The summer solstice can have a large impact on Asian animals; driving Vietnamese macaques into the water, making cranes dance, and inspiring one weird fish to go for a walk.

Christmas Day in New Zealand means summer, and while the kiwi shuns the sun, sea lions, penguins and dolphins make the most of the extra hours of daylight.

It's Mother's Day on the Indian subcontinent. For a mother Bengal tiger, it's time to train her cubs to hunt, while lions and cobras start the mating season.