Anup Shah / Leopard {Panthera pardus} licking its nose, Africa *Not available for jigsaw puzzle use until 31st Dec 2014*

Staffan Widstrand / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) head portrait with blue tongue out, Svalbard, Norway

Staffan Widstrand / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) head portrait with blue tongue sticking out, Svalbard, Norway

Mark Carwardine / Siberian / Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) yawning, Male rescued from poachers, ÊUtyos Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Kutuzovka Village, Russian Far East, in taiga forest, Endangered species

Roy Mangersnes / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sitting with dark blue tongue showing, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, August

Alex Mustard / Flamingo tongue (Cyphoma gibbosum) feeding on a seafan (Gorgonia ventalina) Cyphomas feed on corals and concentrate the toxic chemicals into their mantle, which they then wrap around the outside of it...

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

Uri Golman / Asiatic lioness (Panthera leo persica) licking another lioness from the pride, Gir Forest NP, Gujarat, India

Rolf Nussbaumer / Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox), adult in striking pose in wildflower field. Laredo, Webb County, South Texas, USA, April.

Ernie Janes / Yellow Labrador with ball in its mouth against blue sky.

Lassi Rautiainen / Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) male feeding on tree trunk with beak open showing tongue, Finland, March

Jane Burton / Cute Border Collie puppy lying.

Jane Burton / Sable Border Collie puppy, 9 weeks, sitting.

Mark Taylor / Bulldog staring up at the camera.

Danny Green / 2020VISION / Adder (Vipera berus) tasting the air with tongue, Staffordshire, England, UK, April. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Danny Green / 2020VISION / Adder (Vipera berus) basking in the spring sunshine flicking tongue, England, UK, April. Did you know? The Adder is the only venomous snake in the UK.

Daniel Heuclin / Brown-banded Southern Water Snake (Nerodia fasciata) head in profile as it tastes the air with tongue. Controlled conditions. Lake Fausse-Pointe State Park, Louisiana, USA, November.

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) sub-adult male 'Pan' yawning - head portrait. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010. Rehabilitated and...

Solvin Zankl / Grass snake (Natrix natrix) head portrait flicking tongue

Andrew Walmsley / Mini lop-eared domestic rabbit with one ear up and one ear down, and tongue sticking out, Captive, Christchurch, New Zealand

Nick Garbutt / Mossy Leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus sikorae) cleaning eye with tongue. Masoala National Park, Madagascar.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Western Cottonmouth snake (Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma) on lake flicking tongue. Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) flicking tongue in strike posture, in field of Showy Primrose, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Head portrait of Gulf Coast Ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) covered in duckweed and swimming, with tongue protruding, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, U...

Rolf Nussbaumer / Checkered Garter Snake (Thamnophis marcianus marcianus) coiled with tongue protruding. Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Stephen Dalton / Casqued / Veiled / Yemeni chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) catching insect with extended tongue, controlled conditions

Sergey Gorshkov / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) yawning, Kamchatka, Russia

Stephen Dalton / Henkel's leaf tailed gecko (Uroplatus henkeli) licking its eye with its tongue, controlled conditions

Stephen Dalton / Casqued / Veiled / Yemeni chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) catching cricket with extended tongue, controlled conditions

John Cancalosi / Sonoran Desert Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes) with forked tongue extended, Arizona USA

Paul Hobson / Grass snake (Natrix natrix) swimming amongst duck weed, Oxfordshire, UK

Edwin Giesbers / Western diamondback rattlesnake {Crotalus atrox} captive, from Texas, USA

Guy Edwardes / Great black-backed gull (Larus marinus) portrait, with deformity (tongue punctured throat but bird remains healthy and feeding chicks) Great Saltee, Co. Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Male Iberian / Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica) scenting air with tongue, Gredos mountains, Spain, November 2008

Stephen Dalton / Veiled / Yemeni casqued chameleon {Chamaeleo calyptratus} catching cricket with tongue, controlled conditions, from Arabia

Stephen Dalton / Veiled / Yemeni casqued chameleon {Chamaeleo calyptratus} catching cricket with tongue, controlled conditions, from Arabia

Stephen Dalton / European chameleon {Chamaeleo chamaeleon} catching insect with tongue, controlled conditions, from Europe

Andy Rouse / Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelski) showing long tongue, captive, Marwell Zoo, UK

Andy Rouse / European otter (Lutra lutra) on riverbank, sticking out tongue, captive, UK

Mark Bowler / Silver arowana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum) Amazonian fish occuring in Varzea flooded forests of the amazonian rainforest. These babies with their yolk sacks have been collected for the ornamental fish...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Müller / Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia) on Tongue orchid (Serapias sp) Pollino National Park, Basilicata, Italy, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Müller / Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia) on Tongue orchid (Serapias sp) Pollino National Park, Basilicata, Italy, May 2009

Mark Taylor / British Shorthair Brown Spotted cat licking her nose.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstra / Male Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica) scenting air behind female with tongue, Sierra de Gredos, Spain, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstra / Male Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica) scenting air behind female with tongue, Sierra de Gredos, Spain, November 2008 WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION

Edwin Giesbers / Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) cathing prey with tongue, sequence 2/4, Madagascar

Solvin Zankl / Desert / Namaqua Chamaeleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) juvenile with tongue exposed, catching prey, Namib Desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / Whalefish {Cetomimus sp} an unusual specimen that may be an undescribed species, deepsea, Atlantic ocean

Inaki Relanzon / Short-horned chameleon (Calumma brevicornis) catching insect prey with its tongue, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar, Sequence 4/5

Mark Raycroft / Golden Retriever (Canis familiaris) portrait

Michael D. Kern / Mojave Sidewinder rattlesnake with tongue flickering and rattle raised {Crotalus cerastes cerastes} captive from California, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Checkered Garter Snake {Thamnophis marcianus marcianus} adult swimming, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, May

Kim Taylor / Common European Toad (Bufo bufo) female sticking out tongue to feed on mealworm, Captive, UK,

Kim Taylor / Common European Toad (Bufo bufo) female sticking out tongue to feed on mealworm, Captive, UK, sequence 2/3

Kim Taylor / Common European Toad (Bufo bufo) female sticking out tongue to feed on mealworm, Captive, UK, sequence 2/3

Kim Taylor / Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) using its tongue to extract a beetle larva from hole in Birch trunk. Digital composite, Surrey, UK

Michael D. Kern / Amazon tree boa snake {Corallus hortulanus} portrait with tongue extended, captive, South America

Mark Raycroft / Cairn Terrier (Canis familiaris) on deck

Mark Raycroft / Brittany Spaniel (Canis familiaris) with training bumper

Mark Raycroft / Australian Cattle Dog (Canis familiaris) portrait

Mark Raycroft / Australian Shepherd (Canis familiaris) portrait of panting adult

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear {Ursus maritimus} at truck window, mouth open Coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Note black tongue

Colin Seddon / Rothchild's giraffe with tongue extended feeding on shrub, captive in zoo in cotland

Staffan Widstrand / Lynx mother licking its cub {Lynx lynx} captive, Norway.

Kim Taylor / Madagascan day gecko {Phelsuma madagascariensis} licking eye. Madagascar.

Jabruson / Jackson's chameleon with tongue extended {Chamaeleo jacksonii}

Anup Shah / Female Cheetah licking nose, portrait {Acinonyx jubatus} Masai Mara, Kenya

Kim Taylor / Common Toad (Bufo bufo) taking a beetle larva. Surrey England, captive

Kim Taylor / Common European Toad (Bufo bufo) catching prey, sequence 1/2, captive, UK

Anup Shah / Golden langur {Presbytis geei} sticking its tongue out, India

Mark Raycroft / German Shepherd (Canis familiaris) close-up portrait of adult

Mark Raycroft / Chocolate Labrador Retriever (Canis familiaris) adult portrait

Mark Raycroft / German Shepherd (Canis familiaris) portrait of adult laying in field of dandelions

Mark Raycroft / Golden Retriever (Canis familiaris) portrait of a puppy sitting on a rock in garden

ZSSD / Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum) sensing with tongue, venomous species native to southwest United States and northern Mexico

Pete Oxford / Panther chameleon {Chamaeleo / Furcifer pardalis} with tongue extended to catch insect prey, captive, Madagascar

Jabruson / Male Jackson's chameleon catches grasshopper with tongue{Chamaeleo jacksonii} Mt Kenya, Kenya

ZSSD / Burmese Python (Python molurus bivittatus) sensing with tongue, native to China and Indonesia

Shin Yoshino / African Lion (Panthera leo) male yawning, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Namib Sand Gecko (Palmatogecko rangei) cleaning eye with tongue, Namib Desert, Namibia

Mitsuaki Iwago / Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi) feeding on Whistling Thorn (Acacia drepanolobium) acacia tree, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) portrait of adult female, resting but alert, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Portrait of tiger licking paw, Ranthambhore NP, India. Note - Tigers have coarse, abrasive tongues useful for stripping meat from the bone but also for condition their fur.

Pete Oxford / Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) cracking open a Piassava Palm (Attalea funifera) nut to drink the milk, Brazil

Gerry Ellis / Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) portrait showing barbed tongue, native to Mexico and Central America

Gerry Ellis / Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) yawning, Hilo Zoo, Hawaii

Norbert Wu / Flamingo Tongue Snail (Cyphoma gibbosum) feeding on Common Sea Fan (Gorgonia ventalina) showing deep purple tone where the Sea Fan has released protective compounds, Saba, Caribbean

Mitsuaki Iwago / Eastern Blue-tongue Skink (Tiliqua scincoides) showing tongue, Australia

Flip Nicklin / Orca (Orcinus orca) portrait, North America

Mark Jones / Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) large male testing ground for scent with specialized forked tongue, Komodo National Park, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Mitsuaki Iwago / Domestic Cat (Felis catus) cleaning itself

Tim Fitzharris / Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) feeding on the nectar of a Desert Penstemon (Penstemon pseudospectabilis) flower, New Mexico

Larry Minden / Red Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber) coiled on ground, Baja California, Mexico

Larry Minden / Red Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber) with tongue extended, Baja California, Mexico

Tim Fitzharris / Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) feeding on the nectar of a Desert Penstemon (Penstemon pseudospectabilis) flower, New Mexico

Tony Phelps / Female Adder tasting the air with tongue {Vipera berus} Purbeck Dorset UK 2000