Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana)moving through wetland in the Okavango delta, Northern Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 2005

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) find shade under trees to avoid midday sun, during a drought. Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) bulls crowd into an emptying waterhole to drink, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) splashes mud with his foot. Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle emerging from sea at dusk. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

Ben Osborne / Dolphin gulls courtship display {Leucophaeus scoresbii} Falkland Is

Ben Osborne / Saltwater crocodile returning to sea {Crocodylus porosus} Crab Is, Queensland, Australia Cape

Ben Osborne / Olive ridley turtle returns to sea at dawn. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

Ben Osborne / Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} digging nest on beach, Crab Is, QLD, Australia Cape

Ben Osborne / Piebald / Commersons dolphin surfing {Cephalorhynchus commersonii} Falkland Is

Ben Osborne / Imprint of Saltwater crocodile on sand {Crocodylus porosus} Queensland, Australia

Ben Osborne / Black browed albatross flying over crashing waves {Thalassarche melanophrys} Falklands Is

Ben Osborne / Ian McCarthy in Antarctica filming Blue-eyed cormorants for BBC television series 'Life in the Freezer'

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephant herd (Loxodonta africana) traveling through parched landscape during drought conditions, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 2005

Ben Osborne / African lions (Panthera leo) feed on carcass of an Elephant (Loxodonta africana) that they killed the previous night, Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / Solitary African elephant (Loxodonta africana) remains vigilant near African lions (Panthera leo) resting in background at a waterhole, Savuti, Northern Botswana. The animals are forced to share wate...

Ben Osborne / Solitary African elephant (Loxodonta africana) remains vigilant near African lions (Panthera leo) resting in background at a waterhole, Savuti, Northern Botswana. The animals are forced to share wate...

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephant herd (Loxodonta africana) traveling through parched landscape during drought conditions, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 2005

Ben Osborne / African lions (Panthera leo) feed on carcass of an Elephant (Loxodonta africana) that they killed the previous night. The lion on the right is threatening new arrivals off to the left of the picture....

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta african) bathing in mud on the banks of the Linyanti River, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta african) bathing in mud on the banks of the Linyanti River, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephant family (Loxodonta africana) traveling through parched landscape during drought conditions, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 20...

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephant family (Loxodonta africana) traveling through parched landscape during drought conditions, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 20...

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana)moving through wetland in the Okavango delta, Northern Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 2005

Ben Osborne / African lioness (Panthera leo) carries a small freshly killed prey animal, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / Solitary African elephant (Loxodonta africana) remains vigilant near African lions (Panthera leo) resting in background at a waterhole, Savuti, Northern Botswana. The animals are forced to share wate...

Ben Osborne / Lions (Panthera leo) remain vigilant near African elephants (Loxodonta africana) at a waterhole in northern Botswana. The animals are forced to share waterhole in dry season. Taken on location for B...

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephant family (Loxodonta africana) traveling through parched landscape during drought conditions, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 20...

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana)moving through wetland in the Okavango delta, Northern Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) juvenile washing paws, Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana)moving through wetland in the Okavango delta, Northern Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 2005

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana)moving through wetland in the Okavango delta, Northern Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 2005

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) migrating through woodland in their search for food and water during a drought. Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series,...

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) young male resting, Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / Lioness (Panthera leo) stands near a herd of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) at a waterhole, showing size differential. Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bulls drinking at a waterhole, Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull with dried mud covering skin. Mud creates a monochrome texture. Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) migrating across parched landscape in their search for food and water during a drought. Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth...

Ben Osborne / A young male African lion (Panthera leo) grooms a lioness, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series 2005

Ben Osborne / African lioness (Panthera leo) walks through dry savannah habitat, Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth, 2005

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) migrating through woodland in their search for food and water during a drought. Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series,...

Ben Osborne / A young African lioness (Panthera leo) grooms a young male lion, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series 2005

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) migrating through woodland in their search for food and water during a drought. Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series,...

Ben Osborne / African lions (Panthera leo) large pride rests in the late afternoon prior to heading out for a night hunt, Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) juveniles sleeping Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) young male yawning, Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) juvenile sleeping on back, Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / A young African lioness (Panthera leo) grooms a young male lion, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series 2005

Ben Osborne / A lioness (Panthera leo) pauses to stares into the photographers lens, Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) lionesses trying to bring down a young African elephant (Loxodonta africana) Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005 sequence 4/4

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) migrating through woodland in their search for food and water during a drought. Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series,...

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) defaecates while watched by a wildlife photographer, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) pride of lions eats an Eland carcass under shrub for shade, Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) migrating through woodland in their search for food and water during a drought. Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series,...

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) migrating across parched landscape in their search for food and water during a drought. Linyanti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC...

Ben Osborne / A young male African lion (Panthera leo) grooms a lioness, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) lionesses trying to bring down a young African elephant (Loxodonta africana) Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005 sequence 3/4

Ben Osborne / African lions (Panthera leo) cross a dirt track in front of a Landrover, Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) lionesses hunting young African elephant (Loxodonta africana) Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005 sequence 1/4

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) emerging from a river into a parched landscape during a drought, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) head portrait of bull, Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Eaeth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull splashes muddy water at a waterhole in Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) lionesses hunting young African elephant (Loxodonta africana) Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005 sequence 2/4

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull portrait, Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull splashes muddy water at a waterhole in Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / Lion and lionesses (Panthera leo) interact beside a waterhole in northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) pride feeding on African elephant (Loxodonta africana) that they have just killed at night, Savuti, northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lioness (Panthera leo) sits with juvenile, Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) big male lion walking portrait, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) young male lion plays with a cub - possibly to assert dominance. Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) male portrait, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African lions (Panthera leo) drinking at waterhole in northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) kicking up dust at dusk as they migrate in their search for food and water during a drought. Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet...

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd drinking at waterhole at night, taken on infra red, Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) two touching trunks at a waterhole in northern Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull with trunk in mouth, after drinking, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) drinking at a waterhole in northern Botswana, taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / A pride of African lions (Panthera leo) feed on the carcass of an African elephant (Loxodonta africana)they hunted and killed the previous night and have returned to finish eating the meat off the car...

Ben Osborne / African lions (Panthera leo) feeding on an African elephant (Loxodonta africana) that they have just killed. Night image taken on infra red. Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Plan...

Ben Osborne / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull splashes muddy water at a waterhole in Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Ben Osborne / Infra red image of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) drinking at a waterhole at night. Infra red light has reflected off the ripples in the water to create a stripey pattern on the elephant. Sav...

Ben Osborne / Lions (Panthera leo) drinking at a waterhole at night, watched by an Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Infra red image, Savuti, Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series 2003

Ben Osborne / Magellanic oystercatcher {Haematopus leucopodus} foraging for worms on beach, Falkland Is

LYNN M. STONE / Holstein / Friesian cattle (Bo-taurus) on pasture, with in dairy farm buildings behind, Granville, New York, USA (Released)

Ben Osborne / White bridled finch {Melanodera melanodera} Falkland Is

Ben Osborne / Remote control camera filming Blue tit chicks in nestbox for BBC 'Bird in the Nest', UK, 1995

Ben Osborne / Snow geese imprinted goslings flying beside filming car (Anser caerulescens) Birds of Winter series, North Wales, UK

Ben Osborne / Snow geese imprinted goslings flying beside car (Anser caerulescens) Birds of Winter series, North Wales, UK

Ben Osborne / Camerman Paul Atkins filming fur seals from scafolding gantry. Bird Island, Antarctica, 1993, for BBC series Life in the Freezer

Ben Osborne / Producer Peter Basset with cameraman Paul Atkins using gibarm to film Adelie penguins for BBC series Life in the Freezer 1992

Ben Osborne / David Attenborough beside grey-head albatross sitting on nest, South Georgia 1992, on location for BBC series Life in the Freezer

Ben Osborne / David Attenborough with Macaroni penguin, South Georgia, 1992. On location for BBc Life in the Freezer

Ben Osborne / David Attenborough strokes elephant seal pup, SouthGeorgia 1993. On location for BBC series Life in the Freezer

Ben Osborne / David Attenborough with wandering albatross chick, South Georgia, 1992, on location for BBC series Life in the Freezer

Ben Osborne / Photographer and field assistant Ben Osborne photographing seabirds in Talan, Sea of Okutsk, Eastern Russia. On location for Blue Planet, 2002

Ben Osborne / Cameraman Mike Richards filming Southern fur seals at breeding colony for BBC series Life in the Freezer, South Georgia 1992