Comedy Wildlife Photo finalists – in pictures
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
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Say Cheeeeeeese
A couple of triggerfish looking into the camera in Faial, AzoresPhotograph: Arturo Telle/Comedywildlifephoto.com
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Talk to the Fin
A magellanic and a gentoo penguin hanging out on the beach on the Falkland Islands [This caption was amended on 26 October 2022 because they are not both gentoo penguins; on the left is a magellanic penguin]Photograph: Jennifer Hadley/Comedywildlifephoto.com
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Tight Fit
An eastern screech owlet tries to look out of the nest it shares with its mum, in a park in Florida, USPhotograph: Mark Schocken/info@comedywildlifephoto.com
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Not so cat-like reflexes
A three-month-old lion cub tries to descend a tree in Serengeti, TanzaniaPhotograph: Jennifer Hadley/Comedywildlifephoto.com
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Fight Back
This salmon decided to slap the bear in the face rather than be lunch, in Alaska, USPhotograph: John D Chaney/Comedywildlifephoto.com
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Misleading African viewpoints 2
A hippo yawns next to a heron standing on the back of another hippo in Kruger national park, South AfricaPhotograph: Jean Jacques Alcalay/Comedywildlifephoto.com
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Stop and stare
A proboscis monkey in a tree next to the Kinabatangan River, in Sukau, BorneoPhotograph: Andy Evans/Comedywildlifephoto.com
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Buckaroo
A zebra does a great impression of the 80s children’s game Buckaroo in Amboseli, KenyaPhotograph: Vince Burton/Comedywildlifephoto.com
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Romantic
A brown bear in Martinselkonen, FinlandPhotograph: Valtteri Mulkahainen/Comedywildlifephoto.com
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Excuse Me ... Pardon Me!
A duckling walks across a turtle-covered log at the Juanita wetlands, Washington, USPhotograph: Ryan Sims/Comedywildlifephoto.com
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Maniacs
Lappet-faced vultures displaying on the ground, in Mpumalanga, South AfricaPhotograph: Saverio Gatto/Comedywildlifephoto.com
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Pegasus, the flying horse
An Indian sarus crane drives an antelope away from its nest to protect its egg at the Keoladeo national park, IndiaPhotograph: Jagdeep Rajput/Comedywildlifephoto.com
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Hello Everyone
A raccoon on a Florida beach being fed shrimpsPhotograph: Miroslav Srb/Comedywildlifephoto.com
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It’s all kicking off!
Wallabies play-fighting on the beach in Cape Hillsborough, Queensland, AustraliaPhotograph: Michael Eastway/Comedywildlifephoto.com
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Keep Calm and Keep Your Head
King penguins at Volunteer Point, East FalklandPhotograph: Martin Grace/Comedywildlifephoto.com
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Can I borrow honey from you until tomorrow?
A brown bear in Martinselkonen, FinlandPhotograph: Valtteri Mulkahainen/Comedywildlifephoto.com
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