Bence Mate / Great egrets (Ardea alba) sky pointing, sizing each other up before fighting, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.

Sean Crane / Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) juvenile investigating camera, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Indonesia

Hiroya Minakuchi / Panther Chameleon (Chamaeleo pardalis) portrait showing eyes pointing in different directions, native to Madagascar

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult 'sky-pointing' before flying out to sea. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.

Tui De Roy / Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) sky-pointing position to keep cool in sun. Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, June.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Children looking for wildlife and pointing from the edge of a track, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September. Model released.

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) sky pointing during courtship dance, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Sequence 1 of 3

Petra Wegner / Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, tricolour, getting teeth brushed with oral cleaner, model released

Juergen Freund / Mahonia Na Dari (Guardian of the Sea) Teacher Lorna Romaso leads a group of 16 students to snorkel and learn about the reef. West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, May 2010

David Shale / Deep sea fish (Winteria telescopa) with forward pointing tubular eyes.

Laurent Geslin / Alpine newt (Triturus alpestris) swimming in garden pond, viewed from below, with woman and child watching. Switzerland, April 2010. Model released

Laurent Geslin / Alpine newt (Triturus alpestris) breathing at the surface of a garden pond, with mother and child observing, viewed from underwater, Switzerland. April 2010.

Nick Garbutt / Stump-tailed Leaf Chameleon (Brookesia superciliaris) in rainforest leaf-litter, eyes pointing in different directions. Masoala National Park, Madagascar.

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Person pointing at mine warning sign in a mine field near the village of Zadrzani, Northern Livanjsko Polje, an area affected by war (1991-1995) Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Sign pointing the way to Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK, November 2008

Edwin Giesbers / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) sky pointing, Heligoland, Germany

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group walking, pointing long bills on gravel beach, fall, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence

Tui De Roy / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) pair sky pointing to keep cool in hot sun, Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) group in over heated sky pointing posture with lava flow entering sea, Cape Hammond, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) group in overheated sky-pointing posture with new lava flow, Cape Hammond, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) courtship dance, Midway Atoll, Hawaii

David Pike / Japanese crane displaying {Grus japonensis} Akan, Japan

Heather Angel / Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera), dissection of flowers. Male phase above, downward projecting stamens release pollen onto backs of bumblebees and honey bees. Female phase below with downward...

Heather Angel / Bubble eye goldfish (Carassius auratus) with upward pointing eyes and two large fluid-filled sacs.. In captivity, Shanghai Zoo, Shanghai, China.

Marie Read / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) performing sky-pointing display with outspread wings as part of courtship, Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. June.

Markus Varesvuo / Gannet (Morus bassanus) looking upwards or skypointing, close-up. Shetland, Scotland, UK. July.

Jabruson Motion / Conservation workers preparing a pump action dart gun to anaesthatize a Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), part of a relocation programme, Sei Serdang, Prima, Batang Serangan, Langkat, North Sumatra,...

David Fleetham / Person pointing at a Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) dashing for bait off the back of the "Solmar V". Guadalupe Island, Mexico, August 2007.

Doug Perrine / Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) pair sky-pointing during courtship at sunset, Sand Island, Midway Atoll, Midway National Wildlife Refuge, Papahanaumokuakea National Monument, Northwest Hawa...

Andy Rouse / Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) group with wings spread and beaks pointing to the sky, in breeding plumage, Lake Kerkini, Greece, February.

Brais Seara Fernandez/ BIA / Razorbill (Alca torda) pair courting, Scotland, United Kingdom

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) in courtship display, Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Park rangers pointing from jetty with canoe moored below, Lagoons of Cufada ( Lagoas de Cufada) Natural Park, Guinea Bissau. February 2015

Gabriel Rojo / Lesser yellow-headed vulture (Cathartes burrovianus ) stretching wings, Ibera Marshes, Corrientes Province, Argentina.

Mark Taylor / Silver tabby cat, Loki, age 7 months, sitting and pointing with a paw.

Mark Taylor / Silver tabby cat, Loki, age 7 months, lying and pointing with a paw.

Sylvain Cordier / Pointer (Canis lupus familiaris) pointing on moorland, Scotland, UK. September.

Yashpal Rathore / Blackbuck (Antelope cervicapra), courtship display, Male pursues female, nose pointing upward, positioning female for mounting. Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India.

Yashpal Rathore / Blackbuck (Antelope cervicapra), courtship display. Male pursues female, nose pointing upward before mounting. Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India

Christophe Courteau / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) dominant silverback Akarevuro completely drunk due to the consumption of new bamboo stems which ferment in the stomach, with lots of photographers pointing...

Solvin Zankl / Crab zoea larvae with strong and almost spherical carapace. With long and prominent rostrum pointing downwards. Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde. Captive.

Mark Taylor / Black-and-white Jack-a-poo, Jack Russell cross Poodle puppy with ears pointing in opposite directions.

Brent Stephenson / Australasian gannet (Morus serrator) portrait, 'sky-pointing' before flying out to sea, Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, November.

Nick Upton / Sue Sayer of the Cornwall Seal Group pointing out movements of an individual Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) 'Dangles' along the Cornish coast, identified by studying photographs of its unique coat pa...

Dong Lei / Man pointing at Naxi pictograph character written on blackboard, Yunnan, China

Staffan Widstrand / Two teenage girls pointing at sign post, on family hiking trip on the Laponia Circuit, along the Padjelantaleden trail, Padjelanta National Park and Sarek National Park, Norrbotten, Lapland, Sweden. M...

