860-292474 - Giant Seychelles tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea), Turtle island, Prison island, Zanzibar. This island was used as a prison for slaves, and four giant Seychelles tortoises were introduced. Today, they are protected from poachers, and the oldest are between 170 and 200 years old.
832-368463 - Children splashing water at an animal watering trough, Elendsalm, Klooaschertal valley near Bayerischzell, Blauberge, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
832-368663 - Lion engraving, neolithic rockart of the Acacus Mountains or Tadrart Acacus range, Tassili n'Ajjer National Park, Unesco World Heritage Site, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa
832-368664 - Elephant engraving, neolithic rockart of the Acacus Mountains or Tadrart Acacus range, Tassili n'Ajjer National Park, Unesco World Heritage Site, Algeria, Sahara, North Africa
1061-15 - Pygmy marmoset2. Cebuella pygmaea. Captive adult. La Vallee des Singes Poitou-Charentes, France More info: status: least concern but numbers decreasing.
1061-14 - Captive adult Chimpanzees Pan troglodytes verus in La Vallee Des Singes, Poitou - Charentes France. More info: Status, endangered. This rare sub species of chimp came from a breeding centre in Holland. They were originally rescued from a laboratory when the Netherlands at last made it illegal to experiment on primates.
1061-16 - Pygmy marmosets. Cebuella pygmaea. group of 3 captive adults grooming. La Vallee des Singes Poitou-Charentes, France More info: status: least concern but decreasing.
1061-9 - Captive adult Barbery Macaque Macaca sylvanus. in La Vallee Des singes, Poitou - Charentes France. More info: Status, Endangered. Once common but being exterminated by farmers and loss of habitat
1061-11 - Captive adult Chimpanzees Pan troglodytes verus Standing in La Vallee Des Singes, Poitou - Charentes France. More info: Status, endangered. This rare sub species of chimp came from a breeding centre in Holland. They were originally rescued from a laboratory when the Netherlands at last made it illegal to experiment on primates.
1061-13 - Geoffroys marmoset. Callithrix geoffroyi. captive adults. Newquay zoo Cornwall UK. More info: status: least concern but numbers declining due to habitat destruction, pet trade, zoos, biomedical research and persecution.
1061-3 - Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata)wild adult, keeping warm in a hot spring. Honshu Japan. Status:least concern but 1/10 of the pop is killed by humans evey year. more info: They spend much of the winter swimming,diving or just contemplating life in the warm water.
1061-6 - A young Indian girl opens her door to a visiting goat in a jumper and ribbon. In Agra India. In developing countries people often live cheek by jowl with other species. The back streets of Agra are teaming with cows, pigs,goats kites etc.
1061-17 - Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus captive adult.Bird Paradise, Hayle, Cornwall, UK. more info: status; least concern but heavy trapping of wild birds, more than 100,000 have been traded on the international market since 1981.
1061-21 - Captive Western gorilla, gorilla gorilla. Female and baby and adolescent in La Vallee Des singes, Poitou - Charentes France. More info: Status, critically endangered due to loss of habitat, hunting and infectious disease.
1001-26 - European tree cricket (Oecanthus pellucens);North West Bulgaria;Europe;Slow shutter speed in combination with wirelessly controlled macro flash
1060-8 - This new born calf with its mother graceful glide together as the mother protects her calf and the calf learns essential behaviour to survive the open ocean. taken in Vava'u Tonga South Pacific