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Thanaka cream, ground from tree bark, has been used in Burma for thousands of years, it also acts as protection from the sun, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Frankincense, the resin seeping out into a cut in the tree's bark, Dhofar Mountains, Salalah, southern Oman, Middle East

Caterpillars on tree bark, Upper Amazon River Basin, Amazon National Park, Loreto, Peru, South America

Hiker resting by the Faithful Couple, Giant Sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum), Mariposa Grove, Southern Yosemite, Yosemite National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sierra Nevada, California, United States of America, North America

Small American black bear (Ursus americanus) with cinnamon or blond colouring, digging tree bark for insects, Crescent Meadow trail, Sequoia National Park, Sierra Nevada, California, United States of America, North America

Female Williamson's sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) at its nest hole, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Male Williamson's sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) at its nest hole, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Moss and lichen covered bark in Patagonian Nothofagus beech forest, Alberto de Agostini National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Chile, South America

Aspens in the fall in fog, Grand Mesa National Forest, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Beautiful palm fringed white sand Playa Carrillo, Carrillo, near Samara, Guanacaste Province, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, Central America

Aspens in the fall in fog, Grand Mesa National Forest, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Female Williamson's sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) on a feeding tree, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Sailing ship in the harbour of Makarska, Biokovo Mountain, Makarska Riviera, Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe

Close-up of Collared treerunner (Plica plica) on tree, Tambopata National Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Tambopata Province, Madre de Dios, Peru, South America

Fungus on tree trunk, Pyrddin Gorge, Pontneddfechan, Neath Valley, South Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Joranda monk wearing tree bark cloth, holding palm leaf fan, with uncut hair piled up on top of his head, Joranda, Orissa, India, Asia

Maple trees in autumn, Momijidani Park (Japanese Maple Park), Miyajima Island, Western Honshu, Japan, Asia

An adult African striped skink (Trachylepis striata), Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Joranda monk wearing tree bark loincloth, holding palm leaf fan, with uncut hair piled up on top of his head, Joranda, Orissa, India, Asia

Male Jamaican Anole Lizard (Anolis Grahami) with Dewlap extended, introduced to Bermuda in 1905 to eat fruit flies, Bermuda, Atlantic, Central America

Spotted eagle owl (Bubo africanus), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa

Stripe-headed sparrow (Peucaea ruficauda) breeds from Mexico to north Costa Rica, eats seeds and insects, Esperanza, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Boojum tree (Fouquieria columnaris), just outside Bahia de los Angeles, Baja California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Birch trunk, Saguenay National Park, Baie Sainte-Marguerite, Province of Quebec, Canada, North America

A Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), in conifer woodland on Brownsea Island, a nature reserve in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Male Jamaican Anole Lizard (Anolis Grahami) with Dewlap extended, introduced to Bermuda in 1905 to eat fruit flies, Bermuda, Atlantic, Central America

Birch wood on the homestead of Miskiniskes rural accommodations, Aukstaitija National Park, Lithuania, Europe

The killing tree, dedicated to those killed during the Khmer Rouge conflict at Choueng Ek, Phnom Pehn, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Floss silk tree (Ceiba speciosa), Botanical Garden on El Nabatat Island (Kitchener's Island), Aswan, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Antiguan Anole Lizard (Anolis Leachii), with dewlap extended, Bermuda, North Atlantic, North America

The Australian boab tree (Adansonia gregorii), Camden Harbour, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

An adult African striped skink (Trachylepis striata), in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

The Australian boab tree (Adansonia gregorii), Camden Harbour, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

An adult bark gecko (Hemidacdylus leschenaultii), on a tree in Wilpattu National Park, Sri Lanka, Asia

The Australian boab tree (Adansonia gregorii), Camden Harbour, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

An adult male painted lip lizard (Calotes ceylonensis), changing colors, Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, Asia

Female Magellanic woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus), Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, South America

Two men cutting cork in the traditional way near Tempio Pausania, centre of the industry, on Sardinia, Italy, Europe

Close-up of shaman's snuff from the yopo tree, the bark of which is made into hallucinogenic powder by the Yanomami Indians in Brazil, South America

Fishbone ferns growing at base of Kauri Pine tree, Barron Gorge National Park, Queensland, Australia

Long-nosed Bats (Rhynchonycteris naso) on a tree, Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica, Central America

Close-up of pots on tree trunk used for collecting pine resin in the Castilla Leon (Castile) area of Spain, Europe

Wearing tree bark cloth masks and skirts, dancers representing fish spirits are invited during the season of the peach palm harvest to drink the juice. it is a feast and ritual exchange: the host group offers the spirits large quantities of peach palm juice, smoked meat and fish, and shaman-blessed coca and snuff. the visitors are the costumed dancers impersonating animal spirits. people eat the meat and fish, animal spirits receive the fruits of peach palm, which are cultivated, harvested, and processed by humans. this exchange expresses the idea that people and animals depend on each other for survival and reproduction. vaupes basin, eastern colombia amazon, population: 600