Natural World: 25th birthday picture special

Ah, look at the couple of cute little cuddly wuddly bear cubs frolicking down the river! Give it a couple of years and they’d rip your head off Photograph: Lisa Husar/BBC/Natural World

Does my trunk look big in this? Nelly gets ready for a Natural World close-up Photograph: Mike Birkhead/BBC/Natural World

Which is stronger – the tiger cub or, er, the tiger cub? There’s only one way to find out. Fight! Photograph: Praveen Kumar/BBC/Natural World

'Nope, I’ve not had a bite all day either. Don’t suppose you’ve got any honey sandwiches, do you?' Photograph: Maureen Enns/BBC/Natural World

'If you keep pointing your camera at me my dad says he’s going to duff you up. Could you get me Bill Oddie’s autograph?' Wildlife cameraman Simon King has a close encounter with a cheetah cub Photograph: Marguerite Smits van Oyen/BBC/Natural World

'Hmm. Is that a repeat fee I can sniff in the air?' Everyone’s Natural World favourite – it’s the meerkats! Photograph: John Brown/BBC/Natural World

'Argh! I thought you said I’d have to wear a giant hairnet.' A brave volunteer models a giant hornet Photograph: Verity White/BBC/Natural World

Three words. It’s a shop. Sells outdoor stuff. Bit like Blacks. Leopard on mountain? No. Er, Snow leopard shop? No. Leopards are us? Come on, try a bit harder. Snow and Rock! Bingo. Also pictured: a snow leopard Photograph: BBC/Natural World

It’s not all about cute furry animals that could make a fortune, with the appropriate spin-offs, for BBC Worldwide. Natural World covers the smaller critters too Photograph: Mark Deeble/BBC/Natural World

Kate Humble and Bill Oddie wait for the make-up person to arrive on BBC2’s Autumnwatch. We're joking, of course. Julia Roberts meets Kusasi the orangutan Photograph: Alan Sheldon/BBC/Natural World

'No, I told you, no press!' It wasn’t like this with Grizzly Adams Photograph: Paul Zakora/BBC/Natural World