LYNN M. STONE / Domestic pig wallowing in mud {Sus scrofa domestica} USA.

Andy Sands / Common kingfisher on 'No fishing' sign {Alcedo atthis} UK

Jane Burton / Domestic Cat, ginger kittens at food bowl, one preventing other from feeding~NOT FOR GREETING CARD USE UNTIL 2012

Rolf Nussbaumer / Ant Lion {Myrmeleontidae} adult head close up, Texas, USA

Nick Garbutt / Western tarsier (Tarsius bancanus) clinging to tree, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo

Steven Kazlowski / Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis Adeliae) in falling snow on the western Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Matthew Maran / Black bear (Ursus americanus) scratching its head. Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada

Eric Baccega / Four subadult giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) climbing in a tree, Wolong Nature Reserve, China, captive

Jose B. Ruiz / European bee eaters (Merops apiaster) on branch. Seville, Spain

Jane Burton / Silver tabby Exotic kitten wearing a Father Christmas hat.

Edwin Giesbers / Adelie Penguin {Pygoscelis adeliae} chick viewed over ice, Antarctica

Jason Smalley / White domestic Alpaca {Lama pacos}, bred in the UK for its soft wool, UK