Take a look at these amazing wildlife photos!

Feeling snappy? This little croc wouldn't hurt a fly...
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Take a look at these amazing pictures of plants and animals in nature!
They're some of the winning entries from The British Ecological Society's Capturing Ecology photo awards.
More than 1,100 photos were sent in to the competition from photographers in over 80 countries.
The overall winner was called 'Wouldn't Hurt a Fly' by Zeke Rowe, from the Netherlands, with his pictures of a group of flies perched on a crocodile's nose.
Zeke said: "I took this photo while on a break from research in Panama's Coiba National Park. This crocodile was lurking in a tidal marsh off the beach. I got as close and low as I dared, waiting for that direct eye contact."
"Winning my first competition has shown me that sometimes all it takes is some belief, and I am proud of myself for doing so." he said.
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Snots up with you? This picture of bighorn sheep taken by Peter Hudson in the Rocky Mountain range in the US was in the Highly Commended category.
Conservationists there are testing the sheep for pneumonia - which is a lung infection - to help keep them safe and healthy.

This picture is of an elephant and a dog at a rubbish dump in Ampara, in Sri Lanka, captured by Ashane Marasinghe.
It shows how humans have impacted the local wildlife there.
Conservationists there say that habitat-loss has meant that elephants have begun scavenging for food at rubbish dumps like this one.

Not quite a rattle you'd want to shake!
This snap captured by Ryan Wagner, shows a wild tiger rattlesnake in southern Arizona, in the US, with some funky markings.
The colourful patterns are used by conservationists to help identify snakes, in a similar way to how bands are used on birds.

This amazing snap by Jamal Kabir, won best picture in the Animals category.
Jamal captured this photo of a Wallace's Flying Frog perched on a leaf in a rainforest near to Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.

Who's looking at who? Sritam Kumar Sethy's image of a Common Mormon Swallowtail caterpillar took home the Ecologists' Choice prize.
The caterpillar is a master of deception and has markings on its body to make it look like a snake so it hopefully doesn't end up on the menu!

This cool picture of some green elf cup mushrooms on a log in Hampshire, was captured by Ben James, and came in Highly Commended.

This cool overhead shot by Joy Saha, shows thousands of sticks of jute - a type of tree that people can make fabric from - floating in the water. It came first in the Nature, Food and Farming category.