6 days Ago By Firstpost
African Leopard Fight: Two leopards scuffle at the Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana. Image Courtesy: Kevin Dooley/Nature’s Best Photography Bears Nursing: The look on this brown bear mother’s face seems to ask for,‘privacy, please!’ as the sow notices an approaching bear in the distance. Determining that the other bear is not a threat, she relaxes and falls asleep after her cubs finish nursing.
Image Courtesy: Jennifer Smith/Nature’s Best Photography Barred Owlets: This image of a barred owlet pulling on the feather of a sibling isn’t just unusual, cute, and funny. Image Courtesy: Glenn Nelson/Nature’s Best Photography Bengal Tigers: The mother teaches her tiger cub how to fight, giving a masterclass in survival. The tigers entered the water gracefully, and the scene unfolded.
Image Courtesy: Mangesh Desai/Nature’s Best Photography Saving the Monarchs: This monarch stretches its wings and maneuvers into a roosting place to join the other butterflies, packed in closely for protection and warmth. Image Courtesy: Jaime Rojo/Nature’s Best Photography Kit Foxes: In a heartwarming display of sibling affection, one fox encircles its tail around the other. They are perching on top of an underground den, where they will go to escape the scorching summer heat.
Image Courtesy: Brian Clopp/Nature’s Best Photography Egret and Ladyfish: A ladyfish chased a tiny fish; both leaped out of the water simultaneously as they passed the egret. The egret looked surprised and couldn’t decide which one to choose. Image Courtesy: Xiaoping Lin/Nature’s Best Photography Beluga Whales: A pod of belugas come within a few feet of the photographer.
Image Courtesy: Brett Freliche/Nature’s Best Photography Highliner During Annular Solar Eclipse: Hearing that an annular eclipse was happening —where the moon passes directly between Earth and the Sun — this climber devised a way to make an extreme sport even more extreme and, in this case, an elevated experience. Image Courtesy: Belva Hayden/Nature’s Best Photography Fireworks, Wildflowers at Sunrise: At dawn’s light on the Alto Paraíso (Highland Paradise) plateau, a stunning field of Paepalanthus mirrors the sun’s rays, giving the impression of self-luminescence. Image Courtesy: Marcio Esteves Cabral/Nature’s Best Photography.
