foreign photographers without a doubt have one of the coolest jobs in the world ever in a lifetime moment is patience and being in the right place at the right time however sometimes there's just no secret as the animals once in a while tend to do the unexpected and end up surprising the photographer some photographers were lucky enough to encounter their dearest animal friends from up close settled too close on occasion welcome to another episode of YouTube tens and today we're bringing you 11 rare moments when photographers encountered animals too closely from a lioness stealing the
photographer's camera to a bare peacefully sitting next to a wildlife filmmaker and stay with us to see why the BBC cameraman got smacked in the nuts by this angry sheep we will see how the real life Timon used this photographer to find his best friend Pumba so without further Ado let's get started number 11 Lions sniffs cameraman imagine you are photographing a lion pride from a safe distance one minute and the next thing you know a curious huge lion is near you and sniffing your stuff this is the story of when wildlife photographer Graham Springer
came across a pride of lions peacefully roaring in the early morning it was simply another day at the office for him underneath his car he was carefully shooting the Lion's morning routine from a distance while his colleague filmed and captured a frightening encounter on camera one particular lioness took a different route and came freakishly close to him Graham did not have enough time to get into his car and had no choice but to stand still and wait the Lioness investigated him and his camera gear and left it was one of his most nerve-wracking experiences number
10. she EP goes nuts while it may not have been what the content creators were looking for a BBC cameraman was head-butted in the balls by an angry sheep and the video went viral on the internet after filming lions sharks snow leopards gorillas and all kinds of other potentially dangerous animals the cameraman may have been a little too trusting of this Cameroon sheep named Cecil at an animal park users on the internet wrote some crazy comments on the video when the BBC posted it on their YouTube channel with the title cameraman smacked in the nuts
by Angry sheep one user said never thought I'd see the BBC use nuts in their video title another one made a joke saying explain this to your insurance viewers were amused number nine bear friend the second largest species of bear in the world is the brown bear Drew Hamilton a photographer was in for a once in a lifetime meeting with one of these magnificent monsters a gigantic brown bear approached his station and sat right next to him while he was shooting and photographing other brown bears it was as if the bear had forgotten what kind
of species it was Drew could only keep calm and enjoy his new friend's company and he was probably Frozen in dread however after a few minutes the bear leaves his new human friend number eight magic meerkats not all close encounters run the risk of being deadly and dangerous meerkats are naturally curious animals scientists and filmmakers have been studying the animals for nearly two decades which means they are perfectly comfortable with being photographed some would even say they get a little too comfortable around us like these meerkats who not only came Incredibly Close to these two
Wildlife cameramen but even took some mid-afternoon shade just under their buttocks or this meerkat who climbed onto a cameraman's head and used him as a tall Lookout post to scan for potential predators and look out for its young number seven pack of wolves when photographer and filmmaker Steve bakshaw encountered an unexpected group of visitors a pack of wolves he was astonished wagging their tails and smelling Steve and his colleague the Wolves closed in on them one of their dog-like behavior one's imagination easily jumps to the conclusion that the wolves are the Forbidden Huskies my natural
reaction would be to run as quickly as possible but Steve and the crew remained cool wolves in the wild usually do not pose a threat to humans wolves are very cautious animals that generally avoid contact with humans but not to mention if provoked wolves are quite unpredictable and an encounter with them can turn lethal in a moment fortunately for Steve and his crew this pack was on a different Mission probably to return the favor and learn more about humans as well the Wolves became so friendly that they not only let Steve and his crew pet
them but they also began howling with him that's very cute when you watch this encounter you have to wonder whether this is how our forefathers domesticated wolves in the Stone Age well a word of caution do not attempt this in your local forests I don't have to tell you what could happen for Steve and his crew it was certainly a once in a lifetime experience don't you agree number six Rhino graphs photographer Kim decides to take some up close photographs of this black rhino with the sunset on the horizon as the background the shots are
amazing but what Kim doesn't figure out fast enough is that through the camera lens objects look a lot further away than they actually are Kim is however lucky enough to avoid the charging rhino as he dashes into the bushes the Rhino eventually leaves and Kim is lucky enough to survive the ordeal the photos were however worth the risk don't you think this other Rhino is either photophobic or doesn't want the world to know these photographers came too close to the Rhino and he didn't like it the photographers appear unconcerned about the charging rhino at first
