Michael W. Richards / Baby Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) bath time with mother, Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Michael W. Richards / Domesticated Indian elephants (Elephas maximus) being walked to forest at sunset, Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Michael W. Richards / Domesticated Indian elephants (Elephas maximus) being walked to forest at end of the working day, Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Michael W. Richards / Domesticated Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) low angle view of having howdah fitted to take people into Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Michael W. Richards / Wide angle view of baby Indian elephant, domesticated (Elephas maximus indicus), just a few days old standing below mothe'rs legs, Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Michael W. Richards / Greater black backed gulls feeding on bycatch {Larus marinus} Norway, Europe

Michael Richards / John Downer / Verreaux's eagle decorates its nest with aromatic leaves which act as as insect deterrent. (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Michael Richards / John Downer / Eagle cannot open a tortoise's shell so it has to pick it up in talons and drop it on stones to break open (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Michael W. Richards / Chimpanzee troupe nut cracking in rainforest clearing (Pan troglodytes) Tai Forest, Ivory Coast, Africa

Michael Richards / John Downer / Spitting cobra sprays twin jets of venom with deadly accuracy at eyes of attacker (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Michael W. Richards / Two Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) landing at and drinking from a birdbath before taking off, Somerset, England, UK, October.

Michael W. Richards / Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) and House sparrows (Passer domesticus) landing at and bathing in a birdbath before taking off, Somerset, England, UK, October.