Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019

The first prize in the Wildlife Photography Contest 2019 found the 'owner' which was a 'Moment' photo, taken by Chinese photographer Yongqing Bao. The picture perfectly captures a startled squirrel when he encounters a wolf, from the pose to the squirrel's facial expression during the moment of danger.

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 1

In 2019, more than 48,000 photos from the Wildlife Photography Contest were sent from more than 100 countries around the world. Here are the pictures that won the top prize in the contest.

"Glow in the night"

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 2

The photo, taken by Cruz Erdmann, New Zealand, won the first prize in the category for 11- to 14-year-old photographers.

'Cheated face'

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 3

The photo was taken by Indian photographer Ripan Biswas, who won the first prize in the animal portrait category.

"Get up early"

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 4

Riccardo Marchgiani, Italy made this photo and it was awarded to the category for 15 - 17 year old photographers.

"Birds suck honey"

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 5

The photo was awarded the first prize for the award category for photographers under 10 years of age, by Thomas Easterbrook.

'Nomads on the snow'

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 6

This photo was awarded the first prize for the animal and environmental category, by photographer Shangzhen Fan, China.

"Architecture of an army"

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 7

A photo of a weaver ant taken by photographer Daniel Kronauer, USA, won the award for mollusks.

'The world in the lake'

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 8

Manuel Plaickner, photographer from Italy won the category of amphibians and reptiles.

'Landing eagle'

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 9

The bird award was given to photographer Audun Rikardsen, Norway.

"Painting of life"

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 10

Photo of Zorica Kovacevic, USA won the botanical and mushroom award.

"Eel forest"

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 11

The award for aquatic animals was awarded to the "Eel Forest" photo by David Doubilet, USA.

"The battle of strength"

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 12

The great moment was taken by Ingo Arndt, Germany. The photo won the mammal category.

"Mice"

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 13

Photo of winning an animal category in the city of Charlie Hamilton James, UK.

"Construction"

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 14

The photo was taken by Vilariño Lopez, Spain, who won the award in the environmental category.

"One imprisoned"

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 15

The first prize in the journalism photography category was awarded to Alejandro Prieto, Mexico, with the photo "One imprisoned".

"Time to act"

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 16

The picture was taken by Jasper Doest, Netherlands, winning the storytelling award.

"Painting of the snow"

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 17

Photos of Max Waugh, USA won in black and white photo category.

"Icy moment"

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 18

Jérémie Villet, France with "Ice Moment" won an award in the category for emerging stars.

"Flock of birds"

Squirrel 'heart pounding' upon seeing wolves, received the First Prize of the Wildlife Photography Competition 2019 Picture 19

The award for the impressive photo album of the year goes to Stefan Christmann, Germany for "Bird".

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