From a monkey fashioning a swing out of his siblings’ tails to a turtle giving the world the middle finger, 44 of the world’s funniest wildlife photographs have been chosen as finalists in the 2020 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.
Now in its fifth year, the global, free-to-enter competition is probably the world’s funniest photography competition, gaining popularity every year.
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This year’s finalists were announced on 10 September and the winner will be announced on 22 October.
With their work cut out for them, the judges will spend the next few weeks poring over the hilarious and high quality entries to select an overall winner.
A poorly penguin, a fox cub and mouse in negotiations, a tree-dwelling animal that hurtled head-first into a hole, and a couple of bear cubs looking to steal a bakkie wheel.
These are just some of the hilarious finalists in this year’s competition.
Founded by Paul Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullam who are both professional photographers and passionate conservationists, the competition aims to showcase seriously funny wildlife images while at the same time highlighting the extremely important message of wildlife conservation in an engaging and positive way.
There is a number of distinguished judges on the judging panel, but there is also the People’s Choice awards where members of the public get to vote for their favourite image.
Visit www.comedywildlifephoto.com for more information on how you could be in line to win, just by voting for your favourite entry.
As part of this year’s competition, the organisers are promoting their ‘conservationist at home’ message.
This includes tips on shopping locally and responsibly, putting plant boxes on your windowsills, flying long-haul only if you really have to, and how to become a ‘wild influencer’.
For more information, visit the Wildlife Comedy Photo website.
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