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

"Two king penguins at Volunteer Point in the Falklands," Grace captioned the photo. "The right-hand bird may have an inscrutable expression, but it must be wondering where its mate's head has gone."

"This salmon decided to punch the bear in the face rather than be lunch," Chaney wrote.

"I was going to see and photograph this eastern screech owl nest in a local park in Florida," Schocken wrote. "One morning, a few days before the two owlets fledged, one owlet tried to squeeze into the nest hole with Mom, maybe to see the outside world for the first time. It was hilarious and I was glad I was there that morning to photograph it. The moment lasted only a few seconds as Mom didn't seem very happy with the arrangement. Check out the expression on her face."

"A red squirrel jumps during a rainstorm, so you can see the drops flying around," Pansier wrote.

"A duckling walking/waddling across a turtle covered log at the Juanita wetlands," Sims captioned the photo. "The duckling fell off after a few turtle crossings. It was cute."

"I was following a group of meerkats on foot in the Kalahari Trails Game Reserve, in South Africa," Do Linh San wrote. "Most individuals, including adults, were in a playful mood. It gave me a unique opportunity to capture very interesting and dynamic interactions between some members of the group. In the photo that I have selected, there is no aggression between individuals, but rather an interaction that reminds us of humans when one of your friends jokes about you and you pretend to strangle them and, in response, they open their mouth like a simpleton."

Rajput wrote that his photo shows an Indian sarus crane attacking a blue bull from behind. The bull had gotten close to the crane's nest, where it had laid an egg.

"The [sarus] crane, which is the tallest flying bird in the world, opened its huge wings and attacked the bull from behind, driving the bull away from the nest," Rajput wrote.

"Walking near a Cambodian temple where groups of wild monkeys lived, I came across this scene: a wild monkey in total relaxation, while its friend was taking care of it," Vinci wrote.

"I photographed a raccoon on a Florida beach, where I fed him shrimps," Srb wrote. "Then he thanked me like that."

"Apart from its beauty, Cape Hillsborough is renowned for its resident kangaroos and wallabies," Eastwell wrote. "I visited the area for three consecutive sunrises, but it was on my final morning that I captured this beautiful spectacle, two wallabies playing/fighting on the beach as the sun burst through the surrounding clouds."

Chen took the photo series in Ontario, Canada.

"We went to explore wildlife of a small town named Bikaner," Singh wrote of the photo he took in India. "During the last day of our trip, we came across a pipe in a city where we spotted an owlet. We waited for a short while, and one of the spotted owlets came out of the pipe. It was really funny when he came out and looked straight at me. Before going inside, he closed one of his eyes and it felt like he wanted to say 'I see you, boy!'"

"This was shot on the Falkland Islands," Hadley wrote. "These two gentoo penguins were hanging out on the beach when one shook himself off and gave his mate the snub."

"A couple of triggerfish looking into the camera, captured at the Azores," Thiemann wrote. "Even [though] they may look funny, these fish can be quite aggressive. In this case, they didn't attempt to bite me, but the domeport of my camera housing ended up with some scratches. Life is hard ... at least it wasn't me who was hurt."

"A hippo yawning next to a heron, standing on the back of another hippo," Alcalay wrote.

"This 3-month-old cub and his sibling were in a tree," Hadley wrote. "The other lionesses were in other trees and on the ground. He wanted to get down and walked all over the branches looking for the right spot, and finally just went for it. It was probably his first time in a tree and his descent didn't go so well. He was just fine, though, after landing on the ground. He got up and ran off with some other cubs."