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