SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) tossing away the husk from hazelnut, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, November.

Bence Mate / Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) tossing frog prey, Mkuze, South Africa

Staffan Widstrand,Staffan Widstrand / Throw-net fisherman, on raft, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Fabrice Cahez / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) hunting vole in grass, tossing vole into the air, Vosges, France, June

Patricio Robles Gil / Matador in final stages of bullfight leaps over bull to pierce bull between horns with blade, Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Mexico Sequence

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hamblin / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) adult in breeding plumage, tossing food into beak to feed, Lithuania, May 2009

Hans Christoph Kappel / White Spoonbill {Platalea leucorodia} tossing fish to swallow it, Austria

Hans Christoph Kappel / White Spoonbill {Platalea leucorodia} tossing caught fish to swallow it, Austria

Gabriel Rojo / Orca (Orcinus orca) pod hunting Sealion, tossing it out of the sea, Punta Norte, Valdez Peninsula, Argentina. April.

George Sanker / Tricoloured Heron (Egretta tricolor) fishing, tossing prey in beak. At dusk, Myakka River State Park, Florida, USA, March.

Staffan Widstrand / Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, (Tockus leucomelas) tossing a fly larva at a carrion site, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) on sea, tossing fish. Turtle Cove, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos.