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Our Risky Moment competition published in Nature Daredevils invited young explorers to capture a risky moment in the wild – a split second when animals must make bold choices to survive. From daring leaps across rocky cliffs to dangerous river crossings, we received many hair-raising entries showing just how adventurous life in nature can be.
Leap for survival
Salmon leaping up a waterfall
Wild guinea pigs hunted by vultures
Crossing crocodileinfested waters
Water or wolves?
Snow leopard leap
Jumping wide gaps between rocks in steep mountain. Terrain could make it slip and lead to fatal problems. Powerful legs and long tail help to control balance in mid-air.
Ella, age 9, Edinburgh
Pine marten
This is a pine marten leaping away from a fire and over the jaws of hungry crocodiles. It's great jumping skills help it to escape.
Mountain goat
A mountain goat that can either jump on a small ledge and possibly fall down or get attacked by a mountain lion. The animal would cope with its unique hooves made to keep balance and its dangerous horns for defence.
Baby sea turtles racing to the ocean
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Thank you to everyone who sent in an entry for the African Animal Postcard competition, published in our Wild Africa: A Continent in Motion issue. You sent us postcards from every corner of Wild Africa – Ethiopian wolves hunting mole rats through mountain mist, flamingo chicks marching across soda l...
You've been designing brilliant new contenders for the Astonishing Amazon Animal Showdown – piranhas with jaws that regrow in whole quarters, a hoatzin that ferments its dinner in a throat pouch, a tailless whip scorpion that senses danger through its legs, and a jaguar with one of the most powerful bites of any mammal. Thank you to every reader who did the research and made the case for their champion.
