Chien Lee / Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) approaching figs to feed on, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Ammonite / Black-handed / Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) feeding on figs, Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica.

RICHARD KIRBY / Chimpanzee feeding on ripe figs in tree {Pan troglodytes} Kibale forest, Uganda

Elio Della Ferrera / Figs ripening on Fig tree {Ficus sp} Assam, North East India, Indian Subcontinent

Tui De Roy / Sulawesi Red-knobbed Hornbill (Aceros cassidix) male delivering figs to a female sealed inside hollow nest cavity, Tangkoko Dua Saudara Nature Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tui De Roy / Sulawesi Red-knobbed Hornbill (Aceros cassidix) male delivering figs to female sealed inside hollow tree, Tangkoko-Dua Saudara Reserve, Indonesia

Andy Rouse / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) walking past Banyan Ficus sp tree. Ranthambhore National Park, India.

Matthew Maran / Juvenile Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) eating figs from a tree in an allotment, London, England, UK, August.

Heather Angel / Cluster-fig tree (Ficus racemosa) fruits China growing from trunk. Eaten by squirrels, monkeys and birds. Flowers are pollinated by minute wasps. Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China.

Sandesh Kadur / Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) feeding, Tamil Nadu, India.

Sandesh Kadur / Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) feeding on figs, Tamil Nadu, India.

Sandesh Kadur / Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) feeding on figs, Tamil Nadu, India.