch. The fish keep their distance.
Field noteCoral is animal and chillies are fruit. Here the coral bears the chillies, a crop for a reef with no cooks.
Also possible, also breaking category
Terracotta pots on the marchTortoises carry their shells; these carry flowerpots. Wrong shell, real tortoise.
A crocodile’s mouthful of beginningsEggs sit where the teeth go, one already hatching. Crocodiles do carry their young in the mouth, just not as dentures.
Ear shaped crease in saltA curled ridge on a salt flat takes the shape of an ear. It has heard everything and says only crystals.
A yawning porcelain platePorcelain can be cast into lips, but this glaze is stretched mid-yawn, which needs a jaw.