Laurent Geslin / Photographer Laurent Geslin photographing habituated urban Red fox {Vulpes vulpes} from shopping trolley, London, UK

Kristel Richard / Wild meerkats (Suricata suricatta) habituated to humans standing alert on local guide, Makgadikgadi Pans, Kalahari desert, Botswana.

Kristel Richard / Wild meerkats (Suricata suricatta) habituated to humans acting as sentry and standing alert on local guide's head for height, Makgadikgadi Pans, Kalahari desert, Botswana. No release available.

Laurie Campbell / Female Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia) portrait, in winter coat, semi habituated living wild in native oakwood, Lochaber, Scotland, April

Pete Oxford / Diane McTurk carrying a Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) into the river, habituated, Karanambu Otter Trust for re-introduction, Rupununi, Guyana, Endangered species, August 2009

David Tipling / Young blue Arctic fox in village {Vulpes lagopus} St Paul Pribilofs Alaska USA

Mark Payne-Gill / Margay (Felis wiedi) Panama Gamboa wild but semi-tame. feb 1994

Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Film-maker Simon King with family of Meerkats {Suricata suricatta} Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. 2002. aka Suricate

Shane P. White / Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) being fed by villager, Rio Negro, Amazon, Brazil

Nick Upton / Two Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris), habituated from a young age, perching on a man's hands, Milton, Cambridge, UK, July. Model and Property released.

Paul Williams / North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), leaving its rocky den, Vermont, USA. (Habituated rescued individual returned to the wild)

Paul Williams / North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), leaving its rocky den, Vermont, USA. (Habituated rescued individual returned to the wild)