Anup Shah / Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii) adult male 'Frodo' aged 35 years portrait. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

Cyril Ruoso / Keeper feeding Common woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha) in Ikamaperou Sanctuary, Amazon, Peru. October 2006.

Dong Lei / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) close up of paw showing sixth toe, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China.

Mark MacEwen / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) sleeping at hot spring in Jigokudani, Yaenkoen, Nagano, Japan, February.

Robin Chittenden / Boy looking at Green-veined White butterfly (Pieris napi) on his hand, Dorset, UK, May 2013, Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Irula Snake Tribe member holding vials of snake anti-venom for Viper, Krait and Cobra bites. Southern India.

Juergen Freund / Newly harvested cultured Golden South Sea pearls of Oyster (Pinctada maxima) displayed in hand, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009

Juan Manuel Borrero / Side-necked Terrapin (Podocnemis unifilis) hatchlings in the hand, and ready to be released. Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. Amazon Basin. Loreto. Peru

Solvin Zankl / The community of Ostional on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, runs a project of sustainable use of eggs of the Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea). The eggs, a popular snack in Costa Rica,...

Jabruson Motion / Close-up of a vet preparing drug for darting a Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), part of a relocation programme, Sei Serdang, Prima, Batang Serangan, Langkat, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 2015.

Tim Laman / View into into canopy of montane rainforest at 2200 m elevation in the Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / View into into canopy of montane rainforest at 2200 m elevation in the Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia.

Pete Oxford / Woman weaving Pandanus mat (Pandanus sp) Kioa Island, Fiji, South Pacific, July 2014.

Staffan Widstrand / European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) hand reared orphan held in human hands, Jarfalla, Sweden. August. Model released.

Anup Shah / Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii) male 'Frodo' aged 35 years close-up of foot. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

Michael Pitts / Maritime archaelogist Garry Momber with neolithic flint shards at Bouldnor Cliff, Eastern Solent Channel, England. August 2013. Model released.

Daniel Heuclin / Eastern common Cuscus (Phalanger intercastellanus) helpless baby held in human hand, Fergusson's Island, Papua New Guinea

Tim Laman / Young girl (model released) with a dragonfly in the palm of her hand, tropical rainforest, Borneo, July 2007

Jeff Rotman / Tourist trinkets made from teeth of Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) held in the palm of a traders hand, South Australia.

Jouan & Rius / Peyrieras' pygmy / dwarf Chameleon (Brookesia peyrierasi) in the palm of a hand, tropical rainforest, Montagne d'Ambre NP, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Licuri palm nuts {Syagrus coronata} Caatinga, Brazil, Food of Lear's Macaw

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Nonda Plum (Parinari nonda) fruit opened by Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus), Lockhart River, Queensland, Australia

Tony Phelps / Sundevall's shovel-nosed snake {Prosyma sundevalli} baby coiled on palm of hand, Dehoop NR, South Africa

Mark Moffett / Mouse-like Hamster (Calomyscus sp) in palm of hand, Iran

Grant Maslowski / Long-tailed bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) male, resting in palm of a hand, captured in a harp trap during bat conservation fieldwork, Whirinaki Forest Park, North Island, New Zealand. Controlled con...

Grant Maslowski / Long-tailed bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) male, resting in palm of a hand, captured in a harp trap and banded on forearm during bat conservation fieldwork, Whirinaki Forest Park, North Island, New Z...

Grant Maslowski / Rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) seeds in the palm of a hand, collected as supplementary feeding for Kakapo, Whenua Hou / Codfish Island, New Zealand.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) female orphaned infant, aged 6 weeks, sitting in the palm of her carers hand, sucking on a pacifier, Microbats of Melbourne, Templestowe, Victoria, Aust...

Lewis Jefferies / European lobster (Homarus gammarus) juvenile, aged 1 year, in the palm of a hand, National Lobster Hatchery, Padstow, Cornwall, UK. July, 2023.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Greater slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) infant, aged 24 days, sitting in the palm of a hand, Endangered Primate Rescue Center, Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam. Captive, occurs in Indonesia and Malay...

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Greater slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) infant, aged 24 days, sitting in the palm of a hand, Endangered Primate Rescue Center, Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam. Captive, occurs in Indonesia and Malay...

Bret Charman / Chestnut-naped antpitta (Grallaria nuchalis) feeding from palm of a hand, Jardin, western Andes, Colombia.

Suzi Eszterhas / Sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) orphan infant, approximately 80 days old, resting in palm of a hand, Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Queensland, Australia. October, 2015.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Uluguru caecilians (Boulengerula uluguruensis) being held in palm of hands, Sedgwick County Zoo. Captive, occurs in Tanzania.

Philippe Clement / Different species of Eocene shark teeth fossils and fossilised fish vertebra in the palm of a hand, found on sandy beach along the North Sea coast at Knokke-Heist, Belgium. September.

Roland Seitre / Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) egg in palm of hand, Mallee Fowl Center, Ongerup,Western Australia. Captive.

Doug Gimesy / Yarra pygmy perch (Nannoperca obscura) held in palm of researcher's hand - having just been collected - before being measured, weighed, DNA tissue samples taken and released, Victoria, Australia.

Roland Seitre / Naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber) newborn infant, being held in palm of hand, Kenya. Captive.

Ashley Cooper / Slow worm (Anguis fragilis) being held in the palm of a hand, Cornwall, UK. September.

Juergen Freund / Sago palm weevil (Rhynchophorus sp) grubs held in hands. These larvae feed of rotting trunks of Sago palm (Metroxylon sagu), used as a starchy staple in West Papua, Indonesia. 2018.

Juergen Freund / Sago palm weevil (Rhynchophorus sp) grub found during Sago palm (Metroxylon sagu) harvest. These larvae feed on rotting trunks of palms. West Papua, Indonesia. 2018.

Karine Aigner / Congolese woman holding hand made soap with palm oil, Oshwe, Democratic Republic of Congo. May 2017.

Karine Aigner / Congolese woman holding hand made palm oil soap, made by local women to sell at the market. Oshwe, Democratic Republic of Congo. May 2017.

Karine Aigner / Congolese woman holding hand made palm oil soap, made by local women to sell at the market. Oshwe, Democratic Republic of Congo. May 2017.