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Piggyback Collection

In the animal kingdom, the concept of piggybacking takes on a whole new meaning

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Great Crested Grebe - Female transporting 3 chicks on her back Island of Texel, Holland

Great Crested Grebe - Female transporting 3 chicks on her back Island of Texel, Holland
USH-1649 Great Crested Grebe - Female transporting 3 chicks on her back Island of Texel, Holland Podiceps cristatus Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Koala - mother with piggybacking young climbs up a tree to change to a new feeding and sleeping tree

Koala - mother with piggybacking young climbs up a tree to change to a new feeding and sleeping tree
SAS-1261 Koala - mother with piggybacking young climbs up a tree to change to a new feeding and sleeping tree. The young clings vigorously to its mother's back to not to fall off

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Sugar Glider - Female with young on back, Australia JPF03739

Sugar Glider - Female with young on back, Australia JPF03739
JPF-14130 Sugar Glider - Female with young on back Australia Petaurus breviceps Jean-Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Tree Frog - two mating plus another - Costa Rica

Tree Frog - two mating plus another - Costa Rica
AW-6115 TREEFROGS / Splendid leaf frog - two mating plus another Costa Rica, Central American Agalychnis calcarifer Adrian Warren Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Mountain Gorilla - female with baby Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Mountain Gorilla - female with baby Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
MAR-456 Mountain Gorilla - female with baby Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda Gorilla beringei beringei Thomas Marent Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Sugar Glider - Female with young on back - Australia JPF03728

Sugar Glider - Female with young on back - Australia JPF03728
JPF-14131 Sugar Glider - Female with young on back Australia Petaurus breviceps Jean-Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Bottlenose Dolphin STA 13 Two, one on top of the other tursiops truncatus © Augusto Leandro

Bottlenose Dolphin STA 13 Two, one on top of the other tursiops truncatus © Augusto Leandro Stanzani / ARDEA
STA-13 Bottlenose DOLPHIN - two, facing, one on top of the other tursiops truncatus Distribution: Worldwide except polar regionsBottlenose Dolphin STA 13 Two

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Sugar Glider - With young on back - East Coast, Australia, North-eastern coastal Australia JPF03748

Sugar Glider - With young on back - East Coast, Australia, North-eastern coastal Australia JPF03748
JPF-14144 Sugar Glider - With young on back East Coast, Australia, North-eastern coastal Australia Petaurus breviceps Jean-Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Borneo Orangutan - female with baby. Camp Leaky, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Indonesia

Borneo Orangutan - female with baby. Camp Leaky, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Indonesia
MAR-27 Borneo Orangutan - female with baby. Camp Leaky, Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Indonesia Pongo pygmaeus Thomas Marent Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Polar Bear - adult laying down, with two cubs cuddling Canada

Polar Bear - adult laying down, with two cubs cuddling Canada
WAT-7726 Polar BEAR - adult lying down with cubs, both on adults body cuddling. Canada Canada Ursus maritimus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Borneo Orang utan - female with baby - Camp Leaky - Tanjung Puting N. P

Borneo Orang utan - female with baby - Camp Leaky - Tanjung Puting N. P. - Kalimantan/Borneo - Indonesia
MAR-893 Borneo Orang utan - female with baby Camp Leaky - Tanjung Puting N.P. - Kalimantan / Borneo - Indonesia Pongo pygmaeus Thomas Marent Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Giant Anteater - carrying young on back Llanos, Venezuela

Giant Anteater - carrying young on back Llanos, Venezuela
WAT-8405 Giant Anteater - carrying young on back Llanos, Venezuela Myrmecophaga tridactyla M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imagePiggyback Collection: The Short-Mayo Composite Aircraft, c1937 (c1937)

The Short-Mayo Composite Aircraft, c1937 (c1937). The Short Mayo Composite was a long-range seaplane combination produced by Short Brothers to provide a reliable long-range air transport service to

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Garden Snail - adult with baby on its back Digital Manipulation: enhanced colour

Garden Snail - adult with baby on its back Digital Manipulation: enhanced colour, lightened background
JD-6707-M-C Garden Snail - adult with baby on its back Helix aspersa John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Giant Anteater - carrying young on back Llanos, Venezuela

