Alex Mustard / Thorny seahorse (Hippocampus histrix) gripping onto a sponge. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

Alex Hyde / Close up of Parson's chameleon {Calumma parsonii} foot gripping branch. The 5 toes of each foot are fused into opposing groups in a 2:3 arrangement. Madagascar.

Stephen Dalton / Gecko (Tarentola sp) close up of feet gripping glass, controlled conditions

Anup Shah / Juvenile Cheetah {Acinonyx jubatus} chokes young Warthog by gripping its windpipe. Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Alex Mustard / Common seahorse (Hippocampus kuda) female gripping onto a piece of waterlogged wood with her prehensile tail. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

Heather Angel / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) nectaring on Camellia 'St Ewe' (Camellia x williamsii) in garden, Claw marks from gripping bird visible on adjacent flower. Surrey, England, UK. February.

Ashley Cooper / Boggy Moorland above Wet Sleddale. This area has drainage ditches dug into the peat, known as gripping, to try and make the ground more suitable for sheep grazing. Cumbria, England, UK. August 2010

Ashley Cooper / Boggy Moorland above Wet Sleddale. This area has drainage ditches dug into the peat, known as gripping, to try and make the ground more suitable for sheep grazing. Cumbria, England, UK. August 2010

Lorraine Bennery / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) gripping female with tail claspers as she prepares to mate in wheel position, Haut-Rhone Francais National Natural Reserve, France,June.

Lorraine Bennery / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) gripping female with tail claspers as she prepares to mate in wheel position, Haut-Rhone Francais National Natural Reserve, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) gripping female with tail claspers as she prepares to mate in wheel position, Haut-Rhone Francais National Natural Reserve, France, June.

Christophe Courteau / Lion (Panthera leo) close up of paw and claws gripping on to prey, at night, South Africa

Mark Raycroft / Border Collie (Canis familiaris), North America

Frederique Olivier / Close-up of a Black browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) preening its chick, chick looks up panting, thermoregulating, West Point Island, Falkland Islands.

Mark Raycroft / English Bulldog (Canis familiaris) female running

Mark Raycroft / Chow Chow (Canis familiaris)

Denis-Huot / Two male Thomson's gazelles (Eudorcas thomsonii) fighting, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya.

Ernie Janes / Yellow Labrador and in wheat field, Norfolk, August

Mark Raycroft / Pembroke Welsh Corgi (Canis familiaris) pair

Petra Wegner,Petra Wegner / Golden Retriever, male in straw

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag with steaming breath after fight, rutting season, Bushy Park, London, UK, October. Did you know? Red deer antlers are can grow 2.5 cm a day.

Ernie Janes / Yellow Labrador with ball in its mouth against blue sky.

Mark Taylor / Rough coated Jack Russell Terrier, tan and white, lying down, panting

Mark Taylor / Bulldog staring up at the camera.