This year’s Wildlife Comedy Photography Awards have announced their finalists. See which photos were selected and enjoy hilarious comments from the photographers themselves. The main winners will be revealed on November 23.

According to Paul Goldstein, the female leopard was being harassed by three young cheetahs and was in a particularly bad mood. “I know it’s not a bird and technically doesn’t have the ability to fly, but you can’t blame a leopard for trying to fly,” Goldstein said. – Photo: Paul Goldstein

“It’s a crazy place where monkeys are king,” says Dolphin Casimir, who took the photo in the monkey forest in Ubud, Bali. — Photo: Dolphin Casimir/Comedy Wildlife Photography

This photograph was taken by Australian Lara Matthew in Westerfolds Park, famous for its kangaroo population. “The crowd was enjoying the morning sun when this guy decided to make a joke,” says Lara. — Photo: Lara Matthews/Comedy Wildlife Photography

Israeli Tzachi Finkelstein came out to take a photo and managed to capture the perfect moment: “A swamp turtle is surprised and smiles at the dragonfly that landed on his nose.” Just unbelieveble. – Photo: Tzachi Finkelstein/Comedy Wildlife Photography

Walking past a crowd of western kangaroos in an open field filled with flowers, Jason Moore stopped for a photo op and captured the funny scene: “I think he’s playing his air guitar.” — Photo: Jason Moore/Comedy Wildlife Photography

Pole Jacek Stankiewicz says that he observed this scene while watching birds in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. “The young greenfinch was still being fed by its parents, but from time to time the birds seemed to quarrel,” he comments. – Photo: Jacek Stankiewicz/Comedy Wildlife Photography

Jacques Poulard captured this moment in Svalbard, Norway, during a very harsh winter. The photographer says he saw a ptarmigan approaching him, which “looked like a snowball with eyes” – Photo: Jacques Poulard/Comedy Wildlife Photography

This majestic owl seems to have always remained majestic and wise. The photographer was in Grand Teton National Park in the US when he captured the moment: “After a few elegant stretches, her posture changed and she looked like, ‘Is Monday over yet?'” – Photo: John Blumenkamp/Comedy Wildlife Photography

And this young baboon sitting on his mother’s back is acting cute? A hilarious scene recorded in South Africa by Brigitte Alcalay Marcon. – Photo: Brigitte Alcalay Marcon/Comedy Wildlife Photography

Photographer Adrian Slazok took a photo of a very cute seal. He explains that in late autumn, seals leave the North Sea to give birth to their pups. – Photo: Adrian Slazok/Comedy Wildlife Photography

Katmai National Park is a “paradise for photographers,” comments American Thomas Vijayan. Competing with a photo of two happy bears playing, Thomas says the challenge of photography in this park is to “click one image” – Photo: Thomas Vijayan/Comedy Wildlife Photography

The jaguar is dozing in a very peculiar position. Christian Hargasser presents us with this unique photograph. The photo was taken late in the day, in low light, in the Masai Mara. – Photo: Christian Hargasser/Comedy Wildlife Photography

Allen Holmes says he was in Suffolk, England for a few days and decided to go to the RSPB Minsmere Nature Reserve. It was a hot day and the photographer was cooling off in one of the bird shelters when he noticed that an Egyptian goose had been attacked by an avocet (a type of bird). The captured pose is somewhat comical. – Photo: Allen Holmes/Comedy Wildlife Photography

Khurram Khan says he was in Alaska when he saw a polar bear cub. “He found the tree very funny and was playing with it when he suddenly stopped and stood up, using it almost like an artist,” he says. – Photo: Khurram Khan/Comedy Wildlife Photography

According to Joe Ashdown, around half a million seabirds use the North Sea’s limestone cliffs to breed. “I could observe the affection shown between the geese every time they returned to the nest. They have a greeting ritual where they rub their beaks and intertwine their necks,” he says. “I only realized I had taken this photo when I got home, but as soon as I saw it I laughed out loud. They look like proud parents posing with their baby—definitely a photo for a family album,” jokes the photographer. — Photo: Zoe Ashdown/Comedy Wildlife Photography

Santa Catarina wins International Photography Award

A photographer from Santa Catarina has been awarded the International Photography Prize. Barbara Avis, a resident of Balneario Barra do Sul in the north of Santa Catarina, won the International Birth Photography Competition. Check out the award-winning photo.