Will Burrard-Lucas / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) at night, taken with remote camera. Liuwa Plain National Park, Zambia. December

Bence Mate / Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) with fish prey, with head feathers raised, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.

Mark Taylor / Tabby kitten, 6 weeks, lying with head up and raised paw.

Pedro Narra / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) with head raised above water surface, Bijagos Archipelago Biosphere Reserve, Guinea Bissau,

Steven Kazlowski,Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) 4-5 year-old on pack ice, low angle shot, off the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska, Beaufort Sea, autumn

Anup Shah / Grey / Southern Crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) head portrait with crest raised, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Tim Laman / Adult male Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in rainforest canopy, Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Niall Benvie / Young girl arms in air, waving / playing in a wildflower meadow, Scotland, UK, July 2009. Model released

Ross Hoddinott / Porth Nanven, nr St Just, Cornwall, UK - important example of quaternary geopmorphology: a raised Boulder beach, overlain by a considerable thickness of 'Head' deposits which demonstrates changes of s...

Tony Phelps / Boomslang snake {Dispholidus ypus} male head raised, Western Cape, South Africa

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Frilled Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii) with frill raised and mouth open in defensive posture on tree log, Australia

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Central asian cobra {Naja oxiana} with head raised, Turkmenistan