Aug 7, 2012
Photographer Max Waugh caught this confrontation between a coyote and a plucky otter in the freezing wastes of Yellowstone Park. The unsuspecting otter stuck its head out of an ice hole to find a hungry coyote looking straight at him. Undeterred, the otter leapt out and launched a pre-emptive strike that sent the hapless carnivore running away with its tail between its legs before it could even think of lunch.