but as the Rhino shows no indication of slowing down they become frightened these enormous tanks are known to charge towards vehicles and even overturn them with their short horns trespassers are not spared because they are territorial fortunately the photographers survived and are able to continue their lives but only after learning to keep their distance in the future and having a longer set of camera lenses number five pet hyena hyenas are famed scavengers and often dine on the leftovers of other Predators they are one of the animals with the strongest bite force in the animal kingdom
they are portrayed as deadly and those who have come across them can tell you that that's not a laughing matter however despite their cunning and Savage nature hyenas can turn out to be quite adorable don't agree with me then check out this full-grown male spotted hyena acting like a puppy Kevin Richardson is a wildlife conservationist and self-taught Sanctuary owner who works with African lions black leopards spotted hyenas and striped hyenas he is well known for playing football with lions and sleeping with them but check this out he is more than happy to give the hyena
a few more pets and show love to it the hyena doesn't even seem to mind and it somehow gives the impression that he's actually petting a dog don't you just love to see it number four cheetah cubs cheaters you probably already know they are the fastest land animals and can go from North to 60 in just three seconds for our next story meet wildlife photographer Kim woolhoota who has an up close encounter with a litter of cheetah cubs the Curious Cubs approach Kim as their mother watches from a distance undisturbed the mother continues resting as
Kim goes ahead and even pets one of the Cubs wouldn't you want to pet one look at how adorable they are it is a fantasy for most of us but for Kim it was a tick off his bucket list however do not try this in the wild because of the obvious reason that mother cheetahs are very protective and if you try something like this you might not be able to pet anything else ever again Kim was just lucky we might not say the same thing about you number three cute seal professional photographer Alexi trophimov had
an exciting and rare moment while out in Lake pipus in Russia Alexi had gone to photograph the Frozen wild as well as the seals throughout the winter Alexi had attempted for three years to photograph the seals but each time they noticed him they would disappear into the water beneath the ice fortunately his three years of patience were rewarded on this day as this adorable baby seal not only let Alexi get near to it but also lie still as he took photos the baby seal then lifted one of its flippers as if to say hello to
Alexi something he hadn't done at first or it could have been that he was saying goodbye to Alexi before Vanishing into the river what do you think baby seals are easily frightened and thus are hard to take pictures of but this particular baby seal was a special kind number two curious gorillas gorillas are the largest living primates and Uganda is known to be the home of thousands of silverback gorillas photographer John King was getting prepared to enter the dense forest in search of guerrillas for his next documentary however he was caught off guard as the
guerrillas approached him through the dense forest at the base camp a family of silverback gorillas encountered King and his team and the young and adult guerrillas came up close and personal Jon is even groomed by one of the Silverbacks the gorillas leave after a few minutes of interaction leaving John speechless before we reveal number one be sure to check out our other amazing videos on our Channel and give us a like if you enjoyed this video so far and tell us in the comments which one of these you like the most and why number one
photographer lioness professional photographer Barbara Jensen was filming a lion pride from her group in a 4x4 vehicle in botswana's machatu Game Reserve when a valuable piece of equipment dropped out of the vehicle and onto the ground as soon as the photographer dropped her expensive camera a protective lioness jumped up and moved towards the vehicle to see what was on the ground she came so close that Barbara and her crew had no chance to get their camera back and had to go away from it the Lioness then snatched up Jensen's camera and telephoto lens in her
mouth and carried at a distance before giving it to her Cubs who then pounced on their new toy and began playing with it they then dragged it through the dirt chewed on the lens hood and then fortunately like most kids soon grew tired with their new toy and left it behind after retrieving her abandoned camera Jensen found it was working perfectly aside from teeth marks across the surface because it was only aesthetic damage she never had it repaired because let's be honest what photographer can show off that their lens had been inside a lion's mouth
and that's it for the Times wild animals surprised photographers which of these animal encounters impressed you the most and which one would you wish to come face to face with or even pet let us know in the comments section below and if you liked this video you should definitely check out our video on your screen right now foreign foreign [Music] foreign [Music]
