These award-winning photos capture nature at its most savage and striking

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Sam Haysom
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LONDON -- The winners of the 2015 Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards were announced this week -- and it's fair to say they all look pretty spectacular.

The photos below -- which the Natural History Museum has given Mashable permission to publish -- were chosen from a pool of over 42,000 entries (spanning 96 different countries), and will be featured at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the museum in London this October.

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The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition takes place at London's Natural History Museum from the 16 October 2015 to the 10 April 2016 (£15 adults, concessions and children TBC).

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