Nick Upton / Rebecca Northey pointing out footrpints of Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) or possibly Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) on muddy river bank, during survey for signs of Water voles, near Bude, Cornwall, U...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Anti-poaching snare removal team member, Godfrey Nyesiga, pointing to illegally set foot snare, Kibale National Park, western Uganda

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Anti-poaching snare removal team member, Godfrey Nyesiga, pointing to illegally set neck snare, Kibale National Park, western Uganda

Pascal Kobeh / Divers in 'Turtle Cove' pointing torches at corpse of skeleton of turtle which got lost and couldn't get out of the cave, Koror, Palau. Philippine Sea. April 2010.

Pascal Kobeh / Divers in 'Turtle Cove' pointing torches at corpse of skeleton of turtle which got lost and couldn't get out of the cave, Koror, Palau. Philippine Sea. April 2010.

Pascal Kobeh / Divers in 'Turtle Cove' pointing torches at corpse of skeleton of turtle which got lost and couldn't get out of the cave, Koror, Palau. Philippine Sea. April 2010.

Mark Taylor / Working English Springer Spaniel puppy, 6 weeks, lying with head up and pointing a paw.

Mark Taylor / Working English Springer Spaniel puppy, 6 weeks, lying with head up and pointing a paw.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Guides pointing to ancient rock painting of pastoralists being attacked by horsemen, Guilemsi, central Mauritania, 2004.

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Game reserve guide pointing at cave paintings to visitors with lady taking a photo, Giants Castle, Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, July 2009.

Tui De Roy / Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadults courting, Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan

Tui De Roy / Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) pair of subadults courting, Torishima Island, Japan. Sequence 5 of 8

Sandesh Kadur / Wancho man pointing to wild animal skulls left over from ceremonial feasts hanging from the roof of a hut, Arunachal Pradesh, India, 2008.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Tourists observing a memorial cross in honour of British Antarctic Survey crew, Ambrose C Morgan, Kevin P Ockleton and John Coll who died in 14 Aug 1982. Petermann Island. Antarctic peninsula, Antarct...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannets (Morus capensis) sky pointing about to take off, Bird Island Nature Reserve, Lambert's Bay, West Coast, South Africa.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Romanian forester pointing out stand to a fellow hunter during a driving hunt for Wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the forest area outside the village of Mehadia, Caras Severin, Romania, October 2012

Laurent Geslin / San bushman pointing, Kalahari desert, Namibia 2005

Laurent Geslin / San bushman pointing to animal droppings, Kalahari desert, Namibia 2005

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult 'sky-pointing' before flying out to sea. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.

Christophe Courteau / Blue footed boobies mating display {Sula nebouxii} Galapagos.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Great Egret (Ardea alba) sky pointing. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, February.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Wildlife biologist mounting an infra-red triggered wildlife monitoring camera to a tree pointing towards a wallow to monitor European bison / Wisent (Bison bonasus) and Red deer (Cervus elaphus), Buko...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Wildlife biologist mounting an infra-red triggered wildlife monitoring camera to a tree pointing towards a wallow to monitor European bison / Wisent (Bison bonasus) and Red deer (Cervus elaphus), Buko...

Todd Mintz / Weimaraner dog in prairie field pointing, Saskatchewan, Canada, April

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Children looking for wildlife and pointing from the edge of a track, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September. Model released.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Children looking for wildlife and pointing from the edge of a track, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September 2011. Model released.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Birdwatcher looking through binoculars for visiting Osprey and pointing, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September. Model released.

Billy Black / Boy pointing from bow of Shannon 42 yacht sailing in Narragansett Bay, Newport, Rhode Island. June 2005.

Billy Black / Couple relaxing on the bow of a yacht in the British Virgin Islands, Caribbean. Model released, March 2006.

Billy Black / Two men sailing a Sunsail yacht in the British Virgin Islands, March 2006. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Sunsail team instructor teaching a man how to sail aboard a Sunsail Oceanis 393 in the BVI. April 2006, Model and property released.

Eric Dragesco / Man pointing to root, exposed and chewed by Gobi Bear (Ursus arctos gobiensis) Gobi National Park, Mongolia

Rick Tomlinson / Compass onboard SY "Adele" pointing to East, 2006.

Rick Tomlinson / Onboard ICAP "Leopard 3" with Mike Slade at the helm, Gordon Maguire tactician and Richard Faulkner trimming during Antigua Race Week 2008, day 1.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Hand pointing out location of sea eagle nest to a tourist, Portree, Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, July 2011

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) sky pointing during courtship dance, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Roger Powell / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) sky-pointing, signalling that it wants to take-off from the colony, Great Saltee island, Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June

Petra Wegner / German Wire-haired Pointing Dog, male.

Petra Wegner / German Wire-haired Pointing Dog, male.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Wildlife watchers looking and pointing on observation deck of Sea Life Surveys vessel Sula Beag, Cairns of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, July 2011

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Participants at the RSPB 'Date With Nature Event' learning about urban Peregrine falcon, outside the Tate Modern, South Bank, London, UK, September 2011, RSPB Greater Thames Futurescapes Project

Billy Black / Women helming and navigating onboard a Sunsail Lagoon 410 in the BVI, April 2006. Model and property released.

Billy Black / Couple helming a Sunsail yacht in the British Virgin Islands, March 2006. Model and property released.

Ernie Janes / Chinese Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis) male showing tusk (long downward pointing canine tooth), Bedfordshire, UK, introduced to Woburn Park and escaped into the countryside.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) walking past tourist pointing camera in opposite direction, Snow Hill Island, Antarctica, October 2006.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Boy pointing to map of The National Forest, Moira, Derbyshire, UK, November 2010

John MacPherson / 2020VISION / Visitor's hand pointing whilst watching Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August

Jane Burton / Shaded sable Border Collie sitting, chin pointing up.