Sergio Hanquet / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei) blowing, exhaling water and air from blowhole, in coastal waters. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei) blowing, exhaling air and water spray from blowhole. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei) blowing, exhaling air and water spray from blowhole. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei) blowing, exhaling air and spray from blowhole in coastal waters. Montana de Guaza, Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Oscar Dewhurst / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag in misty conditions bellowing whilst sat down in long grass with the rising sun in the background. Richmond Park, London, UK. September

Tony Heald / Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), male exhaling in water. St Andrews Bay, South Georgia. October.

Alex Mustard / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) large female exhales a stream of bubbles as she sleeps on shallow seaweeds (Fucus serratus) Lundy Island, Devon, UK, Bristol Channel, August. Highly commended in the Hab...

Jack Dykinga / Bryde's Whale (Balaenoptera Brydei) in the Sea of Cortez, off the Baja penninsula, Mexico.

Franco Banfi / Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) swimming under ice and exhaling air, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia. Captive

Doug Perrine / Female Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) juvenile, releasing a bubble ring, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

Doug Perrine / Female Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), juvenile, blowing bubble rings towards the surface, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

David Fleetham / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) exhaling, showing shows the two nostril blowhole, Hawaii.