BBC Wildlife - UK (2019-12)

December 2019 BBC Wildlife 99

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OURWILD WORLD

1 Treetopstando

Ourfirstdayonsafariin

RanthamboreNational

Park,India,hadalmost

finishedwhena territorial

youngtigerclimbed

uptoinvestigatethis

slothbear.It wassuch

anexcitingmoment,

I couldbarelyfocus

ontakingtheshot!

AbhijitSinha,

Mumbai, India

2 Walkinginthesky

Duringa helicopterride

overthislakeinTanzania,

wewatchedflamingo

chickswadingthrough

theshallowwater.It was

perfectlycalm,likea

mirror,reflectingboth

thebirdsandthe

cloudsabove.

Tony Zhang, London

3 Hideandeat

Crabspidersare

commoninourgarden,

waitingfortheirpreyto

landona flower.I love

howthecoloursofthe

flowerscomplementthe

spiderandthebee.

RomanWilli,Lucerne,

Switzerland

4 Frog’s-eyeview

I waswalkinga trailin

BuxaTigerReserve,India,

withthreefriendswhenI

noticedthiscommontree

frog.Thewide-anglelens

I usedcaptureshistiny

sizeincomparisonto

thecottontree.

ArghyaAdhikary,

Kolkata, India

5 Junglesnack

Afterfourhoursof

trackingthroughthe

BwindiImpenetrable

NationalParkinUganda,

wefoundthishuge

silverbackgorillabusily

foraging.Hegaveusa

glance,quicklydecided

wewerenomatchforhim

andreturnedtoeating.

Joseph Shelly, Leeds