BBC Wildlife - UK (2020-05)

May 2020 BBC Wildlife 99

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OURWILD WORLD

1 Intheshadows

Crestedblackmacaques

areendemictotheisland

ofSulawesi,Indonesia.

Seeingtheminthe

wildwasa humbling

experience,ashumans

areresponsiblefortheir

biggestchallenges.

I wantedtocapture

whatwouldbelostif

wedon’tprotectthem.

KevinDeVree,Erpe-

Mere, Belgium

2 Fancyfeet

Probablythemoststylish

insectI foundinEcuador

• thisAmazonianleaf-
  footedbugsitsatop
  a purpleporterweed
  flower.Thelegsofthese
  bugshaveevolveda leaf-
  likeappearanceasa
  defencemechanism.
  Jamal Kabir, Birmingham

3 Waterght

Thisactionshotoftwo

hipposfightingwastaken

earlyonemorningatthe

SunsetDamnearLower

Sabiecamp,Kruger

NationalPark.

Antionettemorkel,Port

Elizabeth, South Africa

4 Treetoptreat

Ona triptoLabahe

NatureReserve,Sichuan,

China,wewerelucky

enoughtoseefivered

pandasinoneday,all

feedingoncrabapples.

Thiswasthefirstone

wesawinthemorning.

AnndeWinter,

Bedfordshire

5 Eyetoeye

Therelationshipbetween

a jackdawanda deerwas

somethingI hadalways

wantedtophotograph.

I visitedRichmondPark,

Londonand,withinan

hour,I sawthispairand

startedsnappingaway.

Lookingthroughmy

photos,I realisedI had

caughtthemomentthe

deerlookedrightinto

thejackdaw’seyes.

Rosie Barrett, Essex