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Which of these nature photos is your favourite?

A close up picture of greenish yellow bug waiting on an orange flower Image source, Joseph Ferraro, Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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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.

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!

A group of flamingos stand below some power lines, with a pinky orange sky in the backgroundImage source, Alexandre Brisson, Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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.

Lots of dolphins swimming closely together in a big groupImage source, Cecile Gabillon, Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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.

A small yellow crab with bright eyes sits on a green jellyfishImage source, Chris Gug, Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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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.

A grey bird with a red head is beak to beak with its little yellow chick, which is sat on its backImage source, Ponlawat Thaipinnarong, Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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.

A brushtail possum is perched on a tree branch whilst another one hangs off of the same branch below itImage source, Charles Davis, Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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.

A close up of a sleeping baby sloth which looks camouflaged in its mum's furImage source, Dvir Barkay, Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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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.

A tiger with wide, dark stripes is walking through the trees in the darkImage source, Prasenjeet Yadav, Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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.