Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards 2022: This year's finalists
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 âmost dangerous bird in the worldâ, 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