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Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards 2022: This year's finalists
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Title: Keep calm and keep your head Description: Two King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at Volunteer Point in the Falklands. The right hand bird may have an inscrutable expression but it must be wondering where its mate's head has gone. Perhaps it is a Rudyard Kipling scholar: 'If you can keep your head when all about you. Are losing theirs and blaming it on you ... Animal: King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) Location of shot: Volunteer Point, East Falkland Credit:Martin Grace/ Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Pegasus, the flying horse. Description: Actually this is Indian Saras Crane attacking a Bluebull from behind, the bull happened to venture close to Saras's nest, where in, it had laid a single egg. The Saras Crane, which is tallest flying bird in the world, opened it's huge wings and attacked the bull from behind, driving the bull away from the nest. Animal: Bluebull and Indian saras Crane. Location of shot: Keoladeo National Park, India. Credit:Jagdeep Rajput/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Your Picnic's Mine! Description: When this Southern Cassowary sat confidently down on a picnic blanket, it scared all of the picnickers away and start eating up the fish and chips that were laid out before it. I captured this photo just as this cassowary swallowed some food, lending the bird a cheeky and mischievously satisfied look! Cassowaries, touted as the ‘most dangerous bird in the world’, roam the beachfront of Etty Bay on most afternoons, raiding picnics and frightening many unaware tourists. Armed with dagger-like claws and often being territorial and aggressive towards intruders, cassowaries command respect and most people keep a safe distance from them. I spent several days photographing and documenting their behaviour at Etty Bay, where these wild birds regularly come into contact with humans and have become comfortable approaching people. Picnickers in this area often inadvertently attract these birds with food, however human food can have a negative effect on their health. Cassowaries are well known for being important seed dispersers in their rainforest ecosystems, and when their diet strays from natural seeds and fruits, their important seed dispersal role diminishes. Animal: Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) Location of shot: Etty Bay, Queensland, Australia Credit:Lincoln Macgregor/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Misleading African viewpoints 2 Description: Hippo yawning next to a heron standing on the back of another hippo Animal: Hippo Location of shot: Kruger National Park, South Africa Credit:Jean-Jacques ALCALAY /Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Maniacs Description: Lappet-faced Vultures in display Animal: Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) Location of shot: Kruger National Park (South Africa) Credit:Saverio Gatto/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Not so cat-like reflexes Description: This 3 month old cub and his sibling were in a tree. The other lionesses were in other trees and on the ground. He wanted to get down and walked all over the branches looking for the right spot and finally just went for it. It was probably his first time in a tree and his descent didn't go so well. He was just fine though after landing on the ground. He got up and ran off with some other cubs. Animal: Lion Location of shot: Serengeti Tanzania Credit:Jennifer Hadley/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Fight Back Description: This salmon decide to punch the bear in the face rather than be lunch. Animal: Bear Location of shot: Alaska Credit:John D. Chaney/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Curtain Call II Description: This little guy had a blast playing with a stick . I also had a very good time watching him . Animal: Black Bear cub Location of shot: Wi. U.S.A. Credit:David Shaffer/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: You can't see me, can you? Description: A little owl hides in the chimney of a collapsed house in Bulgaria Animal: Little owl Location of shot: Senoklass, Bulgaria Credit:Lukas Zeman/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: I jump instead of flying Description: The screech-owl chose to jump instead of flying. He was a bit lazy.:) Animal: screech-owl Location of shot: Hungary Credit:Tamea Ambrus/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Happy Feet Description: This chick has grown old enough to take to the seas and fish for their own food. Animal: Emperor Penguin Location of shot: Antarctica Credit:Thomas Vijayan/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Hello everyone Description: I photographed raccoon on a Florida beach, where I fed him shrimps. Then he thanked me like that. Animal: raccoon Location of shot: Florida Credit:Miroslav Srb/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Buck-a-roo! Description: A zebra does a great impression of the 80's children's game Buck-a-roo. It also looks like its been fart-powered :) Animal: Zebra Location of shot: Amboseli, Kenya Credit:Vince Burton /Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Barf Description: This picture of a Picasso Triggerfish was taken in Marsa Shagra, Egypt. The fish just vomited the coral residues that it picked up while nibbling on the coral. Animal: Picasso Triggerfish Location of shot: Marsa Shagra, Egypt Credit:Paul Eijkemans/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Romantic Description: Photographed in the Finnish taiga in the town of Martinselkonen. This is the center of Finland. Animal: Brown bear Location of shot: Martinselkonen, Finland Credit:Valtteri Mulkahainen/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Excuse Me... Pardon Me! Description: A duckling walking/waddling across a turtle covered log at the Juanita wetlands, the duckling fell off after a few turtle crossings, it was cute. Animal: a duckling and turtles Location of shot: Juanita Bay Park, Lake Washington, Kirkland, WA Credit:Ryan Sims /Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Tombstoning Guillemot Description: the Guillemots were arriving with fish for their young and seemed to just dive into the middle of the horde of young ones. Animal: Guillemot Location of shot: Farne Islands Credit:CORINNE KOZOK/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Mum life Description: A baby long-tailed macaque clings on to its weary mother. Animal: Long-tailed macaque Location of shot: Singapore Credit:Sophie Hart/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Lisping Squirrel Description: We encountered this little squirrel when climbed mountain in June. When noticed our approaching, instead of escaping right away, he just kept standing on the edge of cliff and overlooked into the distance, then turned around to staring at us as if we had interrupted his meditation. We left him with some biscuits for inconvenience and I took a photo of him telling thanks, just found that he was a lisper. Animal: squirrel Location of shot: Zhuque National Forest Park, Xi'aan, China Credit:Lee Zhengxing/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Tight Fit! Description: I was going to see and photograph this eastern screech owl nest in a local park in Florida. One morning, a few days before the two owlets fledged, one owlet tried to squeeze into the nest hole with Mom, maybe to see the outside world for the first time. It was hilarious and I was glad I was there that morning to photograph it. The moment lasted only a few seconds as Mom didn't seem very happy with the arrangement. Check out the expression on her face. Animal: Eastern Screech Owl and Owlet Location of shot: Largo, Florida, USA Credit:Mark Schocken/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Rushing Little owl fledgeling Description: I was told that I can find a lot of little owls in the Judean Lowlands in Israel. So, I went on a journey early in the morning and really, I found a lot of little owls standing on the ground, on stones, near the nest and on tree branches. Suddenly, my eyes were caught by two fledgelings that were playing with each other on the ground. One of them crossed my field of vision. I started taking pictures in sequence and this is what came out... Animal: Little owl fledgeling Location of shot: south of Israel (Judean Lowlan) Credit:Shuli Greenstein/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: What shall I write next?Credit:Torie Hilley/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: The Comedian Description: She calls her children, and the picture shows that she is laughing at those in front of her Animal: monkey Location of shot: Abha saudi Credit:Ahmed Alahmed/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: I CU boy ! Description: Few hundred miles away we went to explore wildlife of a small town named ‘Bikaner’. It was after almost a year I travelled because of covid. We hired a guide to explore places around. During last day of our trip we came across a pipe in a city where we spotted an owlet. I have earlier clicked owls in a pipe before so I was sure that I wasn’t mistake. We waited for a short while and it didn’t take a long time and one of the spotted owlet came out of the pipe. It was really funny when he came out and looked at me straight, before going inside he closed one of his eyes and felt like he wanted to say I CU boy ! and I immediately snapped a picture when he gave this pose. Animal: Spotted Owlet Location of shot: Bikaner, India Credit:Arshdeep Singh/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Three headed ("Kerberos") Description: The three cubs seem to form the three-headed dog of Greek mythology. Animal: Kamckatka brown bear cubs Location of shot: Kuril lake, Kamchatka, Ruissia Credit:Paolo Mignosa/Comedy WIldlife 2022
