Nick Upton / Veterinarian Dewi Jones injects a young male Pygmy goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) held by a veterinary nurse with sedative in an operating theatre before castrating it, Wiltshire, UK, September 2014. Mo...

Nick Upton / Dani Rozycka injecting a microchip into a young Edible / Fat Dormouse (Glis glis) held by Peter Grimsey during a monitoring project in woodland where this European species has become naturalised, Buck...

Tom Marshall / Licenced Wildlife Trust vaccinator injecting Badger (Meles meles) in south Cheshire with bovine TB vaccine, assistant restrains badger with 'wicket' in live capture cage. Cheshire, England, UK, May 20...

Tom Marshall / Licenced Wildlife Trust vaccinator preparing badger bovine TB vaccine in the field wearing PPE. Cheshire, England, UK, May 2013.

Juergen Freund / Divers 'encouraging' Giant clams (Tridacna sp) to spawn by injecting serotonin into the clams. Sperm and eggs are collected and fertilised and larvae are cultured for clam farming. Sempoma, Sabah, Bor...

Ernie Janes / Vacinating cattle against Blue Tongue Disease, Yare Valley, Norfolk, UK, June 2008

Stephen Dalton / Man killing wasp nest by injecting nest with fishing-rod lance, UK

Jane Burton / Vet injecting a red male Guinea pig to eradicate skin mites

Piotr Naskrecki / Social False Scorpion (Atemnidae) group hold their prey, while injecting it with venom in order to give the slow-action venom time to work, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / False Scorpion with ant prey, must hold their prey while injecting venom into its body to give the slow-acting venom a chance to work, Costa Rica

Anup Shah / Vet injecting domestic dog with rabies vaccine to protect endemic Simien jackal / Ethiopian wolf population {Canis simensis} Bale Mountains, Bale NP, Ethiopia December 2003

Chris Newbert / Harlequin Shrimp (Hymenocera picta) paralyzing a Sea Star by injecting venom with its specialized stinging arms, 30 feet deep, Papua New Guinea