High fibre diet for polar bear

A camera-shy polar bear had enough when a group of photographers persisted in taking his photos and out-stayed their welcome. The bear charged towards the group which scattered into the safety of their vehicles, leaving their tripods unguarded on the ice. The polar bear then grabbed a tripod and made off with it, which greatly amused the photographers because he happened to pick the most expensive tripod - a  flagship carbon fibre model from Gitzo.

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Either the bear had good taste or he was told to go on a high fibre diet. Read the full report here.

Extreme dedication to wildlife photography

Think you're dedicated to capturing the best photos possible? Think again!

Wildlife photographer Greg du Toit wanted so badly to capture the perfect photo of wild lions drinking from a watering hole, that he submerged himself into the water to get into the right position. Nothing amazing about that you say, until you discover that Greg did that for three entire months before he nailed the amazing images of the pride wild lions lapping up to quench their thirst, eyeballing the strange dude in their drinking water!

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In his effort to capture the images from a unique vantage point, the 32-year old photographer spent 270 hours in the murky water. As a result, he contracted a host of deadly tropical diseases including malaria, Bilharzia as well as a variety of parasites living off his body.

Read more about Greg du Toit's amazing images here, or view the video interview here.

Amazing wildlife photos and experience

National Geographic has always been synonymous with great travel and wildlife photography, and this short video about the adventures of a wildlife photographer with National Geographic encompasses everything romantic about the life of the contributing photographers!

"Adventures, excitement. A Jedi craves not these things." said Yoda. Obviously the National Geographic photographers are low in the Force quotient!