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Title: Do You Have a Moment to Talk About Our Lord and Saviour, T-Rex? Description: Two black-headed gulls squabbling over territory during the breeding season, at RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk. Animal: Black-headed gull Location of shot: Minsmere, Suffolk, UK Credit:Alex Cooper/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Uncomfortable pillow Description: These elephant seal weaners were practising their jousting skills for many minutes before they collapsed in exhaustion. One looks to be resting far more comfortably than the other! Animal: Southern elephant seal Location of shot: Snow Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Credit:Andrew Peacock /Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Shark Moose Description: Is this bull moose smiling ... or getting ready to attack!? Animal: Moose Location of shot: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA Credit:Jorn Vangoidtsenhoven /Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: cute Description: Monkeys of the city of Abha, where they gather and steal food from people in various ways Animal: Monkey Location of shot: Abha Credit:Ahmed Alahmed/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Monkey wellness center Description: Walking near a cambodian temple where groups of wild monkeys lived, I came across this scene: a wild monkey in total relax, while its friend was taking care of it. Animal: Monkey Location of shot: Cambodia, Baphuon Temple Credit:Federica Vinci/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Funny Walk Description: The swan was in the middle of a fight with another swan, chasing him around on a frozen lake. The photo was taken in Maksimir Park, Zagreb, Croatia. Animal: Mute Swan Location of shot: Maksimir Park, Zagreb, Croatia Credit:Bojan Bencic/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Can I borrow honey from you until tomorrow? Description: Photographed in taiga Finland, in the town of Martinselkonen. Animal: Brown bear Location of shot: Martinselkonen, Finland Credit:Valtteri Mulkahainen/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Jumping Jack Description: A red squirrel jumps during a rainstorm, so you can see the drops flying around. Animal: Red Squirrel Location of shot: The Netherlands, Maashorst Credit:Alex Pansier/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: "I'm gonna strangle you!" Description: I was following a group of meerkats on foot in the Kalahari Trails Game Reserve, in South Africa. Most individuals, including adults, were in a playful mood. It gave me a unique opportunity to capture very interesting and dynamic interactions between some members of the group. In the photo that I have selected, there is no aggression between individuals, but rather an interaction that reminds us of humans when one of your friends jokes about you and you pretend to strangle them and, in response, they open their mouth like a simpleton :-) Animal: Meerkats or suricates (Suricata suricatta) Location of shot: Kalahari Trails Game Reserve, South Africa Credit:Emmanuel Do Linh San/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Talk To The Fin! Description: This was shot on the Falkland Islands. These two gentoo penguins were hanging out on the beach when one shook himself off and gave his mate the snub. Animal: Gentoo Penguin Location of shot: Falkland Islands Credit:Jennifer Hadley/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: It's all kicking off! Description: Apart from its beauty, Cape Hillsborough is renowned for its resident kangaroos and wallabies. I visited the area for three consecutive sunrises, but it was on my final morning that I captured this beautiful spectacle, two wallabies playing / fighting on the beach as the sun burst through the surrounding clouds. Animal: Wallabies Location of shot: Cape Hillsborough, Queensland Credit:Michael Eastwell/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: The Wink Description: An American Red Fox casually walked up to the edge of the woods and sat down, then turned around and gave a wink. Moments later, this sly fox disappeared into the trees. Animal: American Red Fox Location of shot: San Jose, California Credit:KEVIN LOHMAN/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: What do you mean smile?! I am smiling! Description: I spent a whole morning with this lion pride. One of the lionesses made some funny facial expressions after yawning, luckily for me she looked straight into the camera for a moment and I caught this fake smile. Animal: African Lion Location of shot: Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Kenya Credit:ALISON BUTTIGIEG/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: "Say cheeeese" Description: A couple of triggerfish looking into the camera, captured at the Azores.Even they may look funny, these fish can be quite aggressive. In this case they didn't attempt to bite me, but the domeport of my camera housing ended up with some scratches... life is hard... at least it wasn't me who was hurt Animal: Grey triggerfish, Ballistes capriscus Location of shot: Faial, Azores Credit:Arthur Telle Thiemann/Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Title: Stop and stare Description: After hearing Borneo's borders would reopen again in April 2022 I couldn't wait to visit and photograph some of the weird and wonderful wildlife on the island. After 2 years with no tourists it seemed like the wildlife was just as shocked to see me as I was to see them. This young proboscis monkey watched in amazement as I cruised by on the kinabatangan river. Animal: Probiscis monkey Location of shot: Kinabatangan River, Sukau, Borneo Credit:Andy Evans/Comedy Wildife 2022
