18 beautiful pictures of wildlife in 2017

The best photos in the finals of the Year of the Wildlife Photo Contest organized by the Museum of Natural History, London, England, have been revealed. Watch these wonderful pictures and learn the interesting stories behind them.

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A brilliant Resplendent Quetzal seo bird is carrying food for his two children in the Costa Rican cloud forest.For the birds to feed their children without being startled, the photographer Tyohar Kastiel wears the same shirt every day, waiting for the same place in the forest before dawn.

The Laura Albiac Vilas family was lucky enough to capture the Iberian wildcat right near the path in the Sierra de Andújar nature park.This is an endangered breed, only two small populations exist in Southern Spain.

The mating moment of a pair of sea snails (also known as the "sea angel") under the sea of ​​Okhotsk in the Russian Far East was recorded by photographer Andrey Narchuk.

The sunrise scene was taken from inside a giant saguaro cactus that could have been 200 years old by photographer Jack Dykinga in the Sonoran Desert National Reserve.

Photographer Justin Hofman captures an image of a seahorse riding on a plastic swab in the reef area near Sumbawa Island, Indonesia.Sea water here is in serious pollution.When the tide rises, the garbage floats to cover the water surface.

Photographer Erlend Haarberg recorded scenes of mountain rabbits fighting each other during mating in the maple forest in Vauldalen, Norway.In order to keep track of these wars, he had to stay in the forest for many freezing nights.

During the drought in Kruger National Park, South Africa, Impala monkeys came near the lake to drink water and were attacked by a Nile crocodile.Photographer John Mullineux has captured the moment of alligator attack and the spectacular jump of the antelope.

The fierce gaze of a 6-month-old tiger is disabled and must live in a zoo.The tiger was discovered in tropical rainforest in the province of Aceh on Sumatra island, Indonesia, in a state where its hind legs were trapped and must be removed.

The picture of Weddell's mother swimming in the icy waters of the East Antarctica of Laurent Ballesta photographer.

Clownfish photographed by photographer Qing Lin while diving at Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

The true and crisp image of the great head elephant is recorded in the sunset sun in Kenya's Maasai Mara National Reserve by photographer David Lloyd.

A mosquito bird resting on a tire after hunting insects around a farm in Ecuador's Jardin de los Sueños reserve.

A Arctic fox is holding a snow goose egg on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean.

The lovely moment of the brown bear mother playing at Lake Clark National Park in Alaska was recorded by photographer Ashleigh Scully.

A white-headed eagle with soggy fur makes it look like bald after days of rain in the Dutch harbor on Amaknak Island in Alaska.To capture this close-up shot, photographer Klaus Nigge took days to get used to the eagles and approached them.

The group of African wild dogs surrounds a prey they have just hunted at Zimbabwe's Mana Pools National Park.The light in the picture was the torch of a nearby camper.To catch this moment, photographer Greg du Toit had to lie down on the sand.

The giant Atlantic seahorse is 5 meters in diameter, surrounded by predatory fish by photographer Jordi Chias Pujol.

A portrait of a 15-centimeter tall toad sits on the banks of the Tiputini River in Ecuador's Yasuní National Park captured by photographer Jaime Culebras.