Zoologist Mark Carwardine got a bit more than he bargained for while photographing the kakapo, an endangered flightless parrot native to New Zealand. Accompanied by Stephen Fry and a camera crew, Carwardine approaches the bird gingerly with a camera, snapping photos of the strange avian. The bird, however, was much less delicate in its own intentions. Since it's such an endangered species, one must assume it has been pining for some attention from the opposite sex -- green bird, green shirt. In a bird's mind, I suppose that's all it takes. Can you blame it?
All in a day's work for zoologists and wildlife photographers, I suppose. I've been charged by geese a few times, but hopefully I'll never have to deal with something this awkwardly hilarious. Wildlife photographers of the world: what's your strangest, funniest, or most scarring experience while photographing animals?