When you ask anyone to talk about the Earth's wildlife, you'll probably get a super cliché description. Something that probably revolves around how majestic and beautiful the world's creatures are.
But like us humans, wildlife can get caught in hilarious situations, provided you snap a photo of them at the perfect (or rather, imperfect) moment.
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards serve exactly that purpose, celebrating the funny side of (wild)life.
42 photos have made it into the final shortlist for this year's competition, with more than 7,000 entries submitted from all over the world in 2021.
The awards, founded by photographers Paul Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullam, serve to promote wildlife conservation through the universal language and reach of humor. And quite frankly, that's a brilliant idea.
"The huge number of images we receive every year illustrates the appetite there is to engage with conservation and reminds us that wildlife truly is incredible and hilarious, and we must do all we can to protect it," said Joynson-Hicks.
"Whittling down the list of photographs was harder than ever this year. It was great to see a range of animals, from the incredibly rare to the humble pigeon."
Take a look at a handful of this year's finalists below:
A fan-throated lizard seemingly proud of itself. IMAGE: Aditya Kshirsagar / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021
A little gosling peeking from the side of wooden bench leg. IMAGE: Charlie Page / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021
A pied starling that doesn't look too happy with you. IMAGE: Andrew Mayes / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021
Apparently this racoon is famous for trying to break into people's houses in France. IMAGE: Nicolas De Vaulx / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021
A polar bear cub photo-bombing its parents. IMAGE: Cheryl Strahl / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021
Nothing seems to be going right for this pigeon. IMAGE: John Speirs / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021
A pair of gophers goofing off. IMAGE: Roland Kranitz / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021
A dragonfly that's happy to see you. IMAGE: Axel Bocker / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021
Some racoon cubs talking shit about you behind your back. IMAGE: Jan Piecha / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021
A gray seal pup also giggling at something. IMAGE: Martina Novotna / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021
A kodiak brown bear making itself at home in a sandpit. IMAGE: Wenona Suydam / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021
A very cheerful snake. IMAGE: Aditya Kshirsagar / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021
A boxfish pouting is thick-as-hell lips. IMAGE: Philipp Stahr / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021
A monkey that slipped and fell in the wrong position. Ouch. IMAGE: Ken Jensen / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021
"WHY???" this marsupial asks the heavens. Or maybe it's pointing at the monkey's balls (above) being crushed. IMAGE: Lea Scaddan / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021
10 percent of the competition's proceeds will go to the Save Wild Orangutans organization, which works to protect orangutan populations and forest biodiversity in and around Indonesia's Gunung Palung National Park.
You can vote for the photo that made you laugh the most by clicking here until October 10, 2021.
The overall winner will be announced on October 22, 2021.
In case you missed it, here's last year's overall winner:
Terry the turtle flipping the bird. IMAGE: Mark Fitzpatrick / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
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Cover image sourced from Ken Jensen / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 and Axel Bocker / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021.
