Wim van den Heever / Lions (Panthera leo) five drinking together, Ndutu, Tanzania

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

Markus Varesvuo / Head portrait of juvenile Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) drinking, Hungary, May. Magic Moments book plate.

David Pattyn / Hanuman langur / Northern Plains Grey Langur (Semnopithecus entellus) drinking from a water tap at Ranthambore fort. Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India.

Angelo Gandolfi / Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare) with mouth open to keep cool, Pantanal, Brazil.

Ernie Janes / Sugar beet crop in August wilting in summer drought, Norfolk, August 2013.

Tony Heald / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) drinking, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. January

Edwin Giesbers,Edwin Giesbers / Asiatic black / Moon bear (Ursus thibetanus) head portrait with tongue hanging out, captive

Michael D. Kern / Mossy leaf-tailed gecko, (Uroplatus sikorae) captive from Madgascar

Roy Mangersnes / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) holding piece of ice after licking off freshwater, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, August

Edwin Giesbers / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) drinking, The Netherlands, March

Uri Golman / Asiatic lionesses and cubs (Panthera leo persica) drinking from pool, Gir Forest NP, Gujarat, India. Water is scarce in the Gir, so Forest staff keep a network of drinking pools topped up for the wild...