Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years wearing on his head a 'head support' used by villagers to carry heavy items made from palm leaves being chased by his mot...

Floris van Breugel / Sprouting Coconut palm on stony beach on the south shore of Tutuila, American Samoa. January 2012.

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian house. The houses are made by constructing a frame from cut logs and covering it with palm leaves. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, June 2007.

Jouan & Rius / Palm trees (Licuala valida) in swamp forest, Lambir NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / View up through Palm trees in swamp forest, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / Palm leaves (Licuala valida) in swamp forest, Lambir NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / Licuala fan palm (Licuala ramsayi), Daintree National Park, Queensland, Australia

Kirkendall-Spring / California Fan Palm trees {Washingtonia} with the sun shining through the top leaves, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA

Pete Oxford / Treefrog on undesrtorey palm frond, River Napo Amazon Basin, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Blue and yellow macaw {Ara ararauna} Cerrado habitat, Piaui State, Brazil

Fiona Rogers / Western chimpanzee, male 'Tua' aged 53 years curious about a 'head support' used by villagers to carry heavy items made from palm leaves (Pan troglodytes verus). Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. Jan...

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) juvenile female 'Joya' aged 6 years using rocks as tools to crack open palm oil nuts, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. December 2010.

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years playing with a 'head support' used by villagers to carry heavy items made from palm leaves being chased by his mother 'Fa...

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years wearing on his head a 'head support' used by villagers to carry heavy items made from palm leaves being chased by his mot...

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years wearing on his head a 'head support' used by villagers to carry heavy items made from palm leaves being chased by his mot...

Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years wearing on his head a 'head support' used by villagers to carry heavy items made from palm leaves, whilst his mother usin...

Fiona Rogers / Western chimpazee (Pan troglodytes verus) infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years wearing on his head a 'head support' used by villagers to carry heavy items made from palm leaves, with mother nearby, Bosso...

Christophe Courteau / Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) male juvenile sitting in palm trees, holding and looking at leaves. Coastal Rainforest of Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Christophe Courteau / Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) male juvenile sitting in palm trees, holding and looking at leaves. Coastal Rainforest of Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Will Watson / Sunset in the cloud forest, with silhoutte of palm leave (Attalea sp.), Jama Coaque Ecological Reserve, Manabi Province, Ecuador. February 2012.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Doum palm trees (Hyphaene compressa) Tana River Delta, Kenya, East Africa

Shibai Xiao / Masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) two on forest floor at night, Hainan Island, China. Captive.

Shibai Xiao / Masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) on forest floor, Hainan Island, China. Captive.

Shibai Xiao / White lipped palm / tree viper (Trimeresurus albolabris) in tree with a defensive posture, Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve, Guizhou Province, China.

Roland Seitre / Blue throated / Wagler's macaw (Ara glaucogularis) pair perched in palm showing cutting of leaves by the macaws, Trinidad, Beni, Bolivia, Critically endangered species, January 2008

Roland Seitre / Motacu Palm (Attalea phalerata) roosting site for the critically endangered Blue throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis), leaves cut by macaws, Estancia Tacuaral, Santa Ana del Yacuma, Beni, Bolivia, July...

Hiroya Minakuchi / Palm leaves in rainforest, Costa Rica

Simon Colmer / African Oil palm leaves (Elaeis guineensis)

Konrad Wothe / Looking up through the leaves of Fan Palms (Licuala ramsayi) in rainforest, Mission Beach, North Queensland, Australia, October

Konrad Wothe / Looking up through the leaves of Fan Palms (Licuala ramsayi) in rainforest, Mission Beach, North Queensland, Australia, October

Konrad Wothe / Looking up through the canopy of Fan Palms (Licuala ramsayi) in rainforest, Mission Beach, North Queensland, Australia, October

Konrad Wothe / Leaves of the Fan Palms (Licuala ramsayi) in rainforest, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Fan Palms (Licuala ramsayi) in rainforest, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Australia, October

Piotr Naskrecki / Modjadji Cycad (Encephalartos transvenosus) young leaves, Modjadji Cycad Reserve, South Africa

Rob Tilley / Areca Palm (Palmae) leaves and trunks. Maui, Hawaii, February.

Rob Tilley / Areca Palm (Palmae) leaves and trunks. Maui, Hawaii, February.

Rob Tilley / Travelers Palm (Ravenala madagascariensis) leaf detail. Maui, Hawaii, February.

Kevin Schafer / View up thorugh Licuala Fan palms (Licuala ramsayi) Licuala State Forest, Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia, December

Piotr Naskrecki / Ferocious Blue Cycad (Encephalartos horridus) leaf, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian girl making a basket from palm leaves. These are one time use baskets to carry things home and then are discarded. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, June 2007.

Pete Oxford / Mopoyo burial site. Here the bodies which are bound in palm leaves are placed under a granite overhang or shallow cave. Orinoco River, Apure Province, Venezuela, February 2009.

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian house. The houses are made by constructing a frame from cut logs and covering it with palm leaves. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, June 2007.

Pete Oxford / Palm Frond detail. Mahahual Penninsula, South Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Pete Oxford / Mopoyo burial site. Here the bodies which are bound in palm leaves are placed under a granite overhang or shallow cave. Orinoco River, Apure Province, Venezuela, February 2009.

Pete Oxford / Huaorani Indian girl making a basket from palm leaves. Gabaro Community, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, June 2007.

