Hilarious Pictures from the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

More than 1,500 snappers submitted their most hilarious pictures of all creatures great and small, and now 45 have made the cut. From drunken-eyed owls to embarrassed chipmunks and laughing goats – the finalists in the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are guaranteed to raise a smile.

‘Dancing sifaka’. (Photo by Alison Buttigieg/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘What you looking at? I’ve almost got it’. A gorilla picks its nose. (Photo by Oli Dreike/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘Whats going on over here?’ A curious albatross. (Photo by Sebastian Kennerknecht/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘Anyone asks, you haven’t seen me!’ A deers head is hidden by foliage. (Photo by William Richardson/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘Driver! Folow that gazelle!’ A big cat pokes its head round a car window. (Photo by Marc Mol/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘Selfie master’. An owl eyes up a gopro camera. (Photo by Megan Lorenz/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘That wasn’t me…’ An embarrased looking seal. (Photo by Jason Riley/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘Pants! Did i really do that last night…?’. (Photo by Yuzuru Masuda/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘Give me 3’. A duckling raises its foot. (Photo by Eric Gessmann/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘There’s no nuts left’. A squirrel in a feeding box. (Photo by John Brown/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘Be different’. A leopard appears to fall face forward into grass. (Photo by Mohammed Alnaser/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘Great joke — lol’. A leopard appears to laugh on it’s back. (Photo by Jeff Derx/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘I’m behind you’. A giraffe hides behind another. (Photo by Janet Miles/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘Wilderness speaks!’ A chimpanzee appears to gesture at the photographer. (Photo by Gil Gofer/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘Kung Fu squirrel’. (Photo by Julian Rad/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘…The same thing we do every night pinky – try to take over the world!!!’ Two chipmunks appear to be hatching a plot. (Photo by Aaron Karnovski/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘Laughing moose’. (Photo by Sami Rahkonen/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘Give us a kiss’. (Photo by Steven Biddlecombe/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘Wildlife comedy? Ha ha give me a break!’ Laughing goat. (Photo by Yuzuru Masuda/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘Fed up’. (Photo by Tony Murtagh/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

A swan chasing ducks. (Photo by Graham Brown/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

A guinea pig. (Photo by Julian Rad/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

A baboon with a crisp packet. (Photo by Maigorzata Szypula/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

A giraffe appearing to poke it’s neck out of a truck. (Photo by Marilyn Parver/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

Norma andersson’s entry. (Photo by Norma Andersson/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

Giraffe ‘with three heads’. (Photo by Tony Murtagh/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)

‘Last tango’. (Photo by Tony Dilger/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Mercury Press)