Inaki Relanzon / Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swimming underwater, Nosy Be, North Madagascar.

Inaki Relanzon / Madagascar Malachite kingfisher (Alcedo vintisioides) Cascade sacree / The sacred waterfall, Montagne d'Ambre National Park, North Madagascar.

Richard Du Toit / Bushman rock art, 'Fallen Rock' site, Bushmans Kloof, Cederberg, South Africa

Shattil & Rozinski / Leopard yawning {Panthera pardus} captive, occurs in Africa

Peter Scoones / Underwater view of African Elephants {Loxidonta africana} playing, Okavango Delta, Botswana photographed during making of BBC Planet Earth series 2005

TJ Rich / Hippopotamus in Luangwa river at sunrise, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

Richard Du Toit / African wild dogs {Lycaon pictus} watching herd of Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer} Mala Mala GR, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) running at dusk, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) drinking at waterhole, Kalahari Gemsbok NP, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Lioness head covered in flies {Panthera leo} Masai Mara, Kenya

Richard Du Toit / African elephant sprays itself with mud {Loxodonta africana} Linyanti, Botswana, Southern Africa. The mud-pack, when dry, forms a hard crust that deters insect attacks.

Richard Du Toit / African elephants walking in line at dusk {Loxodonta africana} Chobe NP, Botswana

Richard Du Toit / Spotted hyaenas greeting at dusk {Crocuta crocuta} Okavango delta, Botswana

Richard Du Toit / African openbill storks silhouetted at sunset {Anastomus lamelligerus} Chobe NP, Botswana, Africa

Richard Du Toit / Leopard female (Panthera pardus) in tree at dusk. Mala Mala reserve, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Kori bustard {Choriotis kori} with Carmine bee-eater {Merops nubicus} on back. Botswana

Richard Du Toit / African wild dogs {Lycaon pictus} playfighting. Savute, Chobe NP, Botswana.

Tony Heald / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) snarling, South Africa. Captive

Richard Du Toit / Spotted hyaena {Crocuta crocuta} with Buffalo bone. Moremi WR Botswana

Peter Scoones / Hippopotamus underwater. Mzima Springs, Kenya

TJ Rich / Cheetah {Acinonyx jubatus} with Thomson gazelle kill, Masai Mara, Kenya

TJ Rich / Cheetah cub in acacia tree {Acinonyx jubatus} Masai Mara, Kenya

Karl Ammann / Bonobo orphans at sanctuary {Pan paniscus} Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Richard Du Toit / Impala (Aepyceros melampus) with Red billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythorhynchus) searching for insects, Kruger NP, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Impala with Red billed oxpecker on back, Kruger NP, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Red billed oxpecker looking for insects on Common zebra, Kruger NP, South Africa.

TJ Rich / Common Zebra {Equus quagga} Misty morning, Masai Mara, Kenya

Bernard Castelein / Cloud-specked blue sky over the Barafu Kopjes, Tanzania, East Africa

Inaki Relanzon / Black lemur (Eulemur / Lemur macaco macaco) female, Nosy Komba, North Madagascar, IUCN vulnerable

Inaki Relanzon / Eastern woolly / avahi lemur (Avahi laniger) clinging to branch, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Analamazaotra, Madagascar

Jouan & Rius / Northern Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur septentrionalis) in hollow tree trunk, Ankarana special reserve, Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Moon rise over Spiny Forest, Andohahela, Southern Madagascar