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Animal Behaviour.

24 photographs of hunting, play and courtship — a tiger with its kill, sparring elephants, rutting stags and hornbills fighting in the canopy.

Red Deer stag and hind touching noses
Red Deer
Cervus elaphus
Ref. AB-01
Brahminy Kite harassing an egret with a fish on the mudflats
Brahminy Kite
Haliastur indus
Ref. AB-02
Bengal Tiger swimming across a lake past waterbirds
Bengal Tiger
Panthera tigris tigris
Ref. AB-03
Bengal Tiger scent-marking a tree
Bengal Tiger
Panthera tigris tigris
Ref. AB-04
Red Deer stags locking antlers in the rut
Red Deer
Cervus elaphus
Ref. AB-05
Lion-tailed Macaque pair grooming in the canopy
Lion-tailed Macaque
Macaca silenus
Ref. AB-06
Common Trinket Snake rearing in a defensive coil
Common Trinket Snake
Coelognathus helena
Ref. AB-07
Indian Leopard with a kill hoisted into a tree
Indian Leopard
Panthera pardus fusca
Ref. AB-08
Asian Elephant two bulls sparring on a riverbank
Asian Elephant
Elephas maximus
Ref. AB-09
Bengal Tiger carrying a deer kill through the undergrowth
Bengal Tiger
Panthera tigris tigris
Ref. AB-10
Red Deer stag roaring in tall grass
Red Deer
Cervus elaphus
Ref. AB-11
Golden Jackal pair greeting on a grassy bank
Golden Jackal
Canis aureus
Ref. AB-12
Bonnet Macaque juvenile holding a discarded plastic bottle
Bonnet Macaque
Macaca radiata
Ref. AB-13
Brahminy Kite lifting off the water after a strike
Brahminy Kite
Haliastur indus
Ref. AB-14
Bonnet Macaque leaping across a gap in the canopy
Bonnet Macaque
Macaca radiata
Ref. AB-15
Sloth Bear foraging beside a herd of spotted deer
Sloth Bear
Melursus ursinus
Ref. AB-16
Wood Sandpiper two birds sparring over a flowering wetland
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Ref. AB-17
Great Hornbill pair fighting on a branch
Great Hornbill
Buceros bicornis
Ref. AB-18
Bengal Tiger dragging a deer kill
Bengal Tiger
Panthera tigris tigris
Ref. AB-19
Dhole pair playing on a meadow
Dhole
Cuon alpinus
Ref. AB-20
Great Egret with a fish in its bill
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Ref. AB-21
Coppersmith Barbet at its nest hole with food
Coppersmith Barbet
Psilopogon haemacephalus
Ref. AB-22
Dhole pair mating on a forest lawn
Dhole
Cuon alpinus
Ref. AB-23
Black-naped Monarch male feeding chicks on the nest
Black-naped Monarch
Hypothymis azurea
Ref. AB-24