Hungry caracals, lonely hyenas... Keep calm and enjoy these wildlife photos
Go wild over these images that won big in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest
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Ghost Town Visitor: A brown hyena among the skeletal remains of a long-abandoned diamond mining town in Kolmanskop, near Luderitz, Namibia. Image Courtesy: Wim van den Heever/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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After the Destruction: A longhorn beetle in the Lepini mountains, Lazio, Italy. The photo tells a poignant story of habitat loss. If the beetles’ habitat is disturbed or destroyed, the effects ripple across the entire ecosystem. Image Courtesy: Andrea Dominizi/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Meet the Neighbours: While Luca Lorenz was photographing mute swans on an urban lake, a coypu photobombed his frame. Image Courtesy: Luca Lorenz/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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The Feast: An Atlantic fishing vessel during a polar night in northern Norway. Image Courtesy: Audun Rikardsen/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Mad Hatterpillar: A gum-leaf skeletoniser caterpillar taken in Torndirrup national park, Western Australia. This caterpillar’s unusual headgear is made up of old head capsules, each retained with every moult. Image Courtesy: Georgina Steytler/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Cat Amongst the Flamingos: A caracal hunting a lesser flamingo in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Image Courtesy: Dennis Stogsdill/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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End of the Round-up: A black-tailed rattlesnake outside Fort Davis, Texas, US. Image Courtesy: Javier Aznar Gonzalez de Rueda/Wildlife Photographer of the Yea
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Deadly Allure: The fluorescent world of an insect-attracting pitcher plant. Image Courtesy: Chien Lee/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Frolicking Frogs: A gathering of lesser tree frogs in a breeding event on Kaw Mountain, French Guiana. Image Courtesy: Quentin Martinez/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Orphan of the Road: An orphaned giant anteater pup follows its caregiver after an evening feed at a rehabilitation centre in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Image Courtesy: Fernando Faciole/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Seal Serenity: A harbour seal enjoying the patter of the rain on the archipelago of Heligoland, Germany. Image Courtesy: Luca Lorenz/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Caught in the Headlights: An orb weaver spider on its web on a pedestrian bridge, silhouetted by lights from the cars below, taken in Ibbenburen, Germany. Image Courtesy: Simone Baumeister/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Like an Eel out of Water: Peppered moray eels (Gymnothorax pictus) hunt in the intertidal zone often coming completely out of the water in their pursuit. Image Courtesy: Shane Gross/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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How to Save a Species: Groundbreaking science attempts to save the northern white rhino from extinction through in vitro fertilisation (IVF), in Ol Pejeta, Nanyuki, Kenya. Image Courtesy: Jon A Juarez/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Vanishing Pond: A springtail among a galaxy of neon green gas bubbles in Austrian moorlands. Image Courtesy: Sebastian Frolich/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
