Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) female breaching together with her male calf. The calf had a large wound on his left peduncle area, one that appeared to be the result of a large bite, Vava'u,...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Harestail cotton-grass (Eriophorum vaginatum) growing on bog moorland, Scotland, UK, May. Did you know? The fluffy white fronds of cotton-grass have been used as pillow stuffing and also as wound dre...

Kim Taylor / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) workers feeding on Cotoneaster sap from a wound that they have created by chewing away the bark. Surrey, UK, September.

David Perpinan / Old wound caused by entanglement with fishing lines or nets in a Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). Animal under rehabilitation. Spain. January 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) with huge wound, probably from Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) attack, Hannah Point, Livingstone Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

David Fleetham / Wounded great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) off Guadalupe Island, Mexico. The wound was inflicted by another shark and will heal surprisingly fast.

Will Watson / Tourists on Safari vehicles using mobile phones to photograph African lionesses (Panthera leo) one with wound on face, Chobe National Park, Botswana. January 2018.

Lucas Bustamante / Rainbow boa (Epicrates cenchria) wound round branch over water, Tambopata, Madre de Dios, Peru.

Paul Bertner / Leaf with virus, Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam

Paul Bertner / Leaf with virus, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Kim Taylor / European Hornet (Vespa crabro) workers drinking sap from a wound they have created on a Cotoneaster branch. Surrey, England, UK, September.

Doug Perrine / Hawaiian / Gray's Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris longirostris) mother with calf that has a round wound from the bite of a cookie cutter shark, off Ho'okena Beach, South Kona, Hawaii , USA, Cen...