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Aepyornis maximus, elephant birdPainting by Maurice Wilson from his drawings collection (1950)
The Bear-Leaders, by R C Carton. First produced at the Comedy Theatre, London, February 1912. The children in bear costume reflect the idea, central to the play
Stylish young lady practises her hurdling at the station. Other people standing nearby are wondering what she is doing. Date: 1923
Cartoon, One of the Lords of the Creation -- a man is angry with his wife as he doesn t think the mutton has been fully cooked. 1827
Lumbricus lumbricus, Earth worms copulating - Earth worms (Lumbricus lumbricus) copulating. Watercolour by Franz Bauer. Natural History Museum, London - General Library
Business Notes Illustrated - Balancing his BooksBusiness Notes Illustrated - " Balancing his books!". Date: 1904
The Two Gentlemen of Verona - title page - Valentine, Proteus, Launce and his badly behaved dog, Crab. 1862
John Black, EconomistJOHN BLACK - Scottish journalist, editor of the Morning Chronicle, whose behaviour was not always as decorous as this portrait suggests. A keen duellist. Date: 1783 - 1855
Path of a DrunkardThe path of a drunkard is a story of degradation from polite civility to filthy clothes and unruly behaviour. Date: 1866
Hunter Shows ProwessEnglish eccentric John Mytton (1796-1834) renowned for his sporting prowess & reckless behaviour successfully negotiates some high railings. Date: 1820s
Hypnotised Subject - 1A hypnotised mental patient at La Salpetriere hospital, Paris, responds to a distressing suggestion Date: 1885
Six boys pillow fighting on a New Year cardSix boys on a New Year card, being told by their mother to behave and not do any more pillow fighting. A notice on the wall reads: Love one another. Date: circa 1890s
C. Harris feeding Galapagos tortoises, 1898Sailor and explorer Charles Harris was despatched to the Galapagos islands to collect giant tortoises for Walter Rothschild in 1897
Sopwith Model XII: Denudation of mineral veinsThis model shows the influence of surface denudation and faulting on inclined strata, with increased complexity to the situation in Model VII
Sopwith Model XII: Mineral vein denudationThis model shows the influence of surface denudation and faulting on inclined strata, with increased complexity to the situation in Model VII
Things We Vow We Will Do, When Peace Breaks outCartoon by George Studdy showing a gent purposefully indulging in wasteful behaviour, a welcome relief after years of food control, shortages and rationing. Date: 1918
Coach near Grasmere, Lake District, most likely a tourist outing. The coach is pulled by three horses, one of which has moved during the exposure
Temperance Tale - The Bottle part 8Coloured lantern slide from a series entitled Bottle. In this slide, the drunken man is now crazed and a couple observe his behaviour in an institution
Yellow Wagtail - adult female - alarmed on a dry burdock - territorial behaviour during breeding period - June (Motacilla flava L.). Ural Mountains - Siberia - Russia
Siberian Stonechat / Asian Stonechat - adult pair - male below - alarmed perched on a dry grass - territorial behaviour during the breeding time - June (Saxicola maurus )
Common Chaffinch - adult male - territorial behaviour and bright spring plumage - displays on an open pine branch prior to singing - April (Fringilla coelebs ). mixed forest in Ural Mountains - Russia
Steppe / Horsfields Tortoises graze (Agrionemys horsfieldii). near Karahoudan village - foothills of Kopetdag mountains - Turkmenistan. Testudo - Spring - April
Turkmen women and children in traditional clothes - in front of Saparmurat Hadji Mosque. near Ashgabad - Turkmenistan. Spring - April
Turkmen girl - in traditional dress - boils water for tea on an outdoor stove - a bread-stove build of clay is behind. Karahoudan village - foothills of Kopetdag mountains - Turkmenistan
Turmen - a family sleeps outside on plank-beds - sunrise. Karahoudan village - in foothills of Kopetdag mountains - Turkmenistan. Spring - April
European Bison - adult female - cleaning its nostrils (Bison bonasus L.). Okskii Wildlife Reserve - near Ryazan - central Russia. autumn - September
Bottlenose Dolphin - mother is stimulating her recently born calf after which the calf normally will feed (Tursiops truncatus). Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy. The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks
Bobak / Steppe Marmot - adult - whistles warning others - near a burrow in steppe - observes an intruder from a distance (Marmota bobak). steppes of Orenburg region - South Russia - June
Dog - mongrels play, imitating aggression (the smaller and weaker dog especially), and roam free on a beach in Sabang. Palawan, Philippines. February
Peregrine Falcon - adult feeds a chick in the nest (a single chick because of the bad year due to the lack of lemmings as food, a natural fluctuation) (Falco peregrinus)
Lion - Male (Panthera leo). Ndutu - Ngorongoro Conservation Area - Tanzania - Africa
Asiatic Black bear - in tree eating bark (Selenarctos thibetanus japonicus). Gunma Prefecture, Kanto Region on Honshu Island, Japan
Asiatic Black bear - in tree with blossom (Selenarctos thibetanus japonicus). Gunma Prefecture, Kanto Region on Honshu Island, Japan
Water shrew, adult, inquisitively sniffs air (Neomys fodiens ). bank of river Pra, a tributary of river Oka; near Ryasan town, european Russia, Nature Reserve Okskii ; autumn (September)
Bottlenose Dolphin - Female (Mother) communicating with Newborn Baby / Calf immediately after birth, keeping the baby under water to control its breathing (Tursiops truncatus)
Bottlenose Dolphin - Newborn Bab y Calf whistling to its mother immediately after birth (Tursiops truncatus). Part of a sequence of imagesDolphin gestation / pregnancy lasts approx
Bottlenose Dolphin - Baby / Calf dolphin being nudged to surface by mother. (Tursiops truncatus). Just after birth the mother will control the babys breath by pushing it under the water or
Bottlenose Dolphins - 4 together with noses out of the water (Tursiops truncatus)
Bottlenose Dolphins - Tail dancing (Tursiops truncatus)
Bottlenose dolphins - 3 together swimming on back (Tursiops truncatus)
Bottlenose Dolphins - Preparing to jump (Tursiops truncatus)
Bottlenose Dolphin - Tail dancing (Tursiops truncatus)
Bottlenose dolphins - 3 together with noses out of the water (Tursiops truncatus)
Bottlenose dolphins - 2 together with noses out of the water (Tursiops truncatus)
Bottlenose dolphins - 3 together swimming backwards (Tursiops truncatus)
Bottlenose dolphins - dancing and blowing air underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Complex play / creative behaviour: dolphins often play with the bubbles or rings of air they create
Bottlenose dolphin - dancing underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions
Stranded Rissos dolphin - Head standing, playing out of the water. Scarring is believed to be made by the teeth of other Rissos dolphins or by their squid prey. (Grampus griseus)