25 hilarious pictures of animal antics from this year's Comedy Pet Photography Awards

"Alex is the shy one. Max is the playful one," Zoghzoghi wrote in a description of his photo. "Together they form a lethally cute duo. I had more fun taking photos of these two than during my most adventurous wildlife photography trips."

"In March 2019, I was sitting in the Union Square New York dog run when I spotted a lady throwing a ball to her dog," Porsz wrote. "The dog then launched itself and flipped in mid-air to face me — and snap! As you can see, the lady with her hand on her head was as surprised as me. I have searched in vain to find the owner so that I can send her a copy. I am hoping this Pet Comedy competition can help me find the mystery woman and her leaping dog. You never know!"

"Big Boss is the boss around here," Morinaga captioned this photo of a large cat sitting in a human-like position along the shore.

"Kylian could not sleep in another bed," Pillonel captioned this photo of Kylian the Irish terrier napping in the arms of a stuffed monkey. "Maybe he dreamt of the jungle."

"Shadow was digging holes as normal at the beach, when all of a sudden he started showing off his new technique," Boynton wrote. "Luckily, the camera was at the ready for this crazy position!"

"Perfect landing pose, right?" Ono captioned this photo of a cat with its arms outstretched.

"Karin and her two dogs. Don't they all look almost the same?" Selzer wrote.

"He stuck out his tongue at me like Albert Einstein's famous photo," Yamamoto wrote.

"Misty the spaniel desperately wanted to play with Nala, the dignified older lady of the menagerie," Horstmanshof wrote. "She wasn't that keen. Fortunately, Misty was pretty terrible at hide-and-seek."

"The pressure of football and waiting for free kick," Morinaga captioned this photo of cats playing outside.

"That explains so much," Mooser captioned the photo of Runa the dog peeking out from behind hemp plants.

"Tiny happy ferret Boudicca, only 2.5 months old, enjoys her first outdoor walk," Zelentsova wrote.

"Yes, his name is Oscar," Polykova wrote. "He is an Afghan greyhound and is very pleased with himself."

"We were playing with our cat named Bidule with a paper ball," Larcher wrote.

Woodcock captured this photo of a dog leaping into the air to catch a ball in the UK.

"He seems to pop out of the autumn leaves, doesn't he?" Ono wrote.

"We were taking photos of Bobby as the sun was quickly setting and disappearing behind the hill," Johnson wrote. "I was changing the setting on my camera to keep the detail on a black dog against a nice sky and soon realized, 'Just go with the simple option and shoot him as a silhouette.'"

"The avenger of the poor is back, but this time as a dog, and not on a horse, but in a car!" Goldhamer wrote. "The obligatory black mask is a must, of course."

"I couldn't get past this couple!" Polykova wrote of a person and a dog with matching hair.

"Two sisters from different litters: self-confident Crystal and cute baby Daisy," Zelentsova wrote.

"There's a hiding place under the sofa where Louis the dog likes to hide," Dos Santos wrote. "When I took his tennis ball from 'his place,' he got angry and put his head out through the hