Clownfish with eyes peering out of their mouths and a cheeky fox making off with an egg headline Wildlife Photographer of the Year
There were almost 50,000 entries from professionals and amateurs from 92 countries
Kara Dolman
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FROM Africa to the Arctic, the seas to the sky, these are some of the incredible pictures put forward for this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
Qing Lin, from China, captured these clown fish – just like the ones in the kids’ movie Finding Nemo – in Indonesia. Remarkably, each has the eyes of a parasitic isopod visible in its mouth.
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These clown fish all have the eyes of a parasitic isopod visible in its mouth and were snapped in Indonesia by China finalist Qing LinCredit: PA:Press Association
There were almost 50,000 entries from professionals and amateurs from 92 countries for the annual competition.
The winners will be announced at London’s Natural History Museum on October 17 and an exhibition of the pictures will run from October 20.
Here we bring you a selection of the amazing submissions . . .
France finalist Laurent Bellesta's snap of a mum introducing her pup to the icy waters in AntarcticaCredit: PA:Press Association
A cunning Arctic fox is snapped by Russia finalist Sergey Gorshkov with its dinner in its mouth after raiding a snow goose nestCredit: PA:Press Association
Justin Hofman, from the US, captured this seahorse clutching an ear bud on a reef near to Sumbawa Island in IndonesiaCredit: PA:Press Association
A soaking-wet bald eagle in Alaska, US, caught the attention of Germany's Klaus NiggeCredit: PA:Press Association
A snarling Sumatran tiger cub is snapped by American Steve Winter after it had been rescued from a snareCredit: PA:Press Association
This close-up of a majestic tusker in Kenya's Masai Mara is by New Zealander David LloydCredit: PA:Press Association
Young Wildlife Photographer finalist Ashleigh Scully, who is just 15 and from the US, snapped a cub holding on to its mumCredit: PA:Press Association
A shadowy image of a red squirrel sleeping by Sweden finalist Mats AnderssonCredit: PA:Press Association
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