Jabruson / Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) severed and smoked hands and feet. Smoking is the usual method used for preserving forest meat, allowing suppliers enough time to get produce to market for sale as 'b...

Jeff Rotman / Common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) severed fin being held up by gill net fisherman, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean Model released.

Georgette Douwma / Multipore starfish (Linckia multiflora), asexual reproduction and arm regeneration, severed arms commonly regenerate new individuals. West Papua, Indonesia. Indo-West Pacific.

Georgette Douwma / Severed starfish arm 'walking' over coral reef. Starfish are able to regenerate a new body and additional arms. Puerto Galera, Philippines.

Mike Potts / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) with almost totally severed trunk. Tembe Elephant Park. Kwazulu-Natal. South Africa.

Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with injuries such as scarred body and dorsal fin nearly severed, possibly from a Killer whale attack. Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga. Pacific Ocean.

Fabrice Cahez / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) red fox with a severed leg, Vosges, France, 2015

Jabruson / Severed Western Gorilla foot (Gorilla gorilla) held by eco-guard. Foot belonging to either an adult female, or 'blackback' male gorilla. Part of confiscated haul of bushmeat, smoked by hunters for sal...

Jabruson / Severed Western Gorilla foot (Gorilla gorilla) held by eco-guard. Foot belonging to either an adult female, or 'blackback' male gorilla. Part of confiscated haul of bushmeat, smoked by hunters for sal...

Jabruson / Severed Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) feet and hands await further smoking. Smoking is the usual method used for preserving forest meat, allowing suppliers enough time to get product to market. Th...

Jabruson / Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) severed and smoked hands and feet with forest butterfly (Nymphalidae) on top. Smoking is the usual method used for preserving forest meat, allowing suppliers enough t...

Tim Laman / Harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera elegans) feeding on arm severed from a Blue starfish / Sea star (Linckia laevigata) , Malapascua Island, Visayan Sea, Philippines

Christian Ziegler / Bucket Orchid (Coryanthes panamensis) flower attracting bee for pollination through scent, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Bucket Orchid (Coryanthes panamensis) flower attracting male Bee (Apidae) with sweet scent showing pollenia on its back, Gamboa, central Panama

Christian Ziegler / Bucket Orchid (Coryanthes panamensis) flowers, Gamboa, central Panama

Christian Ziegler / Orchid (Gongora leucochila) flowers with euglossine bees approaching its bucket blossom, Gamboa, Panama

Neil Lucas / Bucket orchid attended by Euglosine bee {Coryanthes} Panama

Christian Ziegler / Bucket Orchid (Coryanthes panamensis) flower with photographer Christian Ziegler in the mid canopy

Christian Ziegler / Bucket Orchid (Coryanthes panamensis) flower attracting male Bee (Apidae) with sweet scent, Gamboa, central Panama

Christian Ziegler / Bucket Orchid (Coryanthes panamensis) flower attracting male Bee (Apidae) with sweet scent, Gamboa, central Panama

Christian Ziegler / Bucket Orchid (Coryanthes panamensis) flowers, Gamboa, central Panama

Christian Ziegler / Bucket Orchid (Coryanthes panamensis) flower attracting male Bee (Apidae) with sweet scent squeezing out of bucket, Gamboa, central Panama

Christian Ziegler / Bucket Orchid (Coryanthes sp) being pollinated by tweezers, Panama