Which of these nature photos is your favourite?

This picture shows a tiny ambush bug waiting very still on a flower to catch its prey. Joseph Ferraro took the photo near his front door in Michigan in the US.
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From a jellyfish carrying a crab, to a very sleepy sloth..!
These are some of the photos that have been shortlisted for a special award as part of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
The award is called the Nuveen People's Choice Award and it's voted for by the public.
The winner, along with four runners-up, will be announced on 25th March. Their photographs will go on display at the Natural History Museum in London.
Take a look at some of the amazing entries below!
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This image shows a group of flamingos stood below some power lines at a bird sanctuary in Namibia in Southern Africa.
It was taken during sunset by Alexandre Brisson, just as two flamingos flew into the air.

Cecile Gabillon was free-diving in the Pacific Ocean, near Costa Rica, when she managed to get this picture of a superpod of spinner dolphins.
They were hunting lanternfish together, by herding them up towards the surface of the ocean.

Did somebody call a taxi? Chris Gug spotted this young crab riding on a jellyfish whilst he was scuba diving at night in North Sulawesi in Indonesia.

This image shows a sarus crane beak-to-beak with its one-week-old chick in Buri Ram in Thailand.
Ponlawat Thaipinnarong, who took the photo, said he avoided disturbing the birds whilst he watched them by lying still for several hours a day.

At first glance, this photograph captured by Charles Davis looks just like a mirror image!
It shows a brushtail possum and her joey climbing a branch whilst they're out foraging in Tasmania, Australia.

Look closely and you'll spot a baby three-toed sloth having a snooze in its mum's arms, as she shelters it from the rain. Dvir Barkay, who took the photo, spotted the sleepy sloth at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica.

This rare tiger has wide, dark stripes that can sometimes make it seem completely black.
Prasenjeet Yadav managed to take this picture at a tiger reserve in India after spending months tracking his trails and setting up hidden cameras.