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Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Check out these amazing pics!

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family-of-owlsImage source, Andrew Lee / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Say cheese! Aren't these tiny owl chicks the cutest?! After days of waiting, photographer Andrew caught the precious moment when a mum and her brood suddenly turned in his direction! Perfect timing!

Image source, Andy Parkinson / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Brrr! We're getting cold just looking at this fluffy hare ball! Photographer Andy spent five weeks watching mountain hares in the Scottish Highlands to capture this perfect spherical shape.

Image source, Andrey Shpatak / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Woah, check out this dude! You'd be forgiven for thinking it was some kind of alien. This is the Japanese warbonnet - an unusual fish that lives among the stones and rocks of shallow coastal waters.

Image source, Guillermo Esteves/Wildlife Photographer of the Yr
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That's one surprised hound! This large moose took an interest in the furry visitor and the driver of the car wasn't able to move before the moose came over to say hello.

Image source, Mogens Trolle / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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This colourful mandrill is the alpha in his troop because the colours on his snout are so bright. Capturing this primate is difficult because they love to hide in tropical forests in remote parts of Central Africa.

Image source, Neil Anderson / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Ok, ok - this is definitely a contender for the cutest (and comfiest!) animal ever! This Eurasian red squirrel is having a snooze in a nest box photographer Neil put up on a pine tree in the Scottish Highlands.

Image source, Robert Irwin / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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A fire line leaves a trail of destruction through woodland near the border of the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve in Cape York, Queensland, Australia. The area is of high conservation significance, with over 30 different ecosystems found there, and is home to many endangered species.

Image source, Sergio Marijuán Campuzano / WPY
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Spot the kittens! These two Iberian lynx kittens camouflage perfectly with these hay bales in Spain. The reintroduction of the species to eastern Sierra Morena, Spain, has seen them, in more recent years, take advantage of some human environments.

Image source, Thomas Peschak / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Check out this glimpse into a magical underwater world! The green sea turtles seen here are endangered species, but at locations in the Bahamas they can be observed with ease. An ecotourism project run by fishermen (some who used to hunt turtles) uses shellfish scraps to attract the turtles to the dock.

Image source, Wim van den Heever/Wildlife Photographer of Year
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This photo looks like something straight out of The Lion King. This powerful portrait of a huge male lion was taken on the Serengeti in Tanzania.