Image Post — Year in Review 2016
Year in Pictures — Animal Photos
GoldenTwine Informatics has compiled the most memorable moments of the year 2016 under various categories like animals, natural disasters, music and cinema, festivals, memorable images, politics, sports, violence and terror, popular travel destinations, celebrities we lost, and tragic war.
Today we pick ten of the best animal photographs of the year 2016.
African Tree Pangolin, St Augustine, Florida
An African white-bellied tree pangolin baby hitches a ride on its mother at Pangolin Conservation, a nonprofit organization in St Augustine, Florida. The mammals are illegally killed for bush me at and their scales, which are claimed to have medical value.
Image Credits: Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark
Sloth, Quevedo, Ecuador
A sloth holds on to the post of a traffic barrier on a highway, in this handout photo provided by Ecuador’s Transit Commission, in Quevedo, Ecuador on 22 January 2016.
Image Credits: (Reuters)
Brazilian Porcupine
The Brazilian porcupine, also known as the prehensile-tailed porcupine, is a largely nocturnal species that spends some 85 percent of its time in trees. Sartore’s camera caught it at rest but alert.
Image Credits: Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark
Giant Tortoises, Aldabra Atoll
To escape the tropical sun on Aldabra atoll, giant tortoises take shelter in layers beneath any available foliage.
Image Credits: Photograph by THOMAS P. PESCHAK/National Geographic
Mountain Gorilla, Mapuwa Family
A silverback from the 22-member Mapuwa family emerges from the jungle to keep an eye on a ranger patrol. The park has largely succeeded in protecting mountain gorillas, its top tourist draw, from violence. Their population is now growing.
Image Credits: Photograph by Brent Stirton, National Geographic
Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve
Ye Ye, a 16-year-old giant panda, lounges in a wild enclosure at a conservation center in Wolong Nature Reserve. Her name, whose characters represent Japan and China, celebrates the friendship between the two nations. Ye Ye’s cub Hua Yan (Pretty Girl) is being trained for release into the wild.
Image Credits: Photograph by Ami Vitale, National Geographic
Tiger Temple, Buddhist Monastery
A pair of tigers soak in a shallow pool at the Tiger Temple, a controversial Buddhist monastery where paying visitors can interact with young adult tigers, in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, on March 16, 2016.
Image Credits: Amanda Mustard – The New York Times/Redux
Sperm Whale, Skegness, England
One of three sperm whales, which were found washed ashore, lays on a beach in Skegness, England, on Jan. 25, 2016.
Image Credits: Dan Kitwood – Getty Images
Female Chimpanzee, Pyongyang, North Korea
Azalea, a 19-year-old female chimpanzee whose Korean name is “Dallae,” smokes a cigarette at the Central Zoo in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 19, 2016.
Image Credits: Wong Maye-E – APWong Maye-E – AP
Baby Giraffe, La Fleche, France
A baby giraffe of Niger named Kenai, right, born on Aug. 25, 2016, kisses his mother Dioni at the zoo of La Fleche, France, on Aug. 31, 2016.
Image Credits: Jean-Francois Monier – AFP/Getty Images
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