Jabruson Motion / Juvenile Western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) eating leaves, sitting and clapping hands before leaving frame, Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Sangha-Mbaere Prefecture, Central African Republic

Alex Mustard / Female Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) startled. Lundy Island, Devon, England, UK.

Christophe Courteau / Kalahari bushmen, family playing traditional game, dry season, Central Kalahari Desert, Botswana, August 2008

Mark Taylor / British Shorthair Brown Spotted cat, Tiger Lily, reaching out.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Women dancing with others clapping and playing music for traditional dances, Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau, February 2015.

Murray Cooper / Banded Ground-Cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus) parent clapping bill in defensive display while chick feeds on insect prey in nest, Choco Rainforest, Ecuador

Donald M. Jones / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) yearling cub playing in water, Geographic Harbor, Alaska

Juergen Freund / Traditional Fijian communal dance 'meke', combining dancing, singing, chanting, clapping and drum beating, Kavewa Island, Macuata Province, Fiji, South Pacific. August 2013

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Dancing and music at a wedding in the village of Ambeduco. Orango Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Dancing and music at a wedding in the village of Ambeduco. Orango Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.

Christophe Courteau / Group of people clapping during Zangbeto voodoo ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.

Florian Möllers / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) captive, adult clapping beak display standing in spring meadow, Vogelpark Marlow, Germany, May.

Piotr Naskrecki / Praying Mantis (Otomantis scutigera), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Praying Mantis (Otomantis scutigera), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Praying Mantis (Otomantis scutigera), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Fiona Rogers / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) female baby aged less than 1 month sitting on the forest floor with her mother, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Rob Cousins / "Young Bristol" crew, winners of the "Bristol Challenge" race after the finish at the Clifton Suspension Bridge, cheering another crew. March 21st 2009.

Tim Laman / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) pair demonstrating beak clapping behaviour, Espanola Island, Galapagos, Critically endangered

Tim Laman / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) pair demonstrating beak clapping behaviour, Espanola Island, Galapagos, Critically endangered

Christophe Courteau / Kalahari bushmen women sitting round fire performing traditional hunting song, viewed from above, Central Kalahari Desert, Botswana, September 2009

Jouan & Rius / During a religious ritual the bushman women clap the rhythm and sing power songs, Bushmanland, Namibia

Suzi Eszterhas / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris), Prince William Sound, Alaska

Suzi Eszterhas / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) cub playing, Katmai National Park, Alaska

Onne van der Wal / Members on the lawn of the New York Yacht Club's clubhouse, Harbour Court, on Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, celebrate the club's centennial in 1986.

Charlie Hamilton-James / Group of girls participating in group activity at 'Girl's Club' in the village of Samora Rachel, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. June, 2018.

Tim Laman / Pair of Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) performing the beak clapping courtship behavior, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands.

Suzi Eszterhas / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) juvenile clapping hands, Parc National Des Volcans, Rwanda