Photographer Levon Biss specializes in tiny objects in order to make “the invisible visible.” He spent hours cleaning these phasmid eggs with distilled water and one paintbrush hair under a microscope. The eggs in this composite grid of images average about 0.12 inch long.
A netsuke (根付, [netsɯ̥ke]) is a miniature sculpture, originating in 17th century Japan. Initially a simply-carved button fastener on the cords of an inrō box, netsuke later developed into ornately sculpted objects of craftsmanship.
If I didn't know and I guessed - I probably would have spent literally a minute or two trying to figure out how the trick question misdirection worked because obviously they are pots or something manmade.
It makes me laugh because I used to make fractals. The program I used - Chaoscope - produced some natural looking 3d shapes. I could make them one after another by pushing a button. And I could vary the randomness from 1 to 100. Every time I made such fractals it was a reminder that nature (and/or chance) can make very surprising and fantastic varieties of stuff. Also - just a few days ago I googled "are no two snowflakes alike" after I watched the movie Snow Cake.