Tony Wu / Ama diver searching for shellfish including Sea snails (Turbo sazae) amongst seaweed. Hose supplies diver with air and enables communication with husband at surface. Futo Harbour, Izu Peninsula, Honsh...

Tony Wu / Ama diver adjusting her mask and breathing hose before going into the ocean to work. Futo Harbour, Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. June 2010.

Mark Carwardine / Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) within veterinary enclosure, being washed with a hose pipe. Captive-Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary, within Way Kambas National Park, Lampung Province, southern Suma...

Matthew Maran / Red fox cub (Vulpes vulpes) peers out from behind water trough on allotment, London, England.

Adrian Davies / Firemen spraying water over a Gorse (Ulex sp.) fire smouldering on cliff top caused by discarded BBQ coals in extremely hot, dry summer, Glebe Cliff, Tintagel, Cornwall, UK. August, 2022.

Adrian Davies / Fireman spraying water on a Gorse (Ulex sp.) fire burning on cliff top caused by discarded BBQ coals in extremely hot, dry summer, Glebe Cliff, Tintagel, Cornwall, UK. August, 2022.

Yves Lanceau / Domestic dog, Wire haired Fox Terrier, leaping up into water sprayed from garden hose, France

Milan Radisics / People waiting outside hose during flooding in Venice, Italy, December 2019.

Neil Aldridge / Cages used for trapping European badgers (Meles meles) for vaccination against TB are cleaned. North Somerset, UK. Badger vaccination programmes are being carried out in England as a means of controll...