The annual Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards compile the most hysterically candid photos of animals in the wild. The animals are caught pulling faces, striking funny poses, and seemingly laughing at themselves for how ridiculous they look.
The winning photographers receive a THINK TANK camera bag and trophy, but the contest is about more than just the prizes. The founders of CWPA, Tom Sullam and Paul Joynson-Hicks, started the competition to raise awareness of wildlife conservation issues in partnership with the Born Free Foundation.
OVERALL WINNER 2017: An owl struggles to keep his grip as his owl friends look the other way in Opusztaszer, Hungary.
Alex Walker's Serian on the Land Winner: A baby dormouse seemingly laughs on a yarrow flower in Monticelli Brusati, Italy.
Kenya Airways in the Air Winner: Widgeon flying in Preston, England.
Padi Under the Sea Winner: A green turtle vs a Napoleon maori wrasse in Queensland, Australia.
Highly Commended: Three king penguins approach the only church on South Georgia Island appearing to be headed for services in Grytviken, South Georgia Island.
Highly Commended: A blue wildebeest stands on a mound in Masai Mara, Kenya.
Highly Commended: Two monkeys test-drive a motorbike at Tangkoko Batuangus Nature Reserve, Indonesia.
Highly Commended: A sea otter cheers after sleep in Elkhorn Slough, California.
Highly Commended: A polar bear mother with a cub hitching a ride in Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Canada.
Highly Commended: Two mudskippers sing their hearts out on tidal mudflats in Krabi, Thailand.
Highly Commended: A red fox surveys his shot in San Jose, California.
Highly Commended: Eurasian brown bears in the middle of a quick tryst in Harghita County, Romania.
Highly Commended: A wild rabbit collects nesting material in Belgium Flanders, Bredene, Belgium.
Finalist: Highly Commended: A young elephant seals looks shocked at his friend's revelation in San Simeon, California.
Finalist: A red kangaroo starts his day with some martial arts in Fowlers Gap, Australia.
Finalist: A harbor seal looks to be getting a good laugh about something in San Diego, California.
Finalist: A giraffe checks plane safety in Masai Mara, Kenya.
Finalist: A lion does his best Carry On impression in Tanzania.
Finalist: An American black bear reaches back to rub his back against a small tree in Redwood Meadows, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Finalist: Three elephant seals put on a show in South Georgia Island.
Finalist: A confused worm is pictured in Hong Kong, China.
Finalist: A Japanese Macaque, or snow monkey, gives some attitude at Jigokundani Monkey Park near Nakano, Japan.
Finalist: A red ghost crab adjusts and cleans one of its eyes at the Frazergunj Beach in West Bengal, India.
Finalist: A female burrowing owl looks exhausted as four of her owlets vie for her attention in Florida.
Finalist: A baby lemon shark shows a big smile in Bimini, the Bahamas.
Finalist: A Kamchatka brown bear is pictured in Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
Finalist: A gnu examines its perplexing shadow at the watering hole at the hide in Mkhuze Park, South Africa.
Finalist: A fish smiles to the camera in Sipadan, Malaysia.
Finalist: A mother bear and cub play in Suomussalmi, Finland.
Finalist: A nose-horned chameleon dances on the end of a branch in Andasibe, Madagascar.
Finalist: Fox cubs pictured playing in County Meath, Ireland.
Finalist: A squirrel scratches himself in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Finalist: A gorilla grimaces as he emerges from a bush in Virunga National Park, Rwanda.
Finalist: A mother brown bear just wants some peace and quiet in Martinselkonen, Finland.
Finalist: A burrowing owlet is embarrassed by kissing behind him in Salton Sea, California.
Finalist: Two king penguins standing firm while another seems to be giving them orders in the Falkland Islands.
Finalist: A large breeding colony of Gentoo penguins on Culverville Island, Antarctica.
Finalist: A tiny chameleon doesn't quite understand how its camouflage mechanism is supposed to work in Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Finalist: African wild dogs enjoying a good joke at Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa.
Finalist: A raven teases a bear in Kuhmo, Finland.
