Jabruson / Long-tailed Pangolin (Uromanis tetradactyla) unfurling itself from protective posture, Lokoue Bai. Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mark Bowler,Mark Bowler / Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) male with tusks grooming, captive, Midlothian deer enclosure, UK, vulnerable species

Mary McDonald / Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) female standing on hind legs and feeding from a high branch, Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya. October.

Edwin Giesbers / Close-up of the front paws of a European Lynx (Lynx lynx) showing the large gap between toes that allows it to move easily in heavy snow, captive, Norway, February.

David Woodfall / Sea couch grass (Agropyrons repens) washed up by high tide, Somerset, England , August 2009

David Woodfall / Sea couch grass (Agropyrons repens) washed up by high tide, Somerset, England , August 2009

Shane Gross / Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) named Wanda, showing how she can untwist the cap of a jar to get the food inside, Shaw Center for the Salish Sea Aquarium, Vancouver Island, British Colum...

Bruce Thomson / Geometrinae moth (Hypodoxa sp.) camouflaged against tree branch, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

David Tipling / A Leaf cutter bee (Megachile ligniseca) nesting in an insect house, North Norfolk, UK