Winner | Animal Behaviour


Mangesh R Desai

Winner | Animal Behaviour

Maasai Mara National Park, Kenya

Termite Control

Look up images of hyenas hunting and you will most likely find scenes of a pack feeding on carcasses of animals like antelopes, wildebeest or even lions! Yep, a pack of hyenas can take on some large animals. But here, a Spotted Hyena has climbed on top of a termite hill, to make the most of what was available. What can we say? Some days you fight, and some days you termite!


Mangesh R Desai

Mangesh R. Desai is an MBA graduate who discovered his passion for wildlife photography a decade ago. Having started his journey, like many others, in the parks of Bandhavgarh, Kanha and Tadoba, he moved away from the Central Indian tiger landscape and began photographing the wildlife of the Himalayas and the African subcontinent. Mangesh is always on the lookout for a unique frame in the wild.