Stefan Christmann

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It looks like it should be is the subject of a funny photo caption contest, but this Picture was Taken in China, the Qilian Mountains and deadly serious.

The Fox has surprised to start the Groundhog and a fight, causing the rodent to be killed.

Not even The Intervention of the marmot mother, the result may change.

"That's natural," says Yongqing Bao, with its striking image has earned him the first prize in the 2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

The Shot also thought Yongqing, the award was shared for The Best Picture in the mammal behaviour category.

persistence pays, if you Stake Out had a nature photographer, and Yongqing, an alpine meadow, the catch on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for several hours to be able to The Action .

The Fox is located, very quiet, in the hope that the case of a transfer of marmot surprised. It is a treat worked. In one of the grey images are liable to Yongqing, the camera, The Fox , the young rodent to the head in his mouth.

Roz Kidman Cox was the presiding judge. "The WPY competition behavior of entries like No Other . The World 's best photographers in The Field of animal-type behavior is always, and I must say, this image is one of The Best I've ever seen," she told the Bbc News .

This year, the junior-grand-prize-winner Cruz Erdmann for his night-time image of a bigfin reef squid in the Lembeh Straits of North Sulawesi , Indonesia. Cruz had joined in the 11-14 years category.

Always have a clear recording of the Schiller, a good portion need cephalopod technical know-how. "You have to Be Careful not to stir up the mud, if you are diving or you will get a lot of Spam responses from the strobe light. I was kicking with the legs, so that is the reason why the photo is very clear," he said.

WPY, as it is often called, is one of The Most prestigious competitions of its kind in The World of photography.

Started in the year 1964, The Competition is now organised by the London Natural History Museum.

An exhibition of The Best pictures in the South Kensington institution on Friday. Next year The Competition starts, entries from Monday.

scroll down for some of The Other category winners.

Land of The Eagle by Audun Rikardsen, Norway

the winner of 2019, behavior: birds. This shot was Audun reach three years. He had carefully placed, an old branch in a position, where would come the golden eagles, into the country. A camera and flash would trigger as soon as a bird set.

Audun recalls: "she was so used to The Flash going on, it didn't seem to bother. I think you'll like, after you have Taken your Picture . "Crows , it would do well, but that was not quite the image she was after.

The urge of Stefan Christmann , Germany

winner 2019, Wildlife Photographer of the Year Portfolio Award. The toughest of the tough. More Than 5,000 Emperor penguins gather in their classic huddle formation, The Wind hit, and in the late winter cold on the sea-ice in front of the Ekström Ice Shelf in East Antarctica. These are the male birds, the eggs incubate on their feet. The females have a path to the sea to feed.

"The Rat Pack " by Charlie Hamilton James, United Kingdom

the winner of 2019, Urban Wildlife . Charlie was shooting on an assignment for National Geographic , The Rats of The World . This group he found in the Wall Street district of Manhattan, New York .

The rodents were living under a barbecue, surrounded The Base of the tree. In the night they would run through the trash can in front of a hotel, and feed themselves. Charlie lifted his camera and fired the shutter with a remote trigger from a few feet away.

"It's been 30 rats were probably living under the grate. She was so used to me in Three Days , that one of them came and stood on my feet," said Charlie.

The architectural army of Daniel Kronauer, USA

the winner in 2019, and behavior: invertebrates. These army ants in Costa Rica do not build a nest in the ground or in an old tree. Instead, they construct it from their own bodies, hanging chains from the branches in the positioner. Inside the passages and chambers are, where you have to protect their Queen and care for their young.

"Pretty much Every Day , it melts dismantling of this structure; it is, and you carry the larvae through the rain forest, the establishment of a new bivouac maybe 150m away," said Daniel. "It is beautiful. I thought the nest looked like a crown or a Cathedral. "

snow-exposure of Max Waugh, USA

the winner of 2019, Black and White. No WPY is complete without a good "whiteout" - image. This bison was captured in Yellowstone National Park . The bison wants to get in on the buried grasses and sedges, and so makes a hole through the brush to your face from side to side.

"I was in situations like this before where I was playing with slower shutter speeds," said Max. "I think that's part of what makes this a good image - The Snow is blurred. I just waited until the bison raised his head and fired a few shots. "

snow-plateau nomads of Shangzhen Fan, China

the winner of 2019, animals in their environment.

be seen A small flock of male chirú, cross a snow-covered slope in the Kumukuli desert in China, Altun Shan National Nature Reserve. These antelope live at elevations of up to 5,500 m, where the temperatures fall,- 40C. "You, as you say, the patches of bare sand, because that is where it is at its warmest", Shangzhen. The Photographer found this Picture from a kilometre away. In the same order, he saw two bears, the movement of a comb.

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