Daniel Heuclin / Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) tasting air, in habitat, Arizona, USA, October. Controlled conditions
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Feral pigeons (Columba livia), Manchester, England, UK, January. Did you know? Pigeons only have 40 taste buds whereas humans have around 10,000.
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Piotr Naskrecki / African Foam Grasshopper (Dictyophorus cuisinieri) blow air through their blood via their thoracic spiracles, creating foam that gives predators a taste of noxious chemicals, Guinea, West Africa, sequ...
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Nick Garbutt / Male Masaai Giraffe {Giraffa camelopardalis} licking nose, Serengeti NP, Tanzania.
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Shane Gross / Scuba diver feeds an invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) to a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. It was once thought that if the sharks learned that lionfish...
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Shane Gross / Scuba diver feeds an invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) to a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. It was once thought that if the sharks learned that lionfish...
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Shane Gross / Chef preparing plate of lionfish, this invasive species is said to taste like snapper. North Florida, USA, February.
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Eric Baccega / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) silverback male known as Humba licking his fingers after eating Driver ants (Dorylus sp.) a socially acquired and transmitted taste, member of the Humba gr...
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Eric Baccega / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) silverback male known as Humba licking his fingers after eating Driver ants (Dorylus sp.) a socially acquired and transmitted taste, member of the Humba gr...
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Eric Baccega / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) silverback male 'Humba' feeding on Driver ants (Dorylus sp), a socially acquired and transmitted taste, Virunga National Park, North Kivu, Democratic Repu...
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Eric Baccega / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) silverback male 'Humba' feeding on Driver ants (Dorylus sp), a socially acquired and transmitted taste, Virunga National Park, North Kivu, Democratic Repu...
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Eric Baccega / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) silverback male 'Humba' with a fist full of Driver ants (Dorylus sp) before feeding on them, a socially acquired and transmitted taste, Virunga National Pa...