Kevin Schafer / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) leaves, Licuala State Forest, Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia

Kevin Schafer / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) leaf, Licuala State Forest, Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata) silhouette seen through a palm frond. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata)silhouette seen through a palm frond. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata) seen through a palm frond. Queensland, Australia, February

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) perched on the leaves of the Acuri palm tree (Scheelea phalerata), the main item of its diet. Endangered species. The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso Stat...

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) perched on the leaves of the Acuri palm tree (Scheelea phalerata). The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso State, Brazil, November.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) perched on the leaves of the Acuri palm tree (Scheelea phalerata), the main item of its diet. Endangered species. The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso State...

Daniel Heuclin / California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera) foliage. . Cottonwood Spring, Joshua's Tree National Monument, California, USA, September.

Jouan & Rius / Asam paya palm (Eleiodoxo conferta) stems and dead leaves in swamp forest, Bako NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Fan Palm (Licuala orbicularis) leaves, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Fan Palm (Licuala bintulensis) leaves, Similajau National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) in forest, Mission Beach, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) fronds, Mission Beach, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) frond and leaf shadow, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) fronds, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) forest, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) forest, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) fronds, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) fronds, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) leaves, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Licuala Fan Palm (Licuala ramsayi) group in rainforest, Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Edwin Giesbers / Giant African land snail (Achatina fulica) camouflaged on palm frond, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Kevin Schafer / Leaves of the Coco-de-Mer palm tree (Lodoicea maldivica) Valle de Mai, Praslin Island, Seychelles.

Tim Laman / A man processing 'Sago' the primary staple food on Waigeo Island. First the pulp of the Sago Palm tree is gathered. The starch is then extracted by water filtered through a sieve of coconut palm leaf...

Tim Laman / A man processing 'Sago' the primary staple food on Waigeo Island. First the pulp of the Sago Palm tree is gathered. The starch is then extracted by water filtered through a sieve of coconut palm leaf...

Tim Laman / A man processing 'Sago' the primary staple food on Waigeo Island. First the pulp of the Sago Palm tree is gathered. The starch is then extracted by water filtered through a sieve of coconut palm leaf...

Tim Laman / Processing 'Sago' the primary staple food on Waigeo Island. First the pulp of the Sago Palm tree is gathered. The starch is then extracted by water filtered through a sieve of coconut palm leaf cover,...

Tim Laman / A man processing 'Sago' the primary staple food on Waigeo Island. First the pulp of the Sago Palm tree is gathered. The starch is then extracted by water filtered through a sieve of coconut palm leaf...

Alex Hyde / Lined leaf-tailed gecko {Uroplatus lineatus} hunting invertebrates amongst leaves of Pandanus palm {Pandanaceae} at night. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Pete Oxford / Palm leaves used for thatch by Macushi people, Yupukari Village, Rupununi, Guyana

Aflo / Y-11103 Rainbow over coconut palm trees, Japan

Murray Cooper / Palm (Arecaceae) leaf abstract, Amazon, Ecuador

David Woodfall / Traditional boat transporting palm leaves for roofing, Sundarbans, Bangladesh, November 2008

Ingo Arndt / Travelers Palm (Ravenala madagascariensis) frond, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Territory of Australia

Ingo Arndt / Travelers Palm (Ravenala madagascariensis), Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Territory of Australia

Alan Watson / Fan / Lang khao palm (Kerriodoxa elegans) in lowland tropical rainforest, Khao Sok National Park, Surat Thani Province, Thailand

Alan Watson / Fan / Lang khao palm (Kerriodoxa elegans) in lowland tropical rainforest, Khao Sok National Park, Surat Thani Province, Thailand

Alan Watson / Fan palm or Lang khao palm (Kerriodoxa elegans), in lowland tropical rainforest, Khao Sok National Park, Surat Thani Province, Thailand

Alan Watson / Buttress roots of tree (Choerospondias axillaris) and Palm (Calamus sp) in tropical rainforest, Khao Yai National Park, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.

Alan Watson / Seesip palm (Licuala distans) fronds in lowland tropical rainforest, Khao Sok National Park, Surat Thani Province, Thailand

Alan Watson / Fan palm (Livistona speciosa) in tropical rainforest, Khao Yai National Park, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand

Alan Watson / Fan palm (Livistona speciosa) in tropical rainforest, Khao Yai National Park, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand

Alan Watson / Cauliflorous flowers of a Pringamosa tree (Urera caracasana) and fronds of a Panama hat palm (Carludovica palmata) in lowland tropical rainforest, Coqui, Chocó Department, Pacific Coast, Colombia

Martin Gabriel / Coconuts on Coconut plam tree (Cocos nucifera) Osa Peninsula, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

Martin Gabriel / Coconuts on Coconut palm tree (Cocos nucifera), Osa Peninsula, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

Rod Williams / Palm fronds of young Nikau palm {Rhopalostylis sapida} beside trunk of a mature plant, from New Zealand

Tim Laman / Boats carrying Nipa palm leaves harvested from the mangroves and used for roof thatch, Sibsa river, Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, March 2006

Tim Laman / A boat carrying Nipa palm leaves harvested from the mangroves and used for roof thatch is pushed up the Sibsa river by a small launch, Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, March 2006

Tim Laman / A boat carrying Nipa palm leaves harvested from the mangroves and used for roof thatch, Sibsa river, Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, March 2006

Tim Laman / A boat carrying Nipa palm leaves harvested from the mangroves and used for roof thatch, Sibsa river, Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, March 2006