Edwin Giesbers,Edwin Giesbers / Asiatic black / Moon bear (Ursus thibetanus) head portrait with tongue hanging out, captive

Mark Carwardine / Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) licking sap from trunk of tree, Captive, Tsimbazaza Zoo, Madagascar

Fabrice Cahez / Wild cat (Felis silvestris) licking its lips, Vosges, France, July

Roy Mangersnes / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) holding piece of ice after licking off freshwater, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, August

Uri Golman / Asiatic lioness (Panthera leo persica) licking another lioness from the pride, Gir Forest NP, Gujarat, India

Anup Shah / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) male grooming female, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Black backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) one pup grooming another, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Laurent Geslin / African lion (Panthera leo) two cubs licking blood off their faces after feeding on Wildebeest carcass, Masai Mara reserve, Kenya

Laurent Geslin / Masai giraffe {Giraffa camelopardalis} mother licking baby, Masai Mara reserve, Kenya, July

Klaus Echle / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) licking a tree trunk while another walks in the foreground. Black Forest, Germany, November.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) on ice licking its lips. Bieszczady, Carpathian Mountains, Poland, February.

Anup Shah / Topi female (Damaliscus lunatus jimela) licking her new-born calf. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, October 2009