Wednesday, February 19, 2025

A Quick Look At The Funniest Wildlife Photographs Of 2017

Please enjoy this fantastic selection of nature's finest comedic moments, captured on film for your enjoyment. Let's hear it for the owls.
*** EXCLUSIVE *** MASAI MARA, KENYA - NOVEMBER 17: A giraffe checks plane safety in Graeme Guy's "Outsourcing Seatbelt Checks"on November 17, 2008 in Masai Mara, Kenya. PREPARE yourself for some rib-tickling laughter because the Comedy Wildlife Awards has announced its 40 finalists. Founded by Tanzania-based photographers Paul Joynson-Hicks MBE and Tom Sullam, the aim of the awards is to put a spotlight on wildlife conservation efforts while simultaneously injecting some humour into the world of wildlife photography. Entries this year include a grooving kangaroo, gurning gorilla and a hirsute hare. For more information go to www.comedywildlifephoto.com PHOTOGRAPH BY Graeme Guy / CWPA / Barcroft Images

There’s nothing like ending off the year with a look at some dorky animals.

Announced on Thursday, the winners of the annual Comedy Wildlife Photography Award are photographs that are “light-hearted, upbeat, possibly unpretentious and mainly about wildlife doing funny things,”  reports Gizmodo:

The overall winner of the contest received a one-week, all-expenses-paid safari in Kenya, and category winners got a trophy made by men and women with disabilities at the Wonder Workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Casual.

While many have already flittered in and out of our lives this year, here’s the official, and final, list of 2017:

Overall Winner

Winner, Under The Sea

Winner, In The Air

Winner, On The Land

Finalists

Har har har.

[source:gizmodo&huffpost]