Close calls with wild animals

Posted on 18 May 2020

Getting in touch with Mother Nature is important. Sometimes though, Mother Nature wants to get in touch with us. ‘When you look a wild animal in the eye, it’s like catching a glimpse into the soul of nature itself’, said Paul Oxton.

Being out in the wild, whether on safari or deep in the ocean, animals can sometimes get a little too close for comfort. Take a look at these incredible encounters:

 

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A roadblock in the bush is a little bit different to its city life counterpart. Video: @dan_on_a_reserve

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Unbelievable encounter with humpback whales in Antarctica. 🐋 How would you react? | Video by: @zet.freiburghaus

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Sound On! 🔊 A killer whale giving filmmaker @olly_scholey a very close inspection… 😮 Whose jealous? What would your reaction be? . 🎥 By: @mullettover / @olly_scholey . “This encounter is one of the luckiest I have ever had – seeing a killer whale in clear blue water in the open ocean is extremely rare. We didn’t really know how they were going to respond to us, and given they were transient / Biggs killer whales (the type that eat either large fish or marine mammals) we were a tad apprehensive about getting in the water with them..! After the pod had crashed past us at around 10-12kts, this youngster started to really interact with us – an experience I will never forget!! Turn the sound on to hear the beautiful vocalisations the orca was making.” . This work was performed under the authorisation no 15-ORAC-19 issued by the government on 07.06.19

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