Eric Baccega / Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) catching salmon in Brooks river, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA, July

Ingo Arndt / Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) leaving water after successfully catching a fish, Hessen, Germany, sequence 9/9

Ingo Arndt / Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) diving into water to catch a fish, Hessen, Germany, sequence 7/9

Staffan Widstrand / Great white egret (Egretta alba or Ardea alba) catching cyprionid fish or carp in fish farm, Pusztaszer Protected Landscape, Kiskunsagi, Hungary, May

Denis-Huot / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) males fighting over newborn Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) prey, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya.

Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) catching fish, taken with remote camera, Pusztaszer, Hungary, June.

David Pattyn / Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) independent fledgling at 46 days, only identified as young by striped head. Feeding on Common Spadefoot (Pelobates fuscus) larvae, The Netherlands, July.

Daniel Heuclin / Red coachwip or Red racer (Masticophis flagellum piceus) eating Sceloporus lizard, Catalina foothill, Arizona, June.

Charlie Summers / Black Bear (Ursus americanus) with Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) catch, Anan Creek, Alaska, July.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) feeding on sardines, Port St Johns, Transkei, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Common dolphin (Dephinus delphis) feeding on sardines (Sardinops oecllata) East London, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Indo Pacific Sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) feeding on sardines, Isla Mujeres, Mexico.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) feeding on Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) bait ball, Cape Point, South Africa.

Ben Hall / Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) with perch in its beak, Cheshire, UK, October. Highly Commended in the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2013.

Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / A nudibranch (Flabellina nobilis) feeding on a solitary hydroid (Tubularia indivisa), note how the hydroid is bent back as it is pulled into the nudibranch's mouth. Gulen, Bergen, Norway. North East A...

Anup Shah,Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) female with infant on back, carrying away a gazelle carcass having taken it from a male. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, July

David Tipling / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) eating fish Florida Everglades, USA

Juergen Freund / Spectral Tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) feeding on preying mantis in strangler fig tree, Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Sue Flood - TD / Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) taking a fish from water. Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, May.

Jan Hamrsky / Great Diving Beetle (Dytiscus marginalis) larva feeding on small fish. Czech Republic. Controlled conditions.

Laurie Campbell / Black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) robbing Puffin (Fratercula arctica) of catch, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, June

Anup Shah / Caracal (Caracal caracal) six month kitten carrying an African hare that its mother has killed for it, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August

Martin Dohrn / Starlight camera image in moonlight of Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) feeding on carcass of Spotted deer stag (Axis axis) watched by Asian water buffalo (Bubalas bubalas) while the leopard (Panthera...

Kim Taylor / Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) juvenile jumping through the water surface to take a hoverfly. Surrey, UK.

Fabrice Cahez / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) with rodent prey, Vosges, France, June

Christophe Courteau / Whale headed / Shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex) catching a Lungfish (Protoperus sp) in the swamps of Mabamba, Lake Victoria, Uganda / Bec en sabot, dipneuste, Lac Victoria, Ouganda

Andrew Parkinson / Dunlin (Calidris alpina) adult trying to pull a worm out of the wet sand, September, Shetland Islands, UK, September.

Laurent Geslin / African lion (Panthera leo) two cubs licking blood off their faces after feeding on Wildebeest carcass, Masai Mara reserve, Kenya

Klaus Echle / Lynx (Lynx lynx) holding its fawn kill by the neck. The Black Forest, Germany, October. Captive

Bence Mate / Great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) taking fish from water, Hungary, June. Winner, Eric Hosking award, 2011 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

Doug Perrine / Reef manta rays (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) chain-feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October

Inaki Relanzon / Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), eating krill and plankton at the surface. Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, North America, August.

Andy Rouse / Little Owl (Athene noctua) adult with a worm in its beak. Wales, UK, June. (non-ex).

Andy Rouse / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) with caught salmon, another bear more distant, with mountains backing the scene. Katmai, Alaska, USA, August.

Andy Rouse / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) thrashing a large caught salmon. Katmai, Alaska, USA, August.

Andy Rouse / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) with caught salmon. Katmai, Alaska, USA, August.

Andy Rouse / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) standing on hind legs in water with caught salmon. Katmai, Alaska, USA, August.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Darter / Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) female in water with fish prey in beak. The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso State, Brazil, November.

Anup Shah / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and Black-back jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeding from the carcass of a Cape buffalo (Cyncerus caffer) - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya...

Sergey Gorshkov / Kamchatka Brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) catching salmon in river, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, August

Solvin Zankl / Lars Hendrickson watching Black piston water beetles (Hydrophilus aterrimus) feeding on a tadpole, State Collection in Munich, Germany, June

Mary McDonald / Pumas (Felis concolor) feeding on kill, camouflaged in tall grassland,Torres del Paine, Chile, South America

Solvin Zankl / Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) feeding on Olive ridley sea turtle hatchling (Lepidochelys olivacea) Playa Ostional, Costa Rica, Pacific coast. November.

Bence Mate / Jacare / Yacare caiman (Caiman crocodilus yacare) with young armadillo prey ib its jaws. Pantanal, Brazil. WINNER: Eric Hosking Award portfolio image 3/6 - Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010

Jeff Rotman / Shark handler wearing chain mail suit feeding Caribbean Reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) Bahamas, Caribbean Sea. Model release Model released.

