Mark Moffett / Harvester Ant (Messor sp) returning to nest with a seed it has collected to husk and store, near Kerman, Iran

Fiona Rogers / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) juvenile feeding on coconut husk, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Philippe Clement / Spiny husk splitting open and showing chestnuts of the Sweet chestnut tree / marron (Castanea sativa) on the forest floor, Belgium, October

Peter Lewis / Husk of Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) with three edible nuts. UK, Europe, October.

Charlie Summers / Robber / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) holding coconut with husk removed, Christmas Island, Australia, Indian Ocean, November. Sequence 2/3

Colin Varndell / Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) fallen fruit, with husk open, Dorset, UK October

Daniel Heuclin / Red-rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta agouti) carrying fruit husk, French Guiana, South America

Juergen Freund / Milling / husking the harvested threshed rice. The husk is striped from the rice by passing the rice through two spinning rubber roles, one roll spinning faster than the other. Camarines Sur, Luzon, P...

Juergen Freund / Milling / husking the harvested threshed rice. The husk is striped from the rice by passing the rice through two spinning rubber roles, one roll spinning faster than the other. Camarines Sur, Luzon, P...

Juergen Freund / Milling / husking the harvested threshed rice. The husk is striped from the rice by passing the rice through two spinning rubber roles, one roll spinning faster than the other. Camarines Sur, Luzon, P...

Juergen Freund / Bagging up rice that has had its husks removed, the husk is striped from the rice by passing the rice through two spinning rubber roles, one roll spinning faster than the other. Camarines Sur, Luzon,...

Juergen Freund / Bagging up rice that has had its husks removed, the husk is striped from the rice by passing the rice through two spinning rubber roles, one roll spinning faster than the other. Camarines Sur, Luzon,...

Juergen Freund / Milling / husking the harvested threshed rice. The husk is striped from the rice by passing the rice through two spinning rubber roles, one roll spinning faster than the other. Camarines Sur, Luzon, P...

Juergen Freund / Farmer carrying bag of rice that has been milled / husked. The husk is striped from the rice by passing the rice through two spinning rubber roles, one roll spinning faster than the other. Camarines S...

Tim Laman / Black Hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus) male cracking the husk in its beak to feed on Aglaia fruit. Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Black Hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus) male cracking the husk in its beak to feed on Aglaia fruit. Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Black Hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus) male cracking the husk in its beak to feed on Aglaia fruit. Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia

Gary K. Smith / Gardener preparing Runner bean seeds {Phaseolus coccineus} from previous year's pods, UK

Gary K. Smith / Runner bean seeds {Phaseolus coccineus} from previous year's pod, UK

Tom Vezo / Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) on Saguaro husk, Green Valley, Arizona

Philippe Clement / Milk Bonnet Fungus (Mycena galopus) growing on husk of Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) Belgium

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) largest terrestrial invertebrate capable of stripping the husk off and opening coconuts, they have also been seen cracking the extremely hard shells of macadamia nuts, Solo...

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) the largest terrestrial invertebrate capable of stripping the husk off and opening coconuts, they have also been seen cracking the extremely hard shells of macadamia nuts,...

Gerry Ellis / Elderly woman separating rice seed from husk, mountain village above Pokhara, Nepal