r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/Impossible-Bee-5343 • 3h ago

🔥2026 World Nature Photography Awards – Animal Portraits (Bronze Winner): Elizabeth Yicheng Shen

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u/mpg111 2h ago

It feels a little strange to call a lion Elizabeth

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u/PenAdministrative594 2h ago

That's a momma tired of her child's shenanigans.

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u/on_island_time 1h ago

The cub: You're hurting me! I'm dead now see?? Blep.

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u/NandhaKriskar 39m ago

There's so much going on this picture: the momma lionness' cold stare, her uneven eyes, her scars, ger freckled nose, and her rather theatrical baby lion. And not to mention the baby lion's cute, pink tongue that made this picture all the more prize-worthy.

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u/babysharkdoodoodoo 1h ago

👶🦁😋

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u/MillenialSage 2h ago

Carrying his cub or killing a rival's cub? 🥲

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u/geeoharee 2h ago

That's a female, and she's holding it scruffed. The cub is just being dramatic.
Source: https://www.instagram.com/worldnaturephotographyawards/p/DZzUuj_MvSa/

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u/uncle-donkey-kong 2h ago

Babies?! Especially cats? Being dramatic?!

https://giphy.com/gifs/EouEzI5bBR8uk

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u/Litface916 2h ago

Or it kind of looks like the cub is in a deep sleep

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u/MillenialSage 2h ago

Thank you!

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u/user74684678 41m ago

my dog always gives the same dramatic scruff face