Christophe Courteau / Pair of West African giraffes {Giraffe camelopardis peralta}. Male on right, female on left.

Alex Mustard / Glasseye snapper (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus) head portrait with a cleaning Goby (Gobiosoma genie) East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Nuno Sa / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) accompanied by Pilot Fish (Naucrates ductor) and Remora. The biggest fish in the world has only started to visit the Azores in the past three years due to water temperatu...

Florian Möllers / Chinese fisherman on his raft with Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis), silhouetted against the karst hills at the Li River. Yangshuo, Guangxi, China, November.

Andy Rouse / Man playing in deep snow with dogs (two German shepherds and a spaniel) on closed road on Caerphilly Mountain, Caerphilly, South Wales, UK, December 2010, Model released

Ernie Janes / Snowy egret (Egretta thula) standing behind fisherman on Fort Myers beach, Florida, USA

Klaus Echle / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) vixen 'Sophie' became accustomed to the the photographer and would allow him to walk through forest beside her, Black Forest, Germany, July. Winner of the Fritz Polking portfol...

Jeff Vanuga / Horse and dog silhouetted at dusk. Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA. Model released

Juergen Freund / Papuan boy swimming in the shallows with his pet baby hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Tunnung Island, New Hanover, Papua New Guinea, June 2010

John Waters / Hand-reared Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) being trained to fly alongside a car at Weson airfield by Lloyd and Rose Buck for filming purposes. Somerset, UK, January 2011.

Mark Carwardine / Killer whale / Orca (Orcinus orca) surfacing with three seabirds flying, Tysfjord, Norway, November

Jane Burton / Portrait of young blonde haired girl sitting with Golden Retriever puppy. Model released