National Geographic judges have named the
2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year!
An orangutan peers from behind a tree in the grand prize winning image from Nature Photographer of the Year Jayaprakash Joghee Bojan. See All the National Geographic Nature Photography Winners
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"While looking for wild orang-utans in Tanjung putting national park, Indonesia, we witnessed this amazing sight of this huge male crossing a river despite the fact there were crocodiles in the river. Rapid palm oil farming has depleted their habitat and when pushed to the edge these intelligent creatures have learnt to adapt to the changing landscape, This is proof considering orang-utans hate water and never venture into a river. I got into the 5 feet deep river to get this perspective." -
Jayaprakash Joghee Bojan
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It makes me sicksick to think of all the animals who's habitats are being destroyed because MAN needs their land... It's just not right..
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