Nick Garbutt / Male Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) feeding on Preying mantis in beach side vegetation. Bay of Antongil, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Dietmar Nill / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) with fish being attacked by Gull, Germany, winter

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

Poinsignon and Hackel / Common kingfisher {Alcedo atthis} coming up out of water with fish, Lorraine, France. Nominated in the Story of a Species category of the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2013.

Doug Perrine / Salmon shark {Lamna ditropis} captive, with salmon in mouth (eyes are rolled back for protection), Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, (digitally modified)

David Tipling / Falkland / Brown skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) in flight carrying a stolen Gentoo penguin egg (Pygoscelis papua) Sea Lion Island, Falklands

Nick Garbutt / Female Leopard (Panthera pardus) feeding on a wildebeest kill dragged into a tree, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Eric Baccega / Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) feeding on Salmon in Brooks river, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA, July

Graham Eaton / Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) feeding on sandeel, underwater shot, Cardigan Bay, Wales, UK, June

Solvin Zankl / Spectral tarsier {Tarsius tarsier / spectrum / fuscus} catching insect, Tangkoko Rainforest, Sulawesi Indonesia

Jeff Rotman / Shark handler wearing chain mail suit feeds Caribbean reef shark(Carcharhinus perezi) Bahamas Model released.

Graham Eaton / Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) on water with juvenile Grey Mullet (Chelon labrosus). Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. December.

Loic Poidevin / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) feeding on whale carcass, Kaktovic, Alaska, USA, September.

Wim van den Heever / South African fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) bull breaking apart octopus. False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Ben Hall / Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) feeding on hare in forest, Czech Republic, March. Captive.

Sven Zacek / Otter (Lutra lutra) feeding on wintering Common frog (Rana temporaria) Southern Estonia, January.

Espen Bergersen / Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding on Herring (Clupea harengus) Kvaloya, Troms, Northern Norway. November.

Espen Bergersen / Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding on Herring (Clupea harengus) Kvaloya, Troms, Northern Norway. November. Sequence 3 of 6.

Denis-Huot / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) feeding on Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) Mara river, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya.

Richard Du Toit / Spotted-necked Otter (Lutra maculicollis) feeding on fish, Marievale Bird Sanctuary, South Africa, July.

Roy Mangersnes / Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata) feeding on a pigeon, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, April.

Erlend Haarberg / Stoat (Mustela erminea) in white winter coat with fish. Vauldalen, Sr-Trndelag, Norway, April.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Ants preying on beetle; these ants wait on light bulb to catch insects attracted to the light, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Ants preying on beetle; these ants wait on light bulb to catch insects attracted to the light, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

Juergen Freund / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on jellyfish. Juvenile mackerel still hides beside the jellyfish about to lose its home.

Igor Shpilenok / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) female with nest and chicks in mouth. Kronotsky Zapovednik Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, July.

Alex Hyde / Burying beetles (Nicrophorus investigator) two on dead squirrel foot, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, September.

Markus Varesvuo / Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiaca) bringing lemming prey to her two chicks. Utsjoki, Finland, July.

Doug Perrine / Reef manta rays (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) chain filter feeding on plankton, swimming over school of Fusilier fish (Caesionidae) Hanifaru Bay, Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Maldives, India...

Doug Perrine / Reef manta rays (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) chain filter feeding on plankton among Silverside fish in feeding aggregation, Hanifaru Bay, Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean...

Doug Perrine / Reef manta rays (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) chain-feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October, Digitally enhanced image.

Andy Sands / Sexton / Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus vespilloides) feeding on rabbit carcass, Upper Teesdale, Co. Durham, England, UK, June

Jeff Rotman / Shark handler wearing chain mail suit feeding a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) Caribbean sea Model released.

Matthew Maran / Black bear (Ursus americanus) eating barnacles off a mooring chain. Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada

Jeff Rotman / Great blue shark being fed by diver (Prionace glauca) USA Diver in protective chain mail Model released.

David Fleetham / Diver in full chain mail suit, hand feeding a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) off Freeport, Bahamas. Model released.

David Fleetham / Diver in full chain mail suit, hand feeding Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) off Freeport, Bahamas. Model released.

David Fleetham / Diver in full chain mail suit, hand feeding Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) off Freeport, Bahamas. Model released.

David Fleetham / Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi), being fed by diver in chain mail suit, Freeport, Bahamas

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Manta rays chain feeding {Manta birostris} Sudan, Red Sea, Africa

Franco Banfi / Giant manta rays (Manta birostris) chain-feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean. Endangered.

Yves Lanceau / Domestic cattle (Bos taurus) Froment du Leon cow, calf licking lips after drinking milk, France

Dave Watts / Domestic Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) chained in government elephant stables. Near Sauraha village, just outside Chitwan National Park, Nepal March 2019.

Dave Watts / Domestic Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) chained in government elephant stables. Near Sauraha village, just outside Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Dave Watts / Domestic Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) chained in government elephant stables. Near Sauraha village, just outside Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Neil Aldridge / Young Leopard (Panthera pardus) feeding on an antelope, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.