GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Green Turtle being cleaned by fish. Malaysia, Sipadan

Jose B. Ruiz / Short toed eagle {Circaetus gallicus} brings snake to chicks in nest. Spain

Karl Ammann / Male Chimpanzee yawning

Karl Ammann / Orphan Bonobos {Pan paniscus} at Brazzaville sanctuary, Congo

E.A. KUTTAPAN / Tiger (Panthera tigris) female known as 'Sita' with litter of cubs (4-6 wks old) born Sept 1996. Bandhavgarh NP, India

E.A. KUTTAPAN / Tiger (Panthera tigris) female known as 'Sita' with litter of cubs (4-6 wks old) born Sept 1996. Bandhavgarh NP, India

E.A. KUTTAPAN / Tiger (Panthera tigria) female known as 'Sita' with litter of cubs (4-6 wks old) born Sept 1996. Bandhavgarh NP, India

John Downer / Devotee meditating with Black rats, Karni Mata Temple, Deshnok, Rajasthan, India.

Nick Barwick / Burmese python being handled as part of interactive zoo talk {Python molurus bivittatus} UK

Anup Shah / Lioness snarling at male (Panthera leo). Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa

Karl Ammann / Grevy zebra males interacting {Equus grevyi} Samburu GR Kenya

Armin Maywald / Snorkelling with Bottle nosed dolphins {Tursiops truncatus) Honduras