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The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards have unveiled a selection of the best entries so far competing for the funniest wildlife photos of 2024, including a three-headed giraffe, a pretty cool sloth and bears holding on for take a walk.
With less than a month to go before the competition closes, the photo contest has already fielded hundreds of entries from around the world, capturing some of wildlife's funnest moments on camera. Competition organizers are releasing some of the photographs to inspire both professional and amateur photographers to enter their images before the closing date of 31 July.
Now in its tenth year, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards have partnered with Nikon, one of the world's leading camera brands.
The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards were co-founded in 2015 by professional photographers Paul Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullam. They sought a contest focused on the lighter side of wildlife photography that would help promote wildlife and habitat conservation through humor.
Each year the competition supports a sustainable conservation organization and this year it will once again work with the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN), a UK charity that supports conservation leaders working in their home countries in the global South. Over 30 years, it has channeled £20 million to more than 200 conservationists in 90 countries.
The free competition is open to all wildlife photography novices, hobbyists and professionals (you don't have to use a Nikon camera) to celebrate the hilarity of our natural world and highlight what we need to do to protect it.
Learn more about the contest and its conservation efforts.
Watch out for this tree, Chaparral Park, Scottsdale, Arizona
A flying male mallard appears to be touching a tree at Chaparral Park in Scottsdale. It was actually flying behind him.
Three's A Crowd, Estes Park, Antarctica.
On Crescent Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, the expedition ship was in a stunning snowy world. “I was expecting thousands of chinstrap penguins, but there were only a few hundred,” said Deena Sveinsson. “In the distance, I saw these three making out with each other, but suddenly there seemed to be some disagreement and the penguin couple quickly left leaving the poor lonely boy wondering why. How human. And how horrible it must be to be that third wheel.”
Have you heard of…? Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
The anthropomorphic antics of polar bears are apparently told jokes and laughed hysterically.
Slow Hands, Costa Rica
A three-toed sloth in Costa Rica who looks like he might have been a guitar player in a previous life. This picture gives new meaning to Eric Clapton's nickname “slowhand”.
Three heads are better than one, Green Kalahari, South Africa
Two male giraffes fight shortly after drinking water in the green Kalahari. They started measuring each other, but ended up approaching a third giraffe. In a single moment, the three of them formed a single body with three heads.
Not a good idea, Rietvlei Nature Reserve
This western cattle heron thinks to try the male organ of a buffalo.
Laughing out loud, Heligoland, Germany
This newborn seal is doing a whale laugh.
Peak A Boo! Colombo, Sri Lanka
A water rooster gives a fun performance.
Pick me, pick me, Curacao
Who wants to live in a plastic-free ocean? Meeeeeeee.
