David Pattyn / Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) portrait with head just on water surface, Pantanal, Brazil

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs wrapped in cloth in the nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs wrapped in cloth and teats in mouths ready for feeding in the nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) casualty of paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) bite being cared for on site of colony by Jenny Mclean, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

David Pattyn / Spectacled caiman (Caiman yacare) walking on a sandy shore at the edge of a river at night, Pantanal, Brazil

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies swaddled up in cloth ready to sleep, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.

Juergen Freund / Crate of Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies just arrived by plane from Brisbane after months of care, ready to be returned to the Tolga Bat Hospital for release back to the wild, A...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) inside enclosure, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies swaddled in cloth ready to sleep, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.

Jeff Wilson / View through the porthole of science teams and Frozen Planet film crew working on the sea ice in the Bering Sea, Alaska, USA, March 2008. The film crew were in search of Spectacled eider ducks, temper...

Axel Gomille / Indian / Asian / Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja) raising its hood in a threat display. Karnataka, India.

Chris Shields / Illustration of wildlife of the Andes: South America Alpaca (Vicugna pacos),centre; Cougar / Puma / Mountain lion / Mountain cat / Catamount / Panther (Puma concolor),left; Spectacled / Andean bear (...

Thomas Marent / Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) young, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand

Michel Roggo / Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodylus) at water surface. Beni, Bolivia, October.

Fabio Liverani / Spectacled salamander (Salamandrina terdigitata) by eggs on stick, Acqua Cheta River, Foreste Casentinesi National Park, Italy

Pete Oxford / Spectacled / Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) cub in tree, Maquipucuna Foundation Cloud Forest Reserve, Andes, Ecuador, South America

Eric Baccega / Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) climbing in tree in the dry forest, Chaparri Ecological Reserve, Peru, South America, captive

Eric Baccega / Encounter of two Spectacled bears (Tremarctos ornatus) climbing in tree on a typical misty morning in the dry forest, Chaparri Ecological Reserve, Peru, South America

Edwin Giesbers / Spectacled Caiman {Caiman crocodilus} head above water, Costa Rica

Peter Scoones / Spectacled caiman underwater reflections (Caiman crocodilus) Pantanal, Brazil photographed during making of BBC Planet Earth series 2005

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Spectacled caiman {Caiman crocodilus} with Butterfly {Dryadula phaetusa}

Gerry Ellis / Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) in tree, South America

Konrad Wothe / Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) with orange butterfly perched on tip of snout, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Tui De Roy / Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) portrait of Cuto, prime male in rehabilitation center, Cerro Chaparri, Lambayeque, Peru

Hans Christoph Kappel / Spectacled Caiman in water, Pantanal, Brazil

Mary McDonald / Snake charmer's Spectacled cobra coming out of basket, India

Mary McDonald / Spectacled cobra coming out of basket, India

Pete Oxford / Spectacled bear {Tremarctos ornatus} Andes, Ecuador

JIM CLARE / Spectacled bear feeding on puya in the Andes, SE Ecuador.

Jabruson / Milking venom from Spectacled cobra {Naja naja kaouthia} Bangkok, Thailand. Used for anti-venom production. Snake bites onto glass plate and ejects venom.

Pete Oxford / Spectacled bear {Tremarctos ornatus} Andes, South America

JIM CLARE / Spectacled bear cubs in den {Tremarctos ornatus} Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Spectacled caiman juvenile on giant lily pad {Caiman crocodilus}, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana South America

Piotr Naskrecki / Two-faced Neusticurus (Neusticurus bicarinatus), Suriname

David Pattyn / Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) scavenging a dead Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) floating in the Rio Cuiaba, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

David Pattyn / Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) frontal portrait, Pantanal, Brazil

David Pattyn / Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) baby swimming in the water of an oxbow lake, Pantanal, Brazil

David Pattyn / Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) group of babies swimming together in the water of an oxbow lake, Pantanal, Brazil

David Pattyn / Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) young animal at water surface, Pantantal, Brazil

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs wrapped in cloth and teats in mouths ready for feeding in the nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) colony roosting during daytime, North Queensland, Australia, October 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) colony roosting during daytime, North Queensland, Australia, October 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies hanging in their nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, October 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs being cared for by Louise O'Brien, wildlife carer volunteer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) paralysed after being bitten by paralytic ticks having medicine administered by owner and main carer Jenny Mclean at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensl...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs being cared for by volunteer wildlife carers at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia October 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby or bub is cared for by Ashleigh Johnson, volunteer wildlife carer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia October 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs wrapped in cloth in the nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Feeding time at the Tolga Bat Hospital aviary where the fruitbats or flying foxes are fed different fruits from bananas, apples, watermelon to milk and water. Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicil...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in aviary at feeding time, the bats are fed a variety of fruit by Esther Redhouse-White, wildlife carer volunteer, Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queenslan...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in aviary at feeding time, the bats are fed a variety of fruit and drink milk and water, Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 201...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) colony roosting during daytime, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) colony roosting at dusk with moon behind, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) colony roosting during daytime, one stretching wings, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) dead animal, casualty of paralytic tick bite, North Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) casualty of paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) bite being cared for on site of colony by Jenny Mclean, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) in aviary at feeding time, Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in aviary at feeding time, the bats are fed a variety of fruit and drink milk and water, Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 201...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby or bub is cared for by Ashleigh Johnson, volunteer wildlife carer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia October 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby or bub being cared for by Louise O'Brien wildlife carer volunteer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies hanging in their nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) colony roosting during daytime, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in aviary at feeding time, the bats are fed a variety of fruit and drink milk and water, Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 201...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) casualty of paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) bite being cared for on site of colony by Jenny Mclean, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) colony roosting at dusk with moon behind, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) colony roosting during daytime, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) dead animal, casualty of paralytic tick bite, North Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in aviary at feeding time, the bats are fed a variety of fruit and drink milk and water, Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 201...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby or bub is cared for by Claudia Barton, volunteer wildlife carer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia October 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in aviary at feeding time, the bats are fed a variety of fruit and drink milk and water, Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 201...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby or bub is cared for by Claudia Barton, volunteer wildlife carer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia October 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby or bub is cared for by Claudia Barton, volunteer wildlife carer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia October 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in aviary at feeding time, the bats are fed a variety of fruit and drink milk and water, Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 201...

Juergen Freund / Paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus) responsible for paralysing Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) North Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in aviary at feeding time, the bats are fed a variety of fruit and drink milk and water, Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 201...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs wrapped in cloth in the nursery, with one yawning, at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) dead animal, casualty of paralytic tick bite, North Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby or bub hanging in nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies hanging in their nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in aviary at feeding time, the bats are fed a variety of fruit by Esther Redhouse-White, wildlife carer volunteer, Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queenslan...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) casualty of paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) bite being cared for by Jenny Mclean, owner and main carer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Austr...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) casualty of paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) bite being cared for by Jenny Mclean, owner and main carer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Austr...

Juergen Freund / Feeding time at the Tolga Bat Hospital aviary where the fruitbats or flying foxes are fed different fruits from bananas, apples, watermelon to milk and water. Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicil...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs being cared for by Louise O'Brien, wildlife carer volunteer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby or bub is cared for by Claudia Barton, volunteer wildlife carer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia October 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) in aviary at feeding time, Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in aviary at feeding time, the bats are fed a variety of fruit and drink milk and water, Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 201...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs hanging in their nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in aviary at feeding time, the bats are fed a variety of fruit and drink milk and water, Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 201...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in aviary at feeding time, the bats are fed a variety of fruit and drink milk and water, Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 201...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) enclosure, healthy abundant earthworms happy in fruitbat poo, Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby or bub is cared for by Ashleigh Johnson, volunteer wildlife carer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia October 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in aviary at feeding time, the bats are fed a variety of fruit and drink milk and water, Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 201...

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby or bub is cared for by Ashleigh Johnson, volunteer wildlife carer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia October 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) in aviary with visitors learning more about the project, Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012