Snow leopard wins top photo prize
A picture of an elusive snow leopard on a night-time prowl has won the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 award.
"I knew the animal would come; it was just waiting for the actor to walk on stage and break the beam."
This photo showing a young male lion harassing a thirsty giraffe at a waterhole
in Namibia has won this year's Young Photographer of the Year prize.
"Stage, action, story and onlookers combine to make an unforgettable scene."
Italian Stefano Unterthiner's photo of a mischievous Sulawesi black-crested
macaque won the competition's Animal Potraits category.
"He would leap at me and kick off my back like a trampoline," he recalled. "It was part play, part confrontation, part attention-seeking, part curiosity."
David Maitland's "deadlock" is this year's winner of the competition's
Behaviour: Other Animals category.
The photo of a fight between two white-tailed eagles
the top prize in the Behaviour: Birds category
clipped from: news.bbc.co.uk 
