Karine Aigner / Park ranger Niki Lake poses as 'Batty the Clown' alongside her friend 'Ellie the Moth' in San Antonio where a bachelor colony of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) live under the bridge....

Wim van den Heever / Sika deer (Cervus nippon) huge stag feeding in open field in a snow storm, Hokkaido Japan.

Wim van den Heever / Red-crowned / Japanese crane (Grus japonensis) adult bird jumping with wings stretched out in courtship display in snow storm, Hokkaido Japan.

Wim van den Heever / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) flock in early evening in a snow storm, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido Japan. Taken with remote camera,

Wim van den Heever / Lioness (Panthera leo) attempting to cross wide channel, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Wim van den Heever / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) early evening in a snow storm, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan. Taken with remote camera.

Wim van den Heever / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) at night in snow blizzard, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido Japan.

Wim van den Heever / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) swimming in formation on Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido Japan.

Wim van den Heever / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) sitting portrait, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan.

Wim van den Heever / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus hamadryas) feeding on Thomsons gazelle fawn meat (Eudorcas thomsonii) Masai Mara NR, Kenya

Wim van den Heever / Ostrich (Struthio camelus) female in mating display with wings down. Masai Mara NR, Kenya

Wim van den Heever / Lion (Panthera leo) male head portrait taken at night using a side lit spot light, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa