{"id":178243,"date":"2023-11-27T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T22:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kiwikidsnews.co.nz\/?p=178243"},"modified":"2024-01-05T09:59:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T20:59:59","slug":"air-guitar-kangaroo-wins-photo-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kiwikidsnews.co.nz\/?p=178243","title":{"rendered":"Air guitar kangaroo wins photo competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-sourcepos=\"4:1-4:163\">The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are back, and this year the grand prize goes to Australian photographer Jason Moore for his photo entitled &#8220;Air Guitar Roo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"6:1-6:285\">Moore&#8217;s hilarious photo captures the moment a young female Western Grey Kangaroo appeared to be jamming out on an invisible guitar with his eyes closed in bliss. The photo was taken in a field filled with kangaroos hopping around clusters of flowers in the suburbs of Perth, Australia.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"8:1-8:213\">Moore said he was out with his camera photographing some waterfowl at a nearby lake when he decided to take a detour past the field of kangaroos. He&#8217;s glad he did, because that&#8217;s when he snapped the winning photo.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"10:1-10:137\">Moore said that kangaroos are usually &#8220;fairly docile and even a bit boring most of the time,&#8221; but this one was clearly feeling the music.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"12:1-12:191\">The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are chosen from thousands of submissions every year. 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