Runner-up | Animal Behaviour
Butterflies regularly congregate on wet sand, mud and even on rotting plant and animal matter, to sip moisture from them and take in the necessary salts and minerals. Commonly referred to as puddling, in this image, you can see a Lesser Zebra, a Fivebar Swordtail and two Common Jays pictured on the Jayanti riverbed. The photographer’s perfectly-timed capture shows how butterflies eject excess fluids from their body before taking flight.