15 hilarious winners of this year's Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

"While I was working deep in the Virginian woods, a family of grey foxes took up residence under the deck of the abandoned cottage next to my work housing," Vaccaro wrote. "One day, while practicing their hunting skills on bits of moss and branches, one of the kits lunged at a small chunk of wood and started rolling around with his prize. Tired after his hunt, the kit lounged on his belly, still holding the wood in his mouth, which strongly resembled a cigar."

"The white grouse came to me looking like a snowball with eyes," Poulard wrote.

"A white-winged dove appeared to fly head-on into a cholla cactus skeleton," Kaveney wrote.

"A deer appeared in the distance and stood exactly in the middle of the road and started looking at me," Mondal wrote. "Suddenly, a macaque also came in the middle of the road and started itching while extending its hand out, which was hilarious."

"This is a crazy place where monkeys are king!" Casimir wrote. "Sometimes they give you a show, sometimes they climb on you to look for fleas or steal the piece of biscuit you are trying to eat."

"The mob of kangaroos was enjoying some morning sunshine when this joey decided to get silly and try his hand at boxing," Mathews wrote.

"A puffin does an inverted Snoopy impression while watching jellyfish," Matthews wrote.

"Gannets mate for life and they return to the same nest year after year to raise their young," Ashdown wrote. "I was able to observe the affection shown between the gannets each time one returned to the nest. I didn't realize I'd taken this image until I got home, but as soon as I saw it, I laughed out loud! They look like proud parents posing with their baby — definitely one for the family album!"

"This great grey owl spent most of the afternoon posing majestically and looking wise, but for a moment or two after doing some elegant stretching, it would slump and give a look of 'is Monday over yet?'" Blumenkamp wrote.

"The swamp turtle is surprised and smiles at the dragonfly resting on its nose," Finkelstein wrote.

"The ground squirrel jumped as if he could fly," Ambrus wrote. "Unfortunately he has no wings. To his surprise, he fell back to the ground."

"I caught this scene while watching birds in the Bialowieza Forest," Stankiewicz wrote. "A young greenfinch was still being fed by its parents. However, from time to time, the birds looked like they were having an argument."

"An otter ballerina gracefully dances in an arabesque position," Kwek captioned this image. "I showed this photo to a ballet teacher, and she commented that the otter is a natural but just needs to tuck in its tummy a bit."

"An unusual end to a successful fishing moment," Ricci captioned this photo of a striated heron losing its balance.

"I had been out with my camera photographing some waterfowl at a nearby lake," Moore wrote. "I had been up at sunrise to take advantage of the 'golden hour' light, but it turned out to be a disappointing morning on the water. After leaving the lake, somewhat dejected, I decided to swing past an area of open bushland that I know of, because there are often a 'mob' of kangaroos feeding and sunning themselves in a field close to the road.

"The shoot turned out to be a great session, and I am quite fond of several images that I captured. Not many people know that kangaroos are normally fairly docile and even a bit boring most of the time, if I'm honest. However, when I saw this roo striking the air guitar pose, it immediately brought a smile to my face, and I knew that I had captured something really special."