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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 DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“Nothing to see here, just tryin’ to get some nuts!”

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

He got greedy and decided to steal from the squrial and he got stuck

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

My hubby kept sayin' my butt was gettin' so big I won't fit through the door, damn I hate it when I have to say he was right!!

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

If this comment gets 20 likes I’ll full send it and tell my crush I like her

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

Just tell her. Don't make it about whether a comment get a specific number of likes from random strangers.

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

I didn’t want to mess up my nails, so I came head first, now what

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

What if...what if those were its front paws? 🙃

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

😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😂😂😂I need a sanitizer

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

"Ok Phil, last time you aim the cannon!" " Get me over the fence, not into a tree!"

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Has anyone asked what was a trash panda doing in a tree hole?

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Aaaaaaaahhh just a liiiiiitle bit further and I reach it....in juuuuuust a sec.....

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"I have to admit, raccoons are just delicious," says the tree.

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Right. She's female... not known for having nuts of the underside kind. Gah !!!

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This is hilarious! Liiks like the poor darling fell into a hole in the tree! Probably just taking care of the young ones.

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Please don't let there be someone with a camera, who will post this on the internet

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I hope that the little guy is not stuck there. Poor baby...

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Looks like Treebeard and company are making good on their alliance with the Squirrel's.

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

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

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

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