Rare images from

Wildlife Photography

Life in the
wild isnt as
easy going
though, as
this python in
Sabi Sands,
South Africa,
found out
when a
leopard
pulled it out
of a tree and
ate it
by Villiers
Steyn/Caters

Life in the wild really is

red in tooth and tusk.. as
this buffalo discovered
when it unwisely butted
an elephant. The killer
elephant, in Masai Mara,
Kenya, impaled the
unfortunate beast on its
tusks, lifting the 500kg
buffalo high into the air,
before dropping its
lifeless body again.
Picture: Kim
Murer/Caters

Just hanging out in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda, famed for
its tree climbing lions. by Mary Lynn Campbell

A dramatic standoff between a jackal and a vulture who brazenly attempted to

steal his snack, a wildebeest bone. The jackal thought he had lunch sorted
when, out of nowhere, a vulture descended from the sky and attempted to
snatch the bone from him. The vulture tried its best to intimidate the jackal
with its towering wings, but ultimately failed as the jackal clung onto the bone.
by Ingo Gerlach Photography Website

Acrobatic
Elephants of
Mana Pools in
Zimbabwe,
Botswana
by Ken Watkins
Photography

A leopard cub plays with its moms tail at Londolozi Private Game Reserve in
South Africa. by Sergey Gorshkov Photography

Elephant calf standing tall in Kariega Game Reserve in South Africa

by specialist photography guide Jacques Matthysen.

Three Headed Giraffe, Kenya

by Tony Murtagh

Homer Eagle Take Off Homer Alaska

by Buck Shreck/Bucks Wildlife Photography

Happy Dancing Giraffes

by Matt West Photography

Lion cub waltz dance

by Wim Van Den Heever

A Stellers sea eagle steals a golden eagles prey in Kamchatka, Russia

Picture: Igor Shpilenok / Barcroft Media

A family of Japanese macaques huddle together for warmth in the mountains

of Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan
Picture: Ade Photography/Solent News & Photo Agency

Monkey Synchronised Jump

by wildlife photographer Marina Cano.

Laughing Lions
Big Cats always look so funny when you catch a pic of them mid-yawn.
by Joe Martinic Photography

Photographer Adhi Prayoga took this photo of a dragonfly being attacked by

2 ants on a stem of grass in Rembiga, Mataram, Indonesia. Eventually, but
not without a struggle, the dragonfly managed to escape unscathed.

Higgins the Rescue Staffie

jumping for snowballs
by Andy Rouse

Giraffe Love
at Copenhagen Zoo
by Peter Hausner
Hansen Photography

The Tail End A Playful young Leopard cub attacking his moms tail,
these are the special moments we hope for while on Safari.
by Andrew Schoeman Photography

Tender moment between Malaika the female Hitch-hiking Cheetah and her cub.
Masai Mara National Reserve , Kenya
by Sanjeev Bhor

Red Fox catching mouse under snow. With his exceptional hearing a red fox has
targeted a mouse hidden under 2 feet of crusted snow. by Michael Eastman

The very rare sight of a pride of lions successfully bringing down an elephant in
broad daylight. Only a handful of lion prides in Africa are know to have taught
themselves to actively hunt elephants. About 12 lions including cubs were
present. They waited calmly in the shade while this lion in this picture attacked.
by Ed Hetherington Photography

American photographer Randy Rimland captured a male lion cub seeming to

smile for the camera at the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia. There is a surprising
similarity to the wide grin of Carry On actor Sid James. Picture: Newsteam/PA

Lioness & Cub, Den Move by Rahul Matthan

This is the moment an unlucky bird was plucked from mid-air by a

sparrowhawk. The scene was caught on camera by photographer Margitta
Schuff Thomann at the Isola Della Cona nature reserve in Italy.

A tiny mouse makes a bid for freedom as a hungry owl swoops down
behind it. Photographer Roman Lobanov captured the huge owl swooping
down behind the tiny mouse before pouncing on the unlucky rodent and
flying off with its prey, in Rybinsk, Russia.

Photographer Scott Cromwell captured the split-second moment when a

chameleon went in for the kill. Mr Cromwell watched as Geoffrey, a 17-monthold chameleon released his tongue towards a mantis and hit it straight on.

University student Morgan

Trimble photographed this
shoebill trying to eat her
camera tripod after being
released into the wild. The
bird had been hand-reared in
captivity by conservationists
since it was rescued from
poachers as a chick.
Picture: MorganTrimble/BNPS

Two polar bear cubs play tug of war with bowhead whale skin at the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in North Slope, Alaska.
Picture: Steven Kazlowski / Barcroft Media

Ant Tower !!
In a bid to make an escape
from a bird cage, a 10-strong
army of ants link up to turn
themselves into a ladder. The
insects climbed on top of each
other to form a tower to try
and reach the top of the cage.
Indonesian photographer
Fahmi Bhs captured the antics
near his home in Jakarta.

Traffic comes to a standstill as two lions decide to roll around in the middle of a
road on the edge of the Nairobi National Park in Kenya. Commuters were forced to
watch the ten-minute display, before the lions left the road. Picture: Gareth Jones

These protective lionesses refuse to take it LION down when a male

approaches their cubs, and all hell breaks loose among the pride in the Mara
Triangle, within the heart of the Masai Mara in Kenya, Africa.

Im ready for my close-up Bantu, a lion cub born in Columbia, checks out
the interest. Photo: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images

Time For A Nap!!!

Photographer : Pat Ulrich

Love At First Sight!!!!

Photographer : Dino Odoardo Giberton

Kingfisher Triumphant Splash!

Photo : Danny Green / Rex Features

Polar Bear Playfight

by Alexey Tishchenko

A jackal and a vulture fight for food in the Giants Castle Nature Reserve in the
Drakensberg region of South Africa. Wildlife photographer Mitchell Krog
captured the fighting as the creatures scrapped over scattered bones

Mitchell Krog also captured a group of black-backed jackals that arrived

on top of the mountain in the late afternoon to come and steal the meaty
bones that were placed out for the vultures.

An African fishing eagle catches a fish in Lake Baringo, Kenya

Picture: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images

Feeding Giraffe, Masai Mara, Kenya

by Rainer Tewes

Bears are increasingly coming out of the forest in search of food. This one made
for a remote train station, believed to be Tarbinskaya in Krasnoyarsk region. The
creature lunged at the station window, protected by metal bars.

Thirsty Cubs
The Nkuhuma Pride of Lions in the Manyaleti Game Reserve Quenching
Thirst Aftaer Feasting on a Zebra Kill by Andrew Schoeman Photography

Balancing Act !!
Wildlife photographer Brian Matthewss photo of a fearsome Komodo
dragon seeming to balance on two feet

Smiley Face !!
The brightly
decorated peacock
spider much like
his feathered
namesake uses
color to show off to
the female of the
species. Its
markings appear to
form a face including
eyes, nose, a mouth
and even ginger hair
which is unique to
this species, called
Maratus speciosus.
The tiny spiders are
only about four to
five millimetres in
length.
Picture: JURGEN
OTTO / CATERS
NEWS

Two brown bears appear to be gossiping as they play in the snow at the
Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, northern Germany
Picture: SVEN HOPPE/AFP/Getty Images

Surfs up !!
Dolphins surf along a wave during day three of the Association of Surfing
Professionals World Tour event in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. by Nic Bothma

Its shark week somewhere !! A great white shark breaches while hunting
its favorite food, the Cape fur seal. by Daren Fentiman / Zuma Press

Ugandan Elephant with a dancing bird on its back..

by Jonothan Hen-Boisen

A lion takes a leap in the Masai Mara National Park, Kenya

by Charlotte Rhodes

A hungry leopard
dived into a muddy
watering-hole to
catch a fish and
emerged completely
covered in mud. The
leopard looked
almost completely
unrecognisable, as it
climbed out of the
waterhole spotless
and caked in mud at
Leopard Hills, a
private game reserve
in South Africa.
Picture: Hugo
Breed/Pride
Lodges/Caters