20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Silverback's yawn
On a gorilla trek in Bwindi, Uganda, we spent a magical half hour with the "bweza" family ("pretty" in the local dialect). With these magnificent gentle giants on the verge of extinction - only a few hundreds left in the wild - the experience was extremely emotional. Silverback was relaxing after a major rain and thunderstorm only hours earlier. Even though he seems like he's suffering from indigestion, all the picture shows is the tail end of a yawn.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 09.2022 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2022 |
Photo Location: | Uganda |
Camera: | NIKON D7500 |
Copyright: | © Arie Katz |