Photography

Cutest and Funny Finalists Of The 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards

From smiling triggerfish to a waving raccoon, the shortlisted images for the 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photo awards have been announced. Whittled down from thousands of entries submitted by professional and amateur photographers from around the world, we’re presented with a wonderful mix of hilarious wildlife. The winners will be announced on 8 December.

Say Cheeeeeeese

A couple of triggerfish looking into the camera in Faial, Azores. Photograph: Arturo Telle/Comedywildlifephoto.com

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Talk to the Fin

Two gentoo penguins hanging out on the beach on the Falkland Islands. Photograph: Jennifer Hadley/Comedywildlifephoto.com

Tight Fit

An eastern screech owlet tries to look out of the nest it shares with its mum, in a park in Florida, US. Photograph: Mark Schocken/Comedywildlifephoto.com

Not so cat-like reflexes

A three-month-old lion cub tries to descend a tree in Serengeti, Tanzania. Photograph: Jennifer Hadley/Comedywildlifephoto.com

Fight Back

This salmon decided to slap the bear in the face rather than be lunch, in Alaska, US. Photograph: John D Chaney/Comedywildlifephoto.com

Misleading African Viewpoints

A proboscis monkey in a tree next to the Kinabatangan River, in Sukau, Borneo. Photograph: Andy Evans/Comedywildlifephoto.com

Stop and stare

A proboscis monkey in a tree next to the Kinabatangan River, in Sukau, Borneo. Photograph: Andy Evans/Comedywildlifephoto.com

Buckaroo

A zebra does a great impression of the 80s children’s game Buckaroo in Amboseli, Kenya. Photograph: Vince Burton/Comedywildlifephoto.com

Romantic

A brown bear in Martinselkonen, Finland. Photograph: Valtteri Mulkahainen/Comedywildlifephoto.com

Excuse Me … Pardon Me!

A duckling walks across a turtle-covered log at the Juanita wetlands, Washington, US. Photograph: Ryan Sims/Comedywildlifephoto.com

Maniacs

Lappet-faced vultures displaying on the ground, in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Photograph: Saverio Gatto/Comedywildlifephoto.com

Pegasus, the flying horse

An Indian sarus crane drives an antelope away from its nest to protect its egg at the Keoladeo national park, India. Photograph: Jagdeep Rajput/Comedywildlifephoto.com

Hello Everyone

A raccoon on a Florida beach being fed shrimps. Photograph: Miroslav Srb/Comedywildlifephoto.com

It’s all kicking off!

Wallabies play-fighting on the beach in Cape Hillsborough, Queensland, Australia. Photograph: Michael Eastway/Comedywildlifephoto.com