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Thu Oct 17, 2019, 08:22 AM Oct 2019

Startled Marmot and a Fox Lead the Way at Wildlife Photography Awards

From https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/world/asia/wildlife-photographer.html

Startled Marmot and a Fox Lead the Way at Wildlife Photography Awards
The winning image showcases “the humor and horror” of nature, the Natural History Museum in London said.


Yongqing Bao’s photograph of a Tibetan fox and a marmot in the Qilian Mountains in China won the grand title at this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest.

By Liam Stack
Oct. 16, 2019

Titled “The Moment,” the picture shows a Tibetan fox about to pounce on an almost comically startled-looking marmot.

The image earned the Chinese photographer Yongqing Bao the wildlife photographer of the year award at the Natural History Museum in London. One of 19 photographs honored by the museum, the picture spread widely online after the awards were announced on Tuesday.

But while the image may have granted the marmot its 15 minutes of fame, the rodent did not survive its encounter with the fox, according to the BBC. The museum described the picture as “a powerful frame of both humor and horror” that “captures the drama and intensity of nature.”

“This compelling picture captures nature’s ultimate challenge — its battle for survival,” Michael Dixon, the director of the Natural History Museum, said in a statement announcing the winners.

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Startled Marmot and a Fox Lead the Way at Wildlife Photography Awards (Original Post) sl8 Oct 2019 OP
Yikes... Awww damn, the marmet didn't survive? hlthe2b Oct 2019 #1
I understand that nature is what nature is... N_E_1 for Tennis Oct 2019 #2

N_E_1 for Tennis

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2. I understand that nature is what nature is...
Thu Oct 17, 2019, 09:00 AM
Oct 2019

Cruel to some, delightful to others in the same instant...but humor? What’s humorous about a slice of time that is one of the animal’s last pain free seconds of existence?

sl8, I know you didn’t write that, you only related the story.

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