These are some of hilarious animal photos vying for the title of Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards winner this year.
After receiving more than 2,200 photo submissions, the judges narrowed the pictures down to a shortlist of 40 participants in seven categories.
This fantastic collection of photographs will have you giggling, from the lions who appear to be uncontrollably laughing to the headless penguins.
Get it?: An African lion looks like she finds something hilarious in the Maasai Mara in KenyaMice to see you: This harvest mouse is appearing to be waving at the camera in Cheshire back in May this yearAll smiles: A frog appears to have a big smile for the camera as a photographer in Russia picked the perfect momentCaught short: An unfortunate portrait of a buffalo in Meru National Park Kenya in July this year
Shake, rattle, and roll: This bateleur had been preening himself for 3 hours in the sun before taking off in Singita National Park, South AfricaUnlikely composer: An adorable little squirrel captured on a beautiful sunny day holding the stem of a flower in an unknown locationAll aboard: A little leopard tortoise jumps on friends back in the Tarangire National Park in TanzaniaThe fruits of labor: A European ground squirrel does everything to get these rose hips in Vienna, Austria
Beary nice to meet you: A mother polar bear takes a nap during the day while her cub is full of energy and gives the camera a wave in Manitoba, CanadaHe’s too young to be trunk: An adorable baby elephant appears to face plant the ground, Hwange National Park in ZimbabweSay cheese: Wide-Eyed Burrowing Owlet posing for selfies in front of a GoPro in Florida in May last yearBleeding the lizard: A huge Komodo dragon appears to exit a toilet in Indonesia (left) as a cheetah is photographed on the main road in a nature reserve in South Africa suddenly noticed a speeding sign, promptly sitting down as if to ponder this speed limit in HoedspruitA rare bit of hare action: Photographer Andy Howard spent more than five hours with a friendly mountain hare which appears to raise its paw to say hello, Cairngorms, ScotlandLook for the bare necessities: A European brown bear dances like nobody is watching in the forests of FinlandIt’s not that simples: Two meerkats appearing to have a dispute in Little Karoo, South Africa back in May 2015You’re finished: A yellow-painted frogfish appears to hit another in the face as it pushes forward in TaiwanWarrior stance: A colourful reptile holds up a twig as it is pictured looking like a warrior with a powerful stanceWhat a hoot: A snowy owl looks very content as it smiles for photographer Edward Kopeschny in Ontario, CanadaCorn in the gob: Eastern Chipmunk stuffing her cheeks with corn until they looked ready to pop in Wasaga Beach, Ontario, CanadaThe hunter becomes the hunted: A grizzly bear doing a bad job of catching a salmon at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, AlaskaJokes: A hyena appears to find something hilarious in a shot captured by Yaron Schmid in the Serengeti, TanzaniaTo the dancefloor: Two weaver ants – otherwise known as fire ants – appear to dance together in Bata, IndonesiaMirror image: Two wide rhinos organized back-to-back seem to be the rarest creature in Laikipia, KenyaYou what? Four pigeon burrowing owls stare directly at photographer Mario Gustavo Fiorucci, and one appears to tilt its head to get a better look in Santa Rosa, ArgentinaHead in the clouds: A bear appears to have wings growing from its head in a photo taken by Adam ParsonsDouble trouble: A mother and son leopard pair have a playful fight with photographer Ross Couper snapping a hilarious result in Singita Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South AfricaOff with their heads: Photographer Charles Kinsey captures a pair of ‘headless penguins’ as they preen themselves simultaneously in South GeorgiaHead’s gone: A tough day at the office for this fox in Yellowstone National Park, USAKeep your beak out of it: A nosey bald eagle peeks out from behind the rocks to check out what photographer William Saunders is up to, Cordova, AlaskaPeek-a-boo: A jungle babbler covers another’s eyes with its wing as its beak pokes through in Bharatpur, RajasthanOn the march: A wild owl appears to be walking along in a very serious manner in Lancashire, EnglandThe one that got away: A pelican looks distraught as it drops a fish thrown to it by a fisherman in Kerkini Lake, GreeceUndercover job: A stag gets himself into an unfortunate situation in Richmond Park, LondonKung fu owl: A wild little owl landing with one wing open and one wing closed, Lancashire, EnglandD’oh: A meerkat appears to look like it has just remembered it needs to be somewhere in Little Karoo, South AfricaSat Nav: Bighorn ram pointing out the way to travel in Gardiner, Montana, or perhaps unleashing its inner Basil FawltyPreach to the choir: A cape gannet bird is photographed appearing to give itís fellow birds a speech in Western Cape, South Africa
