Hougaard Malan / Quiver tree with sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) nest in morning light. Quiver Tree Forest, Keetmanshoop, Namibia. March 2011.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus) moving forward, Loch Long, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, April. Did you know? Despite their name, hermit crabs can be quite sociable creatures.

Doug Perrine / Wild sociable Bottlenose dolphin {Tursiops truncatus} Turks and Caicos - Jo Jo (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Wild sociable Bottlenose dolphin {Tursiops truncatus} Belize - Honey (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Wild sociable Bottlnose dolphin harasses Nurse shark {Tursiops truncatus} Turks and (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Wild sociable Bottlenose dolphin {Tursiops truncatus} Turks and Caicos - Jo Jo (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Wild sociable Bottlenose dolphin leaps in boat wake {Tursiops truncatus} Turks & (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Wild sociable Bottlenose dolphin above coral reef {Tursiops truncatus} Belize - (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Sociable wild Bottlenose dolphin {Tursiops truncatus} Belize - Honey (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Man snorkeling with Atlantic spotted dolphins {Stenella frontalis} Bahamas (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Bottlenose dolphin {Tursiops truncatus} Cayman Islands - Spot wild sociable (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Bottlenose dolphin face portrait {Tursiops truncatus} Caribbean - Spot a lone (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Bottlenose dolphin {Tursiops truncatus} Caribbean Sea - Spot wild sociable (Non-ex).

Richard Du Toit / Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) nest, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) nest on telegraph pole, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) nest in quiver tree (Aloidendron dichotomum) Quiver tree forest, Keetmanshoop, Namibia.

Lucas Bustamante / Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) looking out of nest hole, Etosha National Park, Harare Province, Namibia.

Gerald Haas/ BIA / Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) nests on pole, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Gerald Haas/ BIA / Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) nests in tree, Kalahari Desert, Namibia

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) flock in flight, Oman, January

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) in field, Oman, February

Ingo Arndt / Peach-faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis) breeding in communal nest of sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) in quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma), Namibia.

Ingo Arndt / Peach-faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis) breeding in communal nest of Sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) in Quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma), Namibia.

Francois Savigny / Cape cobra (Naja nivea) raiding Sociable weaver's nest (Philetairus socius) Kalahari Gemsbok, South Africa

Francois Savigny / Cape cobra raiding Sociable weaver's nest {Naja nivea} Kalahari Gemsbok, South Africa

Jen Guyton / Nest of sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) hangs from a thorn tree in the Namib Desert, Namibia. February 2015

Jen Guyton / Nest of sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) hangs from a thorn tree in the Namib Desert, Namibia.

Jen Guyton / Bright yellow Cape cobra (Naja nivea) hunting amongst nests of Sociable weaver birds (Philetairus socius) Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Jen Guyton / Bright yellow Cape cobra (Naja nivea)hunting amongst nests of Sociable weaver birds (Philetairus socius) Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Jen Guyton / Bright yellow Cape cobra (Naja nivea) in the nest of Sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Jen Guyton / Sociable weaver birds (Philetairus socius) noisily mob a bright yellow Cape cobra (Naja nivea) that is raiding their nest in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Jen Guyton / Bright yellow cape cobra (Naja nivea) in the nest of Sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Jen Guyton / Bright yellow cape cobra (Naja nivea) in the nest of Sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Jen Guyton / Bright yellow Cape cobra (Naja nivea) tastes the air as he investigates the nest of Sociable weaver birds (Philetairus socius) Kalahari Desert, South Africa.

Nate Chappell/ BIA / Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) carrying nesting material, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) nests, Quiver Tree Forest, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) nests, Quiver Tree Forest, Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) nests in Quiver Tree (Aloe dichotoma), Quiver Tree Forest, Namibia

Ann & Steve Toon / Southern Pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus) on Sociable weaver nest (Philetairus socius) Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, February

Eric Baccega / Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius), Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Eric Baccega / Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) nesting colony in tree, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Eric Baccega / Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) nesting colony in tree, dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Eric Baccega / Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) nesting colony in tree, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Eric Baccega / Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) looking out from their nests, nesting colony in tree, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Chris Mattison / Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) bird nest colony in tree Etosha National Park, Namibia.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) Oman, November

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) flock in flight, Oman, November

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Kokerboom or Quiver Tree (Aloe dichotoma) with Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) nest, Quiver tree forest, Kalahari, Namibia.

Jiri Slama / Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius), Sossusvlei, Namibia

Christine Jung / Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius), Sohar, Oman

Laurent Geslin / Sociable weaver {Philetairus socius} nest colony in Quiver tree, Namibia

Denis-Huot / Nest of sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namib desert, Namibia

Denis-Huot / Nest colony of sociable weaver birds (Philetairus socius) Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namib desert, Namibia

Ann & Steve Toon / Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) looking up at mass nesting site, Tswalu Kalahari private game reserve, South Africa, January

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Sociable lapwing / plover (Vanellus gregarius) in flight over field, Oman, January, Endangered

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Sociable lapwing / plover (Vanellus gregarius) in barren field, Oman, January, Endangered

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Sociable lapwing / plover (Vanellus gregarius) in barren field, Oman, January, Endangered

Ingo Arndt / Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) nests, near Sossus Vlei, Namibia

Ingo Arndt / Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) pair and their nests in Quiver Tree (Aloe dichotoma), Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Two Sociable weavers (Philetarus socius) in tree, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari desert, South Africa

Jouan & Rius / Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) in nest, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Mass of Sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) nest, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari desert, South Africa

Tony Heald / Wasps' nests {Vespinae} in Sociable weaver's nest {Philetairus socius} Namibia

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Sociable plover (Vanellus gregarius), Salalah, Oman

Doug Perrine / Bottle nosed dolphin {Tursiops truncatus} 'Spot' a lone wild sociable dolphin, Cayman Islands, Caribbean

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Sociable plover / lapwing stretching wings {Vanellus gregarius} Sohar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Sociable plover / lapwing {Vanellus gregarius}Sohar, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Sociable plover / lapwing {Vanellus gregarius} Umm al Quwain, United Arab Emirates

Richard Du Toit / Sociable weaver {Philetairus socius} communal nest on electricity pole, Gemsbok NP, South Africa, Kalahari.

Philippe Clement / Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) with grass stem in beak, Kgalagadi NP, Kalahari desert, South Africa

Tony Heald / Sociable weaver's nest {Philetairus socius} with wasps' nests. Namibia

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) close-up of individual calling beside carcass, most sociable, non-territorial Vulture, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Patricio Robles Gil / Social weaver pair at nest {Philetairus socius} Namibia

Andrew Parkinson / Sociable weaver nest on telegraph pole {Philetairus socius} South Africa

Doug Perrine / Bottlenose dolphin {Tursiops truncatus} Cayman Islands -Spot tame wild dolphi (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Wild sociable Bottle nosed dolphin leaps in boat wake {Tursiops truncatus} Turks & Caicos (Non-ex).

Doug Perrine / Bottlenose dolphin {Tursiops truncatus} Caribbean Sea - Spot wild sociable (Non-ex).

Richard Du Toit / Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) communal nest S. Africa, nr. Kalahari Gemsbok Nat. Park.

Hermann Brehm / Sociable weaver birds' nests, Etosha NP, Namibia

Hermann Brehm / Sociable weaver perched by its nest, Etosha NP Namibia

Richard Du Toit / Sociable weaver {Philetairus socius} nest in Acacia tree Kalahari Gemsbok NP S Africa

Gerald Haas/ BIA / Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius) nests in tree, Namibia

Martin Willis / Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius), Sossusvlei Dunes, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia

Sylvain Cordier / Sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius), Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

Sylvain Cordier / Sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius), Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

Sylvain Cordier / Sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius), Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

Sylvain Cordier / Sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius), Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

David Allemand / Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) nest in tree, Sossusvlei, Namib Naukluft Park, Namib Desert, Namibia