Alex Mustard / Pederson cleaner shrimp (Periclimenes pedersoni) cleaning the eye of a Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus), Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) scampers across a coral reef amongst sponges, Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Lionfish (Pterois volitans) sitting on the rim of large sponge on Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea.

Wild Wonders of Europe / della Ferrera / Bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) flowers covered in dew, Caprazlije area, Livanjsko Polje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Sheep, Bloody Foreland, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Marc Slootmaekers / A bloody lion (Panthera leo) lying on its back after feeding on a buffalo, Masai Mara, Kenya. Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009: Animal Portraits category: Runner-up

Tony Heald / Bloody faced African lioness licking lips after feeding, Chobe NP, Botswana

Nick Upton / Larvae of Bloody-nosed beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa) about to pupate on its food plant Goose grass / Cleavers (Galium aparine) on fringe of chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Lesser Bloody-nosed beetles (Timarcha goettigensis) mating, chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetle (Timarcha goettingensis) on a dead plant stem in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, March.

Sue Daly / Bloody Henry Starfish (Henricia oculata). L'Etac, Sark, British Channel Islands, August.

Sue Daly / Bloody Henry Starfish (Henricia oculata). Les Dents, Sark, British Channel Islands, August.

Paul Hobson / Bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) amongst yellow flowers, Chee Dale, Derbyshire, UK June

Paul Hobson / Bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) wide angle view of flowering hillside, Chee Dale, Derbyshire, UK June

Paul Hobson / Bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) wide angle view of flowering hillside, Chee Dale, Derbyshire, UK June

Paul Hobson / Bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) in flower, soft focus, Chee Dale, Derbyshire, UK June

Paul Hobson / Bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) in flower, soft focus, Chee Dale, Derbyshire, UK June

Paul Hobson / Bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) in flower, Chee Dale, Derbyshire, UK June

Sue Daly / Bloody Henry starfish (Henricia oculata) showing appendage growth with extra arms, Channel Islands, UK August

Nick Upton / Bloody Henry starfish (Henricia oculata) exposed on a low spring tide with kelp beds in the background and Common limpets (Patella vulgata) and Common Barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides) around it, Cra...

Nick Upton / Bloody Henry starfish (Henricia oculata) exposed on a low spring tide with kelp beds in the background and Common limpets (Patella vulgata) and Common Barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides) around it, Cra...

Nick Upton / Bloody Henry starfish (Henricia oculata) on kelp fronds exposed on a low spring tide, North Berwick, East Lothian, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Bloody Henry starfish (Henricia oculata) exposed on a low spring tide on rocks, Crail, Scotland, UK, July

Nick Upton / Bloody Henry starfish (Henricia oculata) exposed on a low spring tide on rocks next to a clump of Sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca) Crail, Scotland, UK, July

MYN / Marko Masterl / Bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) in flower, Kocevje, Slovenia, August, meetyourneighbours.net project

Alex Mustard / Goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) on a rich coral reef with a diver swimming alongside, Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Diver tickling Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies, Caribbean Sea. Model released.

MYN / Carsten Krieger / Bloody Henry starfish (Henricia oculata), from rocky shore, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Carsten Krieger / Bloody Henry starfish (Henricia oculata), from rocky shore, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

Ann & Steve Toon / Bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) East Chevington Nature Reserve, Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland, UK, August.

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Bloody Henry starfish (Henricia oculata), St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, October 2011

Sue Daly / Bloody Henry Starfish (Henricia oculata). Channel Islands, UK, August.

Sue Daly / Bloody Henry Starfish (Henricia oculata). Channel Islands, UK, June.

Adrian Davies / Bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) The Burren, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, June

Philippe Clement / Bloody-nosed beetle / Blood spewer / Blood spewing beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa) on leaf, La Brenne, France, September

Eric Baccega / Young domestic dog (Canis familiaris) chewing on drying Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) skin in back yard. Resolute village, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada, August 2010

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters hauling Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) caught at breathing hole. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter laying out Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) skin on sea ice. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Huskies (Canis familiaris) on sea ice gathering around carcass of skinned Polar bear (Ursus maritimus). Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters dividing Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) skin between themselves. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters eating Clams from stomach of Walrus(Odobenus rosmarus). Siorapaluk. Northwest Greenland, 1977

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters butchering Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus). Siorapaluk, Northwest Greenland, 1977.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogs hauling Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) onto sea ice. North Greenland, 1977

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters having break after butchering a Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) on sea ice. Qaanaaq, Northwest Greenland.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter holding seven foot Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) tusk. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters butchering Narwhal (Monodon monoceros). Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters butchering Narwhal (Monodon monoceros). Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Adrian Davies / Bloody Cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) growing on limestone pavement, the Burren, County Clare, Republic of Ireland

Adrian Davies / Bloody Cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) growing on limestone pavement, the Burren, County Clare, Republic of Ireland

Adrian Davies / Bloody Cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) growing on limestone pavement, the Burren, County Clare, Republic of Ireland

Adrian Davies / Bloody Cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) the Burren, County Clare, Republic of Ireland.

Andy Sands / Bloody Cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) close-up of flower, Isle of Coll, Scotland, UK, June

Paul Harcourt Davies / Bloody-nosed beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa) climbing down a plant stem, Italy, Europe.

Sue Daly / Bloody Henry starfish (Henricia oculata) underwater, Channel Isles, UK, July

Robert Thompson / Bloody Henry starfish {Henricia oculata} Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland, April

Robert Thompson / Lichen {Caloplaca littorea} Bloody Foreland, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, March

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / New house with For Sale signs, Bloody Foreland, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Sheep chewing, Bloody Foreland, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, June.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Peat bog with blocks dug out, Bloody Foreland, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Bloody cranebill (Geranium sanguineum) in flower growing on rocks, Black Head, The Burren, County Clare, Ireland, June 2009

Graham Eaton / Bloody Henry starfish (Henricia oculata), Cardigan Bay, Wales, May

Sue Daly / Bloody Henry starfish {Henricia oculata} on seabed, Channel Islands, UK

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) adult male bloody from feeding on fresh whale meat after autumn whaling season, Barter Island, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Martin van Lokven / African Lion (Panthera leo) female with bloody muzzle after killing and eating a Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Philip Stephen / Holding a Porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) mouth open on the deck of a fishing trawler in the North Sea. December 2008.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Skua (Catharacta antarctica) pecking torn flesh on bloody nose of Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) bull wounded during fight for access to females, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Is...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) with bloody head from eating carcass of Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) pup, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Adrian Davies / Bloody cranesbill {Geranium sanguineum} flower, UK

Bengt Lundberg / Crane's bill geranium {Geranium sanguineum} flowering, Sweden

Brian Lightfoot / Bloody cranesbill {Geranium sanguineum} flower, UK

Florian Graner / Bloody frogfish {Antennarius sanguinaeus} Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Gary K. Smith / Bloody nosed beetles, {timarcha tenebricosa} mating on Braken leaves on heathland floor, Norfolk, UK, April

Brian Lightfoot / Mass of flowering Bloody Cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) Scotland

Konrad Wothe / Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) with bloody face from feeding, endangered, Russia

Florian Graner / Bloody Henry starfish {Henricia oculata} Josenfjord, Norway

Elliott Bignell / Bloody nosed beetles mating (Timarcha goettingensis) UK

Michael Hutchinson / Male White rhinoceros {Ceratotherium simum} with bloody face after recieving wound during territorial dispute, Lewa Downs, Kenya

Doug Perrine / Divers diving near sponges at Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman Island

DOC WHITE / Dead Narwhal {Monodon monoceros} base of tusk and mouth; caught by Inuit hunters, Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic

Suzi Eszterhas / Cheetah mother & 8 week old cub with bloody faces, Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya.

Suzi Eszterhas / Cheetah {Acinonyx jubatus} mother & 8 week cub with bloody faces, Masai Mara, Kenya.

Suzi Eszterhas / Portrait Cheetah {Acinonyx jubatus} 8-week cub with bloody face, Masai Mara, Kenya.

PREMAPHOTOS / Bloody nosed beetles mating {Timarcha tenebricosa} England, UK, Europe

PREMAPHOTOS / Bloody nose beetle with defence fluid (Timarcha tenebricosa) UK

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) bloody dorsal fin, Hawaii

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) territorial bull resting in bloody tide pool after victorious battle, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Bull fight, Quito festival, Ecuador 6 December. South America

Tony Evans / Bloody cranesbill flowering {Geranium sanguineum} UK

Peter Blackwell / Bloody faced lioness. Masai Mara, Kenya

Sue Daly / Bloody Henry starfish {Henricia oculata} Sark, Channel Isles, UK

Alan James / Bloody Henry starfish {Henricia oculata} Cornwall UK

Alan James / Bloody henry starfish {Henricia oculata} UK

Sue Flood / Polar bear {Ursus maritimus} with bloody nose after feeding on Beluga whale carcass. Canadian High Arctic. June 1999

Jeff Rotman / Fisherman tossing Scalloped Hammerhead shark head back into sea {Sphyrna lewini} caught on longline hook, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean

Jeff Rotman / Fisherman holds Scalloped Hammerhead shark head {Sphyrna lewini} caught on longline hook, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean

Onne van der Wal / Chilean Tall Ship "Esmeralda" with the Statue of Liberty in the background, New York, USA. ^^^The ship hides a bloody past having been used as a prison and torture chamber by General Pinochet's milita...