Ben Cranke / Jaguar (Panthera onca) drinking from the river's edge, Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil. August.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / Waves lapping against rocks on the Dwejra coast, Gozo, Malta, May 2009

Heather Angel / Day gecko (Phelsuma sp.) with extended tongue lapping up nectar from crown of thorns (Euphorbia milii) flower, Madagascar

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in flight, taking a flying high speed 'belly-dip' into the Yarra river at the end of a very hot day. They do this to wet their fur which both...

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in flight, taking a flying high speed 'belly-dip' into the Yarra river at the end of a very hot day. They do this to wet their fur which both...

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in flight, taking a flying high speed 'belly-dip' into the Yarra river at the end of a very hot day. They do this to wet their fur which both...

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in flight just after a belly-dip into the Yarra river at the end of a very hot day. They do this to wet their fur which both acts as a form of evaporati...

Doug Gimesy / A Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in flight just after having taken a flying high speed belly-dip into the Yarra river at the end of a very hot day. They do this to wet their fur which...

Nick Upton / Overview of Rhossili Bay at low tide with waves lapping sandy beach below Rhossili Down, The Gower peninsula, Wales, UK, September 2018.

Matthew Maran / Waves lapping onto beach at Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England, UK, June 2016.

Nick Upton / Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) lapping water from a bowl left out on a patio for hedgehogs to drink from, at night, Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK, August. Photographed using camera trap. Property released...

Eric Baccega / African leopard female (Panthera pardus) drinking. Moremi National Park, Okavango delta, Botswana, Southern Africa