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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.

More info: ComedyWildlifePhoto.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

“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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“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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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

awwww I have one of those those are indian ring necks or "alexandrian parrots" the left is a female, they're the only ones that don't have "rings" ours is named Ziggy and she's so sweet.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nice, now be a good girl and put her back in the wild where she belongs.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

my favorite, in Holland there a also al lot of them living in the wild. They visite my balcony frequenty.

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Bob Campbell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

See nothing up this sleeve , what do you mean you want to see the other foot?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Parrot on the right: Now give me a high five bro! Parrot on the left: Huh?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’ll give you two good reasons that I am leaving you Clarice..

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait WHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Talk to the hand. Oh sh*t. Talk to the foot. Yea, doesn't have the same ring to it.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"I've got a splinter in my foot. Can you see it?" "Well, that's what you get for walking around barefoot!"

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"if you'd actually get off your a*s and fly, you wouldn't have gotten that splinter"

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now just stop right there!!! What's with the attitude?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So how many claws am I holding up now? Is it clearer like this, or like this?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I saw you with her, so you can tell it to the hand, mister!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Where? Who? You've been where? With who? Hmm. For real? Oh really? That's how you feel?"

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"ANd omigosh! I just got the pedicure of a LIFETIME! Look at it Char"

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Talk to the claw, cause the face ain't listening...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You may have some symptoms of concussions, Sir! How many finger do you see?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

‘No way girlfriend!! I ain’t tweeting ma personal business’

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All right shut it Carl, I just can't even with you right now.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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