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Nature has appointed a spokesturtle: The Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards

Nature has appointed a spokesturtle: The Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards
Nature has appointed a spokesturtle
Nature has appointed a spokesturtle
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Nature has appointed a spokesturtle
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Nature has appointed a spokesturtle
"Tern Tuning its Wings" – or filing its nails
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"Tern Tuning its Wings" – or filing its nails
"The Race"
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"The Race"
"Abracadabra"
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"Abracadabra"
"Fun For All Ages"
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"Fun For All Ages"
"It's A Mocking Bird!"
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"It's A Mocking Bird!"
"Lamentation"
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"Lamentation"
"Social distance, please!"
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"Social distance, please!"
"Monkey Business"
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"Monkey Business"
"It's the last day of school holidays"
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"It's the last day of school holidays"
"Socially Uninhibited"
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"Socially Uninhibited"
"I had to stay late at work"
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"I had to stay late at work"
"Seriously, would you share some?"
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"Seriously, would you share some?"
"O sole mio"
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"O sole mio"
"Just Chillin'"
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"Just Chillin'"
"Covid Hair!"
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"Covid Hair!"
"Doggo"
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"Doggo"
"I could puke"
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"I could puke"
"Crashing into the Picture"
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"Crashing into the Picture"
"Spreading the Wildlife Gossip"
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"Spreading the Wildlife Gossip"
"Surprise Smiles"
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"Surprise Smiles"
"Almost Time to Get Up"
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"Almost Time to Get Up"
"No Penguins Under Here"
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"No Penguins Under Here"
"Like Mother, Like Daughter"
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"Like Mother, Like Daughter"
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Lighting, composition, exposure, technique ... None of it matters if your photo can't tell a story and convey emotion – and the finalists from the 2020 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards each tell a thousand words, and hopefully give you a grin!

The team behind the Comedy Wildlife Photography awards set this contest up five years ago after seeing a need for a photo contest that was "light hearted, upbeat, possibly unpretentious and mainly about wildlife doing funny things." They see these highly memeable images as a potential gateway drug to conservationism.

The contest offers a grand prize of a Nikon Z6 camera kit and a photography safari to Kenya, as well as camera bags from the Think Tank range for winners in the following categories: Creatures of the Land, Creatures in the Air, Junior shooters, Amazing Internet Portfolio, Underwater and Video Clips. There's also a People's Choice award, so go vote if you're into that sort of thing!

"Fun For All Ages"
"Fun For All Ages"

If any of the shots in the gallery get your imagination going, feel free to give us any caption ideas in the comments below. Otherwise we hope it gives you a smile!

Source: Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards

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3 comments
3 comments
Ferdi Louw
7 "Counting to 10 and then I'm coming!"
11 "The pains of aging"
13 Inequality is rampant in nature.
19 "Incoming!" photo bomb
vrpratt
1 Mock me, mock my kind. Mock you!
2. What a pretty feather. Should bring a pretty penny.
5 A sit-in of two tails.
6. Go fish!
8 My own kid denying climate change?
9 I think you've found the splinter.
12 Brother can you spare a fish?
14 Dear Lord, why did you have to let cats on the ark?
16 You didn't have to yell.
17 Advanced caber training.
19 Hi, Mom!
20 We attack at dusk. Pass it on
22 Oh dear, what would Winnie the Pooh do?
23 I don't see ... oh there it is.
GuyV
1. Do I look like plastic?
3. Hairy bikers.
5.Climbing up the social ladder.
6. No hands OK?
7.This summer's heat...
8.Talk to the hand.
9. Speechless.
10. Mom, please don't.
13. Don't you know overfishing is a problem?
14. Allergy.
15. Don't take my picture now please!
17. Bearly visible.
18. Never again spaghetti!
22. I said pull!
24. Morning yoga.