Pete Oxford / Giant anteater feeding from termite mound {Myrmecophaga tridactyla} captive occurs

Tui De Roy / Alcedo giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi), Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos

Doug Gimesy / Long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) portrait showing sharp curved claws on front feet for foraging, Victoria, Australia. Controlled conditions.

Markus Varesvuo / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus), Kuusamo, Finland, January.

John Chan / Crenulated fiddler crab (Uca crenulata) waving its major claw at another crab, part of a courtship display, Southern California, USA, June.

John Chan / Crenulated fiddler crab (Uca crenulata) feeding on detritus, Southern California, USA, June.

Paul Hobson / Green-crowned brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula), three feeding on Lobster-claw (Heliconia sp) flower in rain. Costa Rica.

Guy Edwardes / African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), Savuti, Botswana.

Jurgen Freund / Mud crab (Scylla serrata) in shallow sandy water. Split level with island and thatched house on stilts. Moromahu Island, Wakatobi, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of the...

Bence Mate / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in flight with nesting material, Hungary, July. Nominated in the Telephoto category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competition 2015.

Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) chick trying to climb an aspen tree with its beak, talons and wings, Southern Estonia. June.

Cyril Ruoso / Heleconia flower (Heliconia rostrata) Amazon, Peru.

Solvin Zankl / Tiny crab on Broad-toothed Gulfweed (Sargassum fluitans) Sargassum Community. Sargasso Sea, Bermuda

Espen Bergersen / Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) in flight with guillemot prey. Hornoya birdcliff. Finnmark, Norway. March

Espen Bergersen / Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) flying with guillemot prey. Hornoya bird cliff. Finnmark, Norway. March

Todd Mintz / Great horned owlet (Bubo virginianus) talons Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. June 2013.

Markus Varesvuo / White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) with two fish in talons, Norway, October.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) landing, Galapagos, Ecuador. Vulnerable species.

Markus Varesvuo / Steller's Eagle (Haliaeteus pelagicus) in flight over snow, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Ben Cranke / White Woodpecker (Melanerpes candidus) perched on a tree branch, Piaui, Brazil. August.

Sam Hobson / Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), young adult male taking flight from building with prey. Berlin, Germany. March. Nominated in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Eric Baccega / African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) fishing, Baringo lake, Kenya, Africa.

Mark Taylor / Ginger kitten leaping towards a Pug puppy. Digital composite. NOT AVAILABLE FOR BOOK USE

Ann & Steve Toon / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) catching trout, Rothiemurchus estate, Cairngorms, Scotland, UK, July

Pal Hermansen / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) attacking Jay (Garrulus glandarius) Telemark, Norway, September

Bence Mate / White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) with muddy fish slipping from its claws as it flies up from the water. Hungary. Highly commended in the Birds category, GDT Competition 2013

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / White-backed Vulture (Gyps Africanus) feeding, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Loic Poidevin,Loic Poidevin / Northern Goshawk(Accipiter gentilis) on a branch, Bulgaria, February

Alex Hyde / Giant Forest Scorpion (Heterometrus laoticus / longimanus). Captive, endemic to Vietnam / Thailand.

Kevin Schafer / Giant Armadillo (Priodontes maximus), adult female standing and sniffing air. Pantanal, Brazil, October.

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Common Lobster (Homarus gammarus), in a rock crevice, Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone, Devon, England, UK, May. Did you know? Lobster pincers are different sizes for different uses, one is for c...

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / White clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) underwater on riverbed, showing defensive posture, River Leith, Cumbria, England, UK, September 2012. Did you know? White clawed crayfish can live fo...

Alex Hyde / Human Head Louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) macro shot of claw, that allows the louse to grip onto the hairs of their human host, False-colour scanning electron micrograph (SEM).

Juan Carlos Munoz / Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) talon. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, February.

Bertie Gregory / Raccoon (Procyon lotor) two, portraits showing hands and claws, Stanley park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Cananda, September.

Rob Jordan / 2020VISION / Signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in a defensive posture after being caught by The Tweed Foundation monitoring the species population and spread on the River Till, Northumberland, England, UK...

Rob Jordan / 2020VISION / Signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in a defensive posture after being caught by The Tweed Foundation monitoring the species population and spread on the River Till, Northumberland, England, UK...

MYN / Jerry Monkman / Acadian hermit crab (Pagurus acadianus) emerging from shell, Rye, New Hampshire, USA, January. meetyourneighbours.net project

David Shale / Deepsea Squat lobster (Galatheidae) from coral seamount, Indian Ocean, December 2011

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Common Lobster (Homarus gammarus), St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, October 2011. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Crustaceans have blue blood,...

Yves Lanceau / Domestic cat, American Burmese, chocolate female, 1 year, view from behind, stretching up.

Markus Varesvuo / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) pouncing in flight with claws brandished. Kuusamo, Finland, February.

Jeff Rotman / Snake charmer with scorpions climbing over his hands and face, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, December 2007, Model released

Grzegorz Lesniewski / Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) sharpening its claws on a tree. Bieszczady National Park, the Carpathians, Poland, April.

Nature Production / Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) cub climbing tree, Russia, spring

Mark Taylor / Portrait of a young Badger (Meles meles).

Fabio Liverani / Freshwater Crab (Potamon fluviatile) brandishing claws in defensive posture. Foreste Casentinesi National Park, Italy, July.

Sergey Gorshkov / Kamchatka Brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) walking beside lake, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, August