Durbar Square, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu valley, Nepal. Guardian lions on the steps of a temple. Foggy winter morning November 2005.

Seto Machendranath temple, close to Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal. Pagoda style gilt roofed temple in a monastic courtyard now housing shops and market stalls.

In the market of Panaji formerly known as Panjim, Goa, India

A pod of Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) leaping and surfacing in Johnstone Strait, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis chathamensis), can live for over 100 years, on San Cristobal island, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

An adult bauxite rainbow skink (Carlia amax), sunning itself on lava formation in Vansittart Bay, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

The Ellora Caves, temples cut into solid rock, near Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

Caucasian farmer feeding calf milk from bottle

Cat sleeping on chair in living room

Sad dog laying with plastic disc in living room

Couple enjoying breakfast on sofa in living room

Caucasian woman petting dog in living room

Crab preying on dead portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis, Praia do Forte, Bahia, Brazil (South Atlantic)

Starry night octopus, Octopus luteus, foraging on coral reef at night, Malapascua, Cebu, Philippines, Visayan Sea.

French angelfish, Pomacanthus paru, Ilha rata, Fernando de Noronha national marine sanctuary, Pernambuco, Brazil (S. Atlantic)

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana). Park of the Nature of Cabarceno. Cabarceno, Cantabria, Spain.

western diamondback rattlesnake or Texas diamond-back (Crotalus atrox). Park of the Nature of Cabarceno. Cabarceno, Cantabria, Spain.

Grevy's Zebra or Imperial zebra (Equus grevyi). Park of the Nature of Cabarceno. Cabarceno, Cantabria, Spain.