Edwin Giesbers / Sri Lanka leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) snarling profile, captive

Angelo Gandolfi / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) swooping with folded wings and extended tallons. Canyon del Ebro y Rudron, Castilla y Leon, Spain. Digital composite

Stephen Dalton / Sparrowhawk {Accipiter nisus} in flight with feet extended for landing, UK

Anup Shah / Lions attacking Hippopotamus {H. amphibius} Masai Mara, Kenya. Sequence 2 of 5

Sue Flood / Killer whale / Orca {Orcinus orca} attacks Grey whale calf {Eschrichtius robustus} California, USA

Ann & Steve Toon / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) with jaws wide open, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Angelo Gandolfi / Death Cap toadstool (Amanita phalloides) growing in leaf litter.

Philippe Clement / Deathcap toadstools amongst moss {Amanita phalloides} Belgium

Pascal Tordeux / Belladonna / Deadly Nightshade (Atropa belladonna) with berry. Picardy, France, August.

Andy Rouse / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) running through water after salmon. Katmai, Alaska, USA, August.

Stephen Dalton / Puff adder {Bitis arietans} striking

Stephen Dalton / Western diamondback rattlesnake {Crotalus atrox} striking, controlled conditions, from USA

Philippe Clement / Western Black widow (Latrodectus hesperus) spider leaving burrow / hole in wall. Arizona, USA

Laurie Campbell / Yew berries (Taxus baccata) Berwickshire, Scotland, September

Juergen Freund / Common lionfish (Pterois volitans) seen from the rear. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Georgette Douwma / Seasnake on beach beside tourist {Laticauda laticaudata} Ile de Maitre, New Caledonia, Pacific

Edwin Giesbers / Asian giant forest scorpion (Heterometrus longimanus) with tail raised, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Claudio Contreras / African horned viper (Cerastes cerastes), captive.

Daniel Heuclin / White-lipped / Green tree viper (Cryptelytrops albolabris) captive, from SE Asia

Axel Gomille / Indian / Asian / Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja) raising its hood in a threat display. Karnataka, India.

Guy Edwardes / Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica) ejecting venom Kruger, South Africa, Controlled conditions.

Anup Shah / African lion {Panthera leo} lioness snarling, Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Angelo Gandolfi / European Grey wolf (Canis lupus) snarling, showing teeth, captive, Parc National du Mercantour, France

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Male Grey wolf (Canis Lupus) snarling. Montana, USA.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Detail of cap of Fly Agaric fungus {Amanita muscaria} in autumn, Beacon Hill Country Park, The National Forest, Leicestershire, UK. November. Photographer quote: 'Nature photographers just can't resis...

Anup Shah / Lioness (Panthera leo) trying to protect cubs from charging Cape buffalo herd (Syncerus caffer caffer), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) feeding on Brydes whale carcass (Balaenoptera brydei) Seal Island, False Bay South Africa.

Stephen Dalton / Green cat snake (Boiga cyanea) striking, a rear-fanged arboreal rainforest species, controlled conditions, from India and SE Asia

Rolf Nussbaumer / Checkered Garter Snake (Thamnophis marcianus marcianus) coiled with tongue protruding. Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Alex Mustard / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) portrait, Guadalupe Island, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.

Andy Rouse / Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) walking on snow. Captive. (non-ex)

Edwin Giesbers / Western diamondback rattlesnake {Crotalus atrox} captive, from Texas, USA

Stephen Dalton / Brown rat {Rattus norvegicus} backlit, night, controlled conditions, UK

Ernie Janes / Northern pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) with fly on rim

Anup Shah / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) attacking a Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) as it crosses the Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, October 2009

Doug Allan / Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) spy-hopping to observe Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) in preparation to knock it from the ice by creating a wave. Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, summer. Free...

Bence Mate / Forked lightning across horizon at night, with mixed flock of birds, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, July 2006

Doug Perrine / American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) with mouth open, split level, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida Everglades, USA

Ann & Steve Toon / African yellow leg scorpion (Opistophthalmus carinatus) on sand, Tswalu Kalahari game reserve, Northern Cape, South Africa, January

Doug Perrine / Great white shark jaws open at surface {Carcharodon carcharias} South Africa ~(Non-ex).

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) feeding on Brydes whale carcass (Balaenoptera brydei), Seal Island, False Bay South Africa.

Doug Perrine / Great white shark {Carcharodon carcharias} just below surface, Gansbaai, South Africa

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) feeding on Brydes whale carcass (Balaenoptera brydei), Seal Island, False Bay South Africa.