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Award-winning wildlife photographs usually feature an elk set against a backdrop of trees or a lion during golden hour. Not these. The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, founded in 2015 by wildlife photographers Tom Sullam and Paul Joynson-Hicks, encourage humans to celebrate the hilarious frames created in the field.
The 2018 entries didn’t disappoint—think a face-palming grizzly, a smiling lion, and some dancing Komodo dragons. The overall winner will be announced on November 15 and will be invited on a one-week safari in Maasai Mara, Kenya with Alex Walker.
Below, our favorite images shortlisted for the grand prize.
Want more? The second edition of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards book was released just last week. Here’s the listing on Amazon.
![penguins pointing out the way](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/XNZTRBPSZMSKXS4GULM4Y2YQK4.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
![Guffaw](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/X5FVVAHNXFQ6JT2PNY54GUGUVM.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
![Moose sticking out tongue](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/ICH5EX2WK74DPLLVBC65EVVZ54.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
![Brown bear cub with headache](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/VHCUPOHKLZJZXSZ6KF66P3GF2Y.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
![Owl Yawning](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/U5WGTE3TYTVYWWQKDMLB6UAT7Q.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
![squirrel doing the splits](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/TMTIDR36TUIXFUM3XZSLWUSEDY.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
![Bear next to street signs](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/D4TNZVOFIEHL6GLTN5DDQGP3U4.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
![Rhino and peacock](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/P67264TXP2QO7S3UTTV7Y7V3EY.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
![squirrel caught red-handed](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/5VUH3EYY5OUAN76YZMKPNSJTX4.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
![Rhino biting rhino butt](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/RH5Y5TPNN6JDVSU374EQNW5N6A.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
![Happy lions](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/J52O3J5V3QTFMFO3QEKG5MIVJA.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
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![majestic stag](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/MWNUO23KGQOXYWGOSNOHCYMIUA.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
![martian tango](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/3O5AGB7LMCGBITGOM3G5YDQELA.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
![mother bear and cubs](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/AXVMJKB6TYT3QM7MDZNL4VLCXE.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)