Gorilla making friends with duckling.

[Ponce]

Do you come here often? Heart-warming image of gorilla making friends with duckling among wildlife photography award winners


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2001152/Do-come-Heart-warming-image-gorilla-making-friends-duckling-wildlife-photography-award-winners.html#ixzz1Ojvjyve4

[gunDriller]

i hope it's not planning to do what that chimpanzee did with the frog. :o

[Dogman]

Thanks Ponce! Some very wonderful pictures on that link! 18 photos in all.


It was a scene that perhaps wouldn't have made the final cut of King Kong.

This lowland gorilla shares a moment of quiet reflection with a tiny mallard duckling, who seems fairly nonplussed about being in the presence of one of nature's most powerful beasts.

The heart-warming image is among Nature's Best Photography Magazine's wildlife photograph winners for 2010.

A stunning image of a frolicking bear in the woods and a dramatic scene of a hummingbird facing down a deadly viper were also among the winners of the competition, which received more than 25,000 entries.

The awards began with simple yet dynamic goals: to celebrate the beauty and diversity of nature through the art of photography, and to use it as a creative tool for encouraging greater public interest in outdoor enjoyment and conservation.

The annual Windland Smith Rice International Awards programme is among the most highly-respected and visually compelling nature photography competitions in the world. The Grand Prize was won by Tom Cairns for his shot of an Osprey grabbing a fish from a lake in southern Finland.
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[lapis]

i hope it's not planning to do what that chimpanzee did with the frog. :o


<Chokes on coffee>

Thanks a lot! I hadn't thought about that video in a while! Grrrr! :D