Resembling a cross between a gremlin and a tiny koala, the spectral tarsier emerges before dusk and spends the night jumping from tree to tree on the hunt for food. It has eyes larger than its brain, a head that can rotate 180 degrees, ears that can detect the twitch of an insect from as far as 10 metres away. The local guides in Tangkoko nature reserve, Sulawesi, informed me that this tree was home to a family of Tarsiers. We arrived before Dawn and waited - sure enough, not long after it started to get light the tarsiers returned from a night of hunting. I was able to get this shot before they headed inside the tree to sleep. #Tarsier #Tangkoko #Primate #Nocturnal #Tree #Small #Indonesia #BBC #EarthOnLocation
As I followed a group of giant otters in the Pantanal, they came across a plastic bottle floating in the water. They approached with curiosity, and passed it around, before an adult scooped it up in its hands and took it to shore in apparent disgust. It was a rare sign of the human world in this mostly pristine wilderness. #Pantanal #Brazil #Pollution #BBC #EarthOnLocation #GiantOtter #Plastic #River #Wilderness #Animal #Wildlife
I had been camping in a remote valley on the Arctic island of Svalbard for several weeks. As the season warmed and the flowers started to bloom, I noticed a young Arctic fox becoming more and more inquisitive. One day as I sat eating my lunch he curiously approached me. I grabbed my camera, which had a 300mm lens attached but by now he was too close to frame up. As I slowly moved back I took this shot before he dived for my lunch and ran off with a cheese sandwich. #Svalbard #Arctic #Fox #Curious #Wildlife #Nature #BBC #EarthOnLocation #Tundra
