Christophe Courteau / Night waterlily {Nymphaea lotus}. Moremi GR, Okavango delta, Botswana.

Roland Seitre / Greater Egyptian Jerboa (Jerboa orientalis) balancing using its tail. Captive. Endemic Algeria to Saudi Arabia.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) in flight. Simien Mountains, Ethiopia, Feb 2010

Pete Oxford / Snake charmer's Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) and African puff-adder (Bitis arietans arietans) Djemaa el-Fna (the square), Marrakech, Morocco, June 2009

John Waters / Lesser Egyptian jerboa (Jaculu jaculus) temporarily captive for photography in desert set, August, Qatar, Arabian Gulf.

Edwin Giesbers / Egyptian locust (Anacridium aegypticum) Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Angelo Gandolfi / Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) in flight, with natural rock arch in the background. Canyon del Ebro and Rudron, Castilla y Leon, Spain.

Angelo Gandolfi / Pair of Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus) hunting, Spain.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Photomicrograph of fully embryonated (Neoascaris / Toxocara vitulorum) eggs containin larvae immediately prior to hatching. Parasitic nematodes which normally infect cattle, collected from Egyptian ca...

Elio Della Ferrera / Egyptian vulture on ground {Neophron percnopterus} Simien NP, Ethiopia

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Egyptian vulture adult soaring {Neophron percnopterus} Sunub, Oman

Tony Heald / Egyptian goose stretching wings {Alopochen aegyptiaca} Chobe NP, Botswana

Juan Manuel Borrero / Illustration of Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus). Pencil and watercolor painting.

Tony Heald / Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) coming in to land, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, October 2012

Tony Heald / Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) coming in to land, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, October 2012

Tony Heald / Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) coming in to land, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, October 2012

Tony Heald / Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) coming in to land, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, October 2012

Tim Fitzharris / Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) mother and goslings, Kenya

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) landing, Faia Brava Reserve, Coa valley, Portugal, May

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) landing, Faia Brava Reserve, Coa valley, Portugal, May

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) landing, Faia Brava Reserve, Coa valley, Portugal, May

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) landing, Faia Brava Reserve, Coa valley, Portugal, May

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) taking off, Faia Brava Reserve, Coa valley, Portugal, May

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) near sheep carcass, Faia Brava Reserve, Coa valley, Portugal, May

Christophe Courteau / Egyptian goose {Alopochen aegyptiaca} Moremi GR Okavango delta Botswana

Christophe Courteau / Egyptian geese {Alopochen aegyptica}. Khwai river, Moremi GR, Okavango delta, Botswana.

Roland Seitre / Lesser Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus jaculus). Captive. Endemic to northern Africa and the Middle East.

Roland Seitre / Lesser Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus jaculus). Captive. Endemic to northern Africa and the Middle East.

Roland Seitre / Lesser Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus jaculus). Captive. Endemic to northern Africa and Middle East.

Roland Seitre / Greater Egyptian Jerboa (Jerboa orientalis) cleaning its leg. Captive. Endemic Algeria to Saudi Arabia.

Sergey Gorshkov / Leopard (Panthera pardus) watching Egyptian geese on water (Alopochen aegyptiaca) Okavango Delta, Botswana

Robin Chittenden / Egyptian locust / grasshopper (Anacridium aegyptium) Algarve, Portugal, October

Steve Gettle / Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) flying, Michigan

Steve Gettle / Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) flying, Michigan

Steve Gettle / Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) flying, Michigan

Steve Gettle / Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) roosting, Michigan

Thomas Rabeil / Lesser Egyptian Gerboa (Jaculus jaculus) in the entrance to its burrow. Sahelo-Sudanese Biome, Niger.

Richard Du Toit / Two Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegypytiacus) standing on rock in Crocodile River, Mpumalanga, South Africa, June

Anup Shah / Egyptian goose male displaying (Alopochen aegyptiacus) rear view, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Egyptian goose stretching wing (Alopochen aegyptiacus) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Egyptian geese mating (Alopochen aegyptiacus) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Egyptian goose family (Alopochen aegyptiacus) on lily bed, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Hippotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) resting at the edge of the river with pair of Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiacus) in foreground, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya,

Kristel Richard / Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) with goslings, Hyde Park, London, UK

ZSSD / Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus), native to Africa, Europe, and Asia

Tony Heald / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) looking at Egyptian Goose. Etosha National Park, Namibia, January.

Tony Heald / Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) stretching its wings. Etosha National Park, Namibia, January.

Nick Upton / Egyptian Locust / Egyptian Grasshopper (Anacridium aegyptium) sunbasking on limestone rock. Zadar province, Croatia, July.

Edwin Giesbers / Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) profile. The Netherlands, July.

Edwin Giesbers / Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) standing by water. The Netherlands, July.

Tui De Roy / Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) pair grazing, Mpala Research Centre, Kenya

Juan Carlos Munoz / Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) in flight. Simien Mountains, Ethiopia, Feb 2010

Juan Carlos Munoz / Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) in flight. Simien Mountains, Ethiopia, Feb 2010

Pete Oxford / Snake charmer's Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) Djemaa el-Fna (the square), Marrakech, Morocco, June 2009

Anup Shah / Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiacus) swimming in the river. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 2009

Anup Shah / Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiacus) male and female in a pair-bonding ritual. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, October 2009

Anup Shah / Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiacus) male and female pair calling to defend teritory. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, October 2009

John Waters / Lesser Egyptian jerboa (Jaculu jaculus) temporarily captive for photography in desert set, August, Qatar, Arabian Gulf.

John Waters / Lesser Egyptian jerboa (Jaculu jaculus) temporarily captive for photography in desert set, August, Qatar, Arabian Gulf.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Egyptian Locust (Anacridium aegyptium) immature adult in garden at Podere Montecucco, Italy, Europe.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Egyptian Grasshopper / Locust (Anacridium aegyptium) adult on a tree trunk, in garden at Podere Montecucco, Italy, Europe

Paul Harcourt Davies / Egyptian Grass Hopper (Anacridium aegyptium) close-up of immature adult in garden at Podere Montecucco, Italy, Europe.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Egyptian Locust (Anacridium aegyptium) immature adult in garden at Podere Montecucco, Italy, Europe.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Egyptian Locust (Anacridium aegyptium) immature adult in garden at Podere Montecucco, Italy, Europe.

Michael D. Kern / Egyptian saw scaled viper (Echis pyramidum) captive, from N Africa

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Spiny tailed lizard {Uromastyx aegyptius microlepus} climbing up onto rock, Oman, April

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Spiny tailed lizard {Uromastyx aegyptius microlepus} climging up onto rock, Oman, April

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Spiny tailed lizard {Uromastyx aegyptius microlepus} sunning on rock, Oman, April

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Egyptian vulture {Neophron percnopterus} juvenile in flight, Oman, January

Edwin Giesbers / Egyptian locust (Anacridium aegypticum) Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Edwin Giesbers / Egyptian locust (Anacridium aegypticum) Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Vincent Grafhorst / Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) flying, Gaborone Game Reserve, Botswana

Vincent Grafhorst / Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) flying, Gaborone Game Reserve, Botswana

Paul Harcourt Davies / Egyptian locust / grasshopper (Anacridium aegyptium) immature adult on flower, Italy

Tui De Roy / Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) pair, Kenya

Tui De Roy / Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) parent swimming with goslings, Kenya

Stephen Dalton / Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) in strike threat pose. , controlled conditions

Stephen Dalton / Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) striking. , controlled conditions

Robin Chittenden / Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) preening, standing on snow, Norfolk, UK. December

Robin Chittenden / Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) walking on snow, Norfolk, UK, December

Robin Chittenden / Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiacus) two walking together in snow, Norfolk, UK. December

Patricio Robles Gil / African masked weaver birds (Ploceus velatus} build nests on the nest of an Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus} Kruger NP, South Africa

Patricio Robles Gil / African masked weaver birds (Ploceus velatus} build nests on the nest of an Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus} Kruger NP, South Africa

Nick Upton / Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) in flight, Spanish Pyrenees, Salto de Roldan, Huesca, Spain.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) amongst flowers, Extremadura, Spain, April 2009

Angelo Gandolfi / Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) hunting, Spain.

Angelo Gandolfi / Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) in flight, Picos de Europa National Park, Cantabria, Spain.

Angelo Gandolfi / Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) in flight. Canyon del Rio Lobos, Castilla y Leon, Spain.

Stephen Dalton / Egyptian cobra {Naja haje} tasting the air

Stephen Dalton / Egyptian cobra {Naja haje} preparing to strike

Bernard Castelein / Cinereous / European black vulture (Aegypius monachus) with Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) in the background, Rajasthan, India

Bernard Castelein / House Crow (Corvus splendens) feeding on the body of a dead Egyptian Vulture, Rajasthan, India

David Tipling / Egyptian Goose {Alopochen aegyptiacus} bathing, escaped from captivity, Salthouse, Norfolk, UK, December

Ingo Arndt / Egyptian Locust (Anacridium aegyptium) first instars hatching from earth, Africa

Ingo Arndt / Egyptian Locust (Anacridium aegyptium) emerging from nymphal skin, Africa

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Photomicrograph of fully embryonated (Neoascaris / Toxocara vitulorum) eggs containing larvae immediately prior to hatching. Parasitic nematodes which normally infect cattle, these eggs were collected...