Terry Whittaker / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and domestic cat in urban garden, Greater Manchester, UK, August 2017. Filmed using a camera trap.

Lynn M. Stone / Florida burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia floridana) at burrow, hissing and inflating feathers in nest defense display. Cape Coral, Florida, USA. April.

Alain Dragesco-Joffe / Caracal (Felis caracal) adult male in its den, Air Mountains, Sahara, Niger.

Alain Dragesco-Joffe / Sand cat (Felis margarita) female hissing, Sahara, Niger.

Ernie Janes / Asian leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) with surprised expression, captive, occurs in South East Asia.

Jen Guyton / African rock python (Python sebae) in a defensive posture in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Terry Whittaker / Black-footed cat (Felis nigripes) captive, occurs in Southern Africa., Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, Kent, UK.

Fabrice Cahez / Wild cat (Felis silvestris) hissing, looking at the camera, Vosges, France, April.

MYN / Karine Aigner / Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsolete lindheimeri) Texas, USA, April. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Sandesh Kadur / Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), captive, part of a rehabilitation project, Manas National Park, Kokrajhar, Assam, India.

Sandesh Kadur / Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), captive, part of a rehabilitation project, Manas National Park, Kokrajhar, Assam, India.

Jane Burton / European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) raises its prickles at warning hiss from Adder (Vipera berus) captive, UK