The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards receive a huge number of entries every year from contestants competing for the title, “the best of the best”. This year, there were 40 finalists, and their works were so hilarious that laughing at them would be the best medicine for adding 40 years to your life, at least. How can we look at all these cute otters, penguins and bears with a straight face, without even a hint of a smile? That’s right, we can’t!

1.

Adwait Aphale

2.

Eric Fisher

3.

Andre Erlich

4.

Andy Harris

5.

Anthony N Petrovich

6.

Bob Carter

7.

Co Grift

8.

Corey Seeman

9.

Donna Bourdon

10.

Elmar Weiss

11.

Alastair Marsh

12.

Eric Keller

13.

Geert Weggen

14.

Harry Walker

15.

Lloyd Durham

16.

Marion Vollborn

17.

Martina Gebert

18.

Mike Rowe

19.

Peter Haygarth

20.

Ryan Jefferds

21.

Susan Knowler

22.

Thomas Mangelsen

23.

Thomas Mangelsen

24.

Tilakraj Nagaraj

25.

Valtteri Mulkahainen

26.

Vicki Jauron

27.

Vlado Pirsa

28.

Eric Keller

29.

James Vodicka

30.

Kevin Sawford

31.

Lisa Vanderhoop

32.

Pablo Daniel Fernandez

33.

Peter Haygarth

34.

Philip Marazzi

35.

Roie Galitz

36.

Sarah Skinner

37.

Toni Elliott

38.

Txema Garcia Laseca

39.

Willem Kruger

40.

Willem Kruger