Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga tattooed head hunter. Only someone who has killed and taken a human head can be tattooed in this manner. Mon district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman with facial tattoos and traditional cane nose plugs / Yapin Hulo made to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facial modifications are now outlawed. Apatani Tr...

Eric Baccega / Portrait of woman from the Mursi tribe, traditionally decorated and painted, wearing a large clay lip plate, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Eric Baccega / Portrait of woman from the Mursi tribe, traditionally decorated and painted, wearing a large clay lip plate, Omo Valley, Ethiopia, March 2015.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Woman with lip plate, which signifies she is a married woman, Mursi tribe, Mago National Park. Ethiopia, November 20144

Andy Sands / Long Water Measurer (Hydrometra stagnorum) drinking by piercing surface tension with mouthparts. Captive, UK, July.

Eric Baccega / Portrait of Yali hunter in traditional dress, with nose adornment made of wild pig's bones, and rooster feather head-dress. West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Nick Upton / Female Twin-lobed deer fly (Chrysops relictus) on photographer's leg, piercing cotton trousers to suck blood, Kenfig National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Heather mining bee (Andrena fuscipes) piercing the base of Bell heather (Erica cinerea) flower to steal nectar from it, Dorset heathland, UK. July.

Pete Oxford / Dani tribe man, Budaya village, Suroba, Trikora Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia. October 2020.

Pete Oxford / Dani tribe man with traditional headress and nose septum piercing, Budaya village, Suroba, Trikora Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia. October 2020.

Pete Oxford / Dani tribe man, Budaya village, Suroba, Trikora Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia. October 2020.

Guy Edwardes / Eider duck (Somateria mollissima) Northumberland, England, UK, February.

Heather Angel / Carpenter bee (Xylocopa caffra) male piercing corolla to rob nectar from Ninepin heath (Erica mammosa), failing to pollinate flower. Harold Porter Botanic Garden, Cape Fynbos, South Africa. February.

JIM CLARE / Black flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis) a nectar thief, piercing Angel's trumpet flower (Brugmansia sanguinea), Azuay, Andes, Ecuador.

JIM CLARE / Black flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis) a nectar thief, piercing Angel's trumpet flower (Brugmansia sanguinea) Azuay, Andes, Ecuador.

Phil Savoie / Early bumbebee (Bombus pratorum) male robbing nectar by piercing the flower base to drink nectar without pollinating hardy geranium flower (Geranium sp.) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Early bumbebee (Bombus pratorum) male robbing nectar by piercing the flower base to drink nectar without pollinating hardy geranium flower (Geranium sp.) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) worker feeding on Comfrey (Symphytum officinale), robbing nectar by piercing the flower base to drink nectar without pollinating, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May.

Phil Savoie / Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) feeding on Comfrey (Symphytum officinale), robbing nectar by piercing the flower base to drink nectar without pollinating, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Common fruit-piercing moth (Eudocima phalonia) close up of wing patterns, Tai Tam Country Park Hong Kong Island, China.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Mursi woman with large clay lip plate and headdress. Mago National Park. Omo Valley, Ethiopia.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Mursi woman with large clay lip plate. Mago National Park. Omo Valley, Ethiopia.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Mursi woman with large clay lip plate. Mago National Park. Omo Valley, Ethiopia.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Woman in traditional dress. Mursi tribe, Mago National Park. Omo Valley, Ethiopia.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Woman wearing traditional headdress. Mursi tribe, Mago National Park. Omo Valley, Ethiopia.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Mursi woman with clay lip plate and children, armed with rifle. Mago National Park. Omo Valley, Ethiopia.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Mursi woman with clay lip plate, holding rifle and son. Mago National Park. Omo Valley, Ethiopia.

Pete Oxford / Tagin woman, Tagin tribe, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, November 2014.

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman with facial tattoos and traditional cane nose plugs / Yapin Hulo made to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facial modifications are now outlawed. Apatani Tr...

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman with facial tattoos and traditional nose plugs / Yapin Hulo holding baby. These plugs are made of a cane slice. This practice was to make them look unattractive to males from other tribe...

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman & facial tattoos & nose plugs / Yapin Hulo.These plugs are made of a cane slice. This practice was to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facial modifications a...

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman & facial tattoos & nose plugs / Yapin Hulo.These plugs are made of a cane slice. This practice was to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facial modifications a...

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman with facial tattoos and traditional cane nose plugs / Yapin Hulo made to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facial modifications are now outlawed. Apatani Tr...

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman with facial tattoos and traditional cane nose plugs / Yapin Hulo made to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facial modifications are now outlawed. Apatani Tr...

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman with facial tattoos and traditional cane nose plugs / Yapin Hulo made to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facial modifications are now outlawed. Apatani Tr...

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman with facial tattoos and traditional cane nose plugs / Yapin Hulo made to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facial modifications are now outlawed. Apatani Tr...

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman with facial tattoos and traditional cane nose plugs / Yapin Hulo made to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facial modifications are now outlawed. Apatani Tr...

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman carrying heavy load of leaves. The woman has facial tattoos and traditional cane nose plugs / Yapin Hulo, now outlawed. Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Prades...

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman in fields. The woman has facial tattoos and traditional cane nose plugs / Yapin Hulo. This practice was to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes and is now outlawed. Ap...

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman in fields. The woman has facial tattoos and traditional nose plugs / Yapin Hulo made of a cane slice. This was to make her look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facial modi...

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman woman with facial tattoos and traditional cane nose plugs / Yapin Hulo made to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facial modifications are now outlawed. Apatan...

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman in fields. The woman has facial tattoos and traditional nose plugs / Yapin Hul made of a cane slice. This was to make her look unattractive to males from other tribes, a practice now ou...

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman smoking with facial tattoos and traditional nose plugs / Yapin Hulo.These plugs are made of a cane slice. This practice was to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. The...

Pete Oxford / Apatani woman with facial tattoos and traditional nose plugs / Yapin Hulo.These plugs are made of a cane slice. This practice was to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facia...

Pete Oxford / Apatani women with facial tattoos and traditional nose plugs / Yapin Hulo.These plugs are made of a cane slice. This practice was to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facia...

Pete Oxford / Apatani women with facial tattoos and traditional nose plugs / Yapin Hulo made to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facial modifications are now outlawed. Apatani Tribe, Z...

Pete Oxford / Apatani women with facial tattoos and traditional nose plugs / Yapin Hulo made to make them look unattractive to males from other tribes. These facial modifications are now outlawed. Apatani Tribe, Z...