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Animals interrupting wildlife photographers - a thread 🧵

1. A curious fox by Dan Dinu Image
2. A friendly seal by Art Wolf Image
3. Photographing meerkats by Will Burrard-Lucas Image
4. Baby deer and baby wolf by Liba Radova Image
5. An inquisitive cheetah by Stu Porter Image
6. Meerkats get up close and personal with wildlife photographer Nick Kleer

7. Cheetah assistant by Chris du Plessis Image
8. Dances with Wolves by Michael Schönberger Image
9. A naughty fox by Gary Mann Image
10. Photographer Barbara Jensen Voster accidentally dropped her camera in Botswana where she was photographing a lion pride.

The lioness picked it up, played with it, then took it to her cubs to play with. A very expensive toy. Image
11. Hide and seek by Dalia Kvedaraite Image
12. "Let me have a go" by Leopold Kanzler Image
13. Vadim Trunov captured this beautiful moment of a squirrel and a bird playing with a camera Image
14. A meerkat fearlessly climbs up on the back of photographer Jami Tarris Image
15. Close up by Lonel Onofras Image
16. Mozilla Firefox requests camera permission by Anthony White Image
17. "How dare you take my picture" by Blain Harasymiw Image
18. Coolest selfie ever by Larry A. Slomski Image
19. An absolute masterpiece by Simon Roy Image
20. Curious cub wants to see himself by Frank Augustein Image
21. Caption this photo by Chris Montano Image
22. Grizzly bear gets behind photographer Jim Lawrence's lens Image
23. "Nice spot to catch my breath" by Keith Kirk Image
24. No sudden movements by Lynsey Addario Image
25. "Now back up a little" by David Schultz Image
26. The photographer's assistant by Djamel Hadj Aissa

27. This scene is unreal.

Chimpanzee uses wildlife photographer JC Pieri’s hands to drink water and then washes them at the end as a thank you.

28. A silverback Gorilla seconds before punching photographer Christophe Courteau Image
29. Mama cheetah interrupts photographer Nick Kleer to proudly show him her little cubs.

30. Friendly cheetah wants pets from wildlife photographer Casey Cooper.

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