Mark Taylor / Cheeky ginger kitten, Ollie, 10 weeks, reaching up and batting the ear of Boxer puppy
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Anup Shah / African Lion (Panthera leo) juvenile reaching out with curiosity, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March
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Terry Whittaker / Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) feeding on Yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus) seed pods, Kent, England, UK. October.
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) emerging from hole and reaching up to the surface in order to breathe, Hino River, Tottori-ken, Japan, September.
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Nick Garbutt / Male Indri (Indri indri) reaching for leaves / foraging in forest understorey. Mitsinjo Reserve, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, eastern Madagascar. Endangered.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) reaching up and standing on hind legs. Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March.
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Suzi Eszterhas / Pygmy Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus), Isla Escudo de Veraguas, Panama
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Mark Taylor / Tabby kitten, 6 weeks, lying with head up and raised paw.
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Tony Heald / Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) mother and baby domesticated elephants in water, Bandhavgarh National Park, India. March.
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Cyril Ruoso / Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) baby reaching up to mother's hand, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Cyril Ruoso / Keeper feeding Common woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha) in Ikamaperou Sanctuary, Amazon, Peru. October 2006.