Honorable mentions, in no particular order.
Jola with a beautifully sharp capture of dragonflies going at it:

Allen Hart with a nice catch of tern action:

Carol with a beautiful portrayal of animal affection:

Markus, Parental-chick interactions:

Hugh with turtles enjoying themselves:

Luxun's quail partners:

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Third place: Markus, good composition of an orgy, if I ever did see one:

Second place: Jarek had to get up close and personal with this shot, which is nicely focused on the intimacy of animals that you normally don't think of as intimate.

Winner: John Freitas. To me, this is a creative image beyond depicting the interesting behavior of a school of fish, which made it the winning image.

Your turn next John!