Giant Anteater - carrying young on back Llanos, Venezuela
WAT-8406 Giant Anteater - carrying young on back Llanos, Venezuela Myrmecophaga tridactyla M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Mountain Gorilla - with young on back

Mountain Gorilla - with young on back
AW-3960 MOUNTAIN GORILLA - With baby on back Gorilla gorilla Adrian Warren Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Koala With Baby

Koala With Baby
JPF-323 KOALA - with baby Phascolarctos cinereus Jean Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imagePiggyback Collection: REMARQUE: ALL QUIET, 1929. Illustration by Charles Keeping, from a 1966 edition

REMARQUE: ALL QUIET, 1929. Illustration by Charles Keeping, from a 1966 edition of All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Opossum Young on mother's back Northeastern USA

Opossum Young on mother's back Northeastern USA
CLA-455 Virginia OPOSSUM - young on mother's back Northeastern USA Didelphis virginiana Mary Clay Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Lowland Gorilla - baby on mothers back

Lowland Gorilla - baby on mothers back
CAN-1157 Lowland Gorilla - baby on mothers back John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Ring-tailed Lemur - endemic Berenty, Madagascar

Ring-tailed Lemur - endemic Berenty, Madagascar
GET-906 Ring-tailed LEMUR - with baby on back, on ground, endemic Berenty, Madagascar Lemur catta Geoff Trinder Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Koala - mother & baby

Koala - mother & baby
JPF-263 KOALA - Mother + baby Phascolarctos cinereus Jean Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Koala - with young on back - Victoria - Australia

Koala - with young on back - Victoria - Australia
BMD-189 Koala - with young on back Victoria - Australia Phascolarctos cinereus Brian McDairmant Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Olive Baboon - mother with young on back. Maasai Mara National Park - Kenya - Africa

Olive Baboon - mother with young on back. Maasai Mara National Park - Kenya - Africa
WAT-9298 Olive Baboon - mother with young on back Maasai Mara National Park - Kenya - Africa Papio hamadryas anubis M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Ceylon Sloth Bear With young on back

Ceylon Sloth Bear With young on back
KFO-108 Ceylon Sloth Bear With young on back Melursus ursinus inornatus Kenneth W Fink Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Pied Heron riding on Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) Inhabits coastal wetlands

Pied Heron riding on Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) Inhabits coastal wetlands
DH-3742 Pied Heron riding on Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) Marlgu Billabong, Parry Lagoons, far northeast of Western Australia

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Orang-utan - female & baby

Orang-utan - female & baby
WAT-5038 ORANG-UTAN - Adult with young on back Pongo pygmaeus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imagePiggyback Collection: A Titi Pigmeo (Cebuella Pygmaea) born in captivity ten days ago

A Titi Pigmeo (Cebuella Pygmaea) born in captivity ten days ago, rests on the back of its mother at the Santa Fe zoo in Medellin May 13, 2011

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Man giving a piggyback to a lady in petticoats to cross a gutter after a thunderstorm in Paris

Man giving a piggyback to a lady in petticoats to cross a gutter after a thunderstorm in Paris
FLO4656914 Man giving a piggyback to a lady in petticoats to cross a gutter after a thunderstorm in Paris. The cobbled street is a river of filth

Background imagePiggyback Collection: 17th century city scene. A man carries a woman pedestrian on his back through a flooded road

17th century city scene. A man carries a woman pedestrian on his back through a flooded road
1000922 17th century city scene. A man carries a woman pedestrian on his back through a flooded road. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Wounded French leaving hospital, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Wounded French leaving hospital, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Wounded French leaving hospital, 1917. Wounded French soldiers leaving a hospital during World War I.

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Table XXX(a). A popular illustrated textbook for children

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Plate 11 for Moral and Satiric Content, 1778. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki

Plate 11 for Moral and Satiric Content, 1778. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Plate 11 for Moral and Satiric Content, 1778

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Phyllis and Aristotle, c. 1545. Creator: Hans Brosamer

Phyllis and Aristotle, c. 1545. Creator: Hans Brosamer
Phyllis and Aristotle, c. 1545

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Job in Luck, 1778. Creator: Christian Bernhard Rode

Job in Luck, 1778. Creator: Christian Bernhard Rode
Job in Luck, 1778

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Naked couple wearing cowboy boots and hat crossing road in Monument Valley, Arizona

Naked couple wearing cowboy boots and hat crossing road in Monument Valley, Arizona Date: 27-03-2021

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Boy And Girl On Swing

Boy And Girl On Swing
UNITED STATES - Circa 1930s: Boy And Girl On Swing

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Woman carrying her baby on her back, South Africa (b / w photo)

Woman carrying her baby on her back, South Africa (b / w photo)
5217019 Woman carrying her baby on her back, South Africa (b/w photo) by South African Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman carrying her baby on her back, South Africa)

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Space Shuttle Enterprise at RAF Fairford Gloucester in 1983

Space Shuttle Enterprise at RAF Fairford Gloucester in 1983. The Enterprise flew over Birmingham on the back of the NASA 747

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia on Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier, 1980s. Creator: NASA

Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia on Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier, 1980s. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia on Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier, 1980s. The Columbia Orbiter operated between 1981 and 2003

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Mother and daughter piggyback

Mother and daughter piggyback

Background imagePiggyback Collection: 3671450

3671450

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Summer Fun, 1915 (oil on canvas)

Summer Fun, 1915 (oil on canvas)
989986 Summer Fun, 1915 (oil on canvas) by Elsley, Arthur John (1861-1952); 79.5x109.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Summer Fun. Arthur John Elsley (1861-1952). Oil on canvas

Background imagePiggyback Collection: USA, Washington State, Seabeck. Piggyback plant evergreen leaves close-up. Date: 12-01-2021

USA, Washington State, Seabeck. Piggyback plant evergreen leaves close-up. Date: 12-01-2021

Background imagePiggyback Collection: DDE-90022017

DDE-90022017
South Africa, Kruger National Park, Chacma Baboon troop (Papio ursinus) in tall grass Date: 19/02/2005

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Medieval townsfolk enjoying themselves (colour litho)

Medieval townsfolk enjoying themselves (colour litho)
3622084 Medieval townsfolk enjoying themselves (colour litho) by Beuzon, Joseph (1864-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: Medieval townsfolk enjoying themselves)

Background imagePiggyback Collection: USA, Washington State, Seabeck. Piggyback plant evergreen leaves close-up

USA, Washington State, Seabeck. Piggyback plant evergreen leaves close-up

Background imagePiggyback Collection: Untitled, 1876 (oil on canvas)

Untitled, 1876 (oil on canvas)
476808 Untitled, 1876 (oil on canvas) by Sinding, Otto Ludvig (1842-1909); 121 x 221 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering



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In the animal kingdom, the concept of piggybacking takes on a whole new meaning. From the Great Crested Grebe in Holland to the Giant Anteater in Venezuela, these incredible creatures showcase their nurturing instincts by carrying their young on their backs. On the Island of Texel in Holland, a female Great Crested Grebe gracefully transports three fluffy chicks on her back as they navigate through the tranquil waters. It's a heartwarming sight that exemplifies maternal love and protection. In Costa Rica's lush rainforests, an amorous Tree Frog couple engages in an intimate act while another curious frog observes nearby. This unique display of piggybacking during mating highlights nature's fascinating rituals. High up in Australian eucalyptus trees, a Koala mother carefully climbs with her young clinging tightly to her back. Their bond is unbreakable as they search for a new feeding and sleeping tree together, ensuring that the little one doesn't fall off. Deep within Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park, a majestic Mountain Gorilla female gently cradles her baby on her back. The strength and tenderness displayed by this endangered species remind us of our shared responsibility to protect wildlife habitats. Australia reveals yet another example of piggybacking wonders with Sugar Gliders gracefully gliding through forests with their young securely attached to their backs. These marsupials effortlessly soar from tree to tree while providing comfort and safety for their offspring. Beneath crystal-clear waters off London's coastlines, Bottlenose Dolphins engage in playful antics as one dolphin rides atop another's back. This captivating display showcases not only intelligence but also camaraderie among these highly social marine mammals. Back on Australia's east coast, Sugar Gliders continue to captivate our hearts as they traverse treetops with their adorable babies hitching along for the ride. Their agile movements and unwavering care demonstrate how teamwork ensures survival in the wild.