Jabruson Motion / Juvenile Western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) eating leaves, sitting and clapping hands before leaving frame, Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Sangha-Mbaere Prefecture, Central African Republic

Alex Mustard / Female Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) startled. Lundy Island, Devon, England, UK.

Christophe Courteau / Kalahari bushmen, family playing traditional game, dry season, Central Kalahari Desert, Botswana, August 2008

Mark Taylor / British Shorthair Brown Spotted cat, Tiger Lily, reaching out.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Women dancing with others clapping and playing music for traditional dances, Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau, February 2015.

Murray Cooper / Banded Ground-Cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus) parent clapping bill in defensive display while chick feeds on insect prey in nest, Choco Rainforest, Ecuador

Donald M. Jones / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) yearling cub playing in water, Geographic Harbor, Alaska

Juergen Freund / Traditional Fijian communal dance 'meke', combining dancing, singing, chanting, clapping and drum beating, Kavewa Island, Macuata Province, Fiji, South Pacific. August 2013

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Dancing and music at a wedding in the village of Ambeduco. Orango Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Dancing and music at a wedding in the village of Ambeduco. Orango Island, Guinea-Bissau, December 2013.

Christophe Courteau / Group of people clapping during Zangbeto voodoo ceremony, Benin, Africa, February 2011.

Florian Möllers / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) captive, adult clapping beak display standing in spring meadow, Vogelpark Marlow, Germany, May.