Tony Heald / Tiger resting {Panthera tigris} Bandhavgarh NP, India.

ZSSD / Burmese Python (Python molurus bivittatus) sensing with tongue, native to China and Indonesia

Anup Shah / Portrait of tiger licking paw, Ranthambhore NP, India. Note - Tigers have coarse, abrasive tongues useful for stripping meat from the bone but also for condition their fur.

Anup Shah / Young female tigers cool off in waterhole (Panthera tigris) Ranthambhore NP India

E.A. KUTTAPAN / Tiger female 'Sita' carrying 4-6 week-old cub born September 1996 in Bandhavgarh National Park, India. Her sixth litter.

Anup Shah / Close-up of heads of mating tigers. (Panthera tigris) Ranthambhore NP, India

Anup Shah / Female tiger yawning (Panthera tigris) India

Anup Shah / Face portrait of snarling Bengal tiger {Panthera tigris tigris} India

Anup Shah / Bengal tiger suffocating chital {Panthera tigris tigris} Ranthambhore NP India Rajasthan. Noorjahan

Anup Shah / Male tigers snarling {Panthera tigris tigris} Ranthambhore NP India Rajasthan

Anup Shah / Tigress and cub portrait {Panthera tigris tigris} Ranthambhore NP Rajasthan India

Anup Shah / Male Bengal tigers fighting by road track {Panthera tigris tigris} Ranthambhore NP India Rajasthan