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James Lucas

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May 2, 2024 • 31 tweets • 8 min read • Read on X

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Animals interrupting wildlife photographers - a thread 🧵

1. A curious fox by Dan Dinu

2. A friendly seal by Art Wolf

3. Photographing meerkats by Will Burrard-Lucas

4. Baby deer and baby wolf by Liba Radova

5. An inquisitive cheetah by Stu Porter

6. Meerkats get up close and personal with wildlife photographer Nick Kleer

7. Cheetah assistant by Chris du Plessis

8. Dances with Wolves by Michael Schönberger

9. A naughty fox by Gary Mann

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.

11. Hide and seek by Dalia Kvedaraite

12. "Let me have a go" by Leopold Kanzler

13. Vadim Trunov captured this beautiful moment of a squirrel and a bird playing with a camera

14. A meerkat fearlessly climbs up on the back of photographer Jami Tarris

15. Close up by Lonel Onofras

16. Mozilla Firefox requests camera permission by Anthony White

17. "How dare you take my picture" by Blain Harasymiw

18. Coolest selfie ever by Larry A. Slomski

19. An absolute masterpiece by Simon Roy

20. Curious cub wants to see himself by Frank Augustein

21. Caption this photo by Chris Montano

22. Grizzly bear gets behind photographer Jim Lawrence's lens

23. "Nice spot to catch my breath" by Keith Kirk

24. No sudden movements by Lynsey Addario

25. "Now back up a little" by David Schultz

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

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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