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The Finalists Of The 2020 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Have Been Announced And They Might Crack You Up

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After a long wait and a fierce but friendly competition, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards have announced their finalists. And the photos are so good, they’re bound to make your day brighter.

One of the founders of the Awards, Tom Sullam, told Bored Panda that the competition exists to recognize great photography and pictures of wild animals that make us snort into our cups of tea. The competition also aims to raise awareness about conservation through a humorous, upbeat, and positive association with these animals.

Read on for our full interview with Tom about the competition’s 6th year, scroll down to check out the finalists, upvote your fave photos, and let us know in the comments which picture you’d pick as your winner. Speaking of those, keep an eye out for the winners on October 22! And have a peek at last year’s finalists here and winners here.

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glowworm2 4 years ago

Is that sea turtle flippering us off?

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Fernleaf6505 4 years ago

photobomb level 999

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glowworm2 4 years ago

This is adorable! Like something out of a cartoon!

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“We strongly believe humor and positivity have a major role to play in building awareness, interest, and eventually action towards protecting the animals that live on this planet,” Tom said. “Over the years, the competition has focused more and more on the conservation, working with the Born Free Foundation and promoting conservation efforts around the world.”

He continued: “We, without being too preachy, want to get you all, and ourselves, to behave a tiny bit differently towards the world we live in. The smallest effort achieved towards conservation is better than the biggest effort never started!”

Tom was ecstatic about how well this year's competition was turning out. “We expected this year to be a little bit tricky as a result of COVID restrictions. But quite sensationally and against all better judgment, we received the highest number of entries ever, over 7,000—and the standard across the board has gone up incredibly,” Tom shared.

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Katy McMouse 4 years ago

O sooolo mio.

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Eva the Egg 4 years ago

What a rebel!

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Eva the Egg 4 years ago

Thats adorable. Looks at that happy smile on the baby elephant's face!

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“It has been such a positive response and such an upbeat process to be part of when so many things in 2020 have been so miserable/depressing/disappointing!”

Tom said that the images coming in at such a high volume have kept his and his team’s spirits up and he hopes they’ll do the same for all of us.

“Choosing the finalists was basically an impossible task, our initial shortlist was over 400, which is three times more than it has ever been. If ever there was a year when many could have won this was it and we genuinely feel terribly sorry for those that we couldn't get into the final 44 (which should have been 40 but we just couldn't reject the other 4).”

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N G 4 years ago

Well at least you can't see his nuts

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N G 4 years ago

"Hello, my name's Dory. I'm a fish"

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Katy McMouse 4 years ago

And he thought his keto diet was going so well...

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glowworm2 4 years ago

"Hey, Phil? Are you gonna share?"

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Eva the Egg 4 years ago

Wait guys... I think im gonna hurl!

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William Teach 4 years ago

Mom, not in front of the other kids.

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SoozeeQ 4 years ago (edited)

And then, Mr Robin Hood, the Sheriff of Nottingham stole our last coin out of the Poor Box!

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Antonia 4 years ago

Let me think about that for a minute

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Mikal Du Preez 4 years ago

Talk to the hand, buddy!

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postboredom 4 years ago

this old age *scratch* is getting to *scratch* me

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SoozeeQ 4 years ago

Ah, solitude.

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Eva the Egg 4 years ago

No honey, You were supposed to jump on the count of three!

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SoozeeQ 4 years ago

Azure Damselfly in the lesser practised game of 'Hide and See'.

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postboredom 4 years ago

they are hiding something.....

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Fernleaf6505 4 years ago

who are they gossiping about? hmm...

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Bob Belcher 4 years ago

Then I told Keesha that Monica's boyfriend Brad's friend Joey said to Nicole...

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Fernleaf6505 4 years ago

parent-child bonding 💜

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postboredom 4 years ago

younger siblings, right?

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Eva the Egg 4 years ago

We come in peace.

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Fernleaf6505 4 years ago

i saw someone mention my name. fish?

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postboredom 4 years ago

no more school!!

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Francis 4 years ago

when you stumble across your trunk

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glowworm2 4 years ago

"Man, I knew I shouldn't have mixed those Kellogg's' Frosted Flakes with the generic store brand ones!"

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Antonia 4 years ago

sst, don't tell

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postboredom 4 years ago

sneak attack !!

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Bob Belcher 4 years ago

OMG! (Like how the bird says it in the Angry Birds movie).

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postboredom 4 years ago

I am the champion, I am the chimp-ion

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Katy McMouse 4 years ago

Kinda has the "World's most interesting primate" shtick going on.

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NanZ 4 years ago

I wouldn't do that if I were you!!

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SoozeeQ 4 years ago

Don't look now, but HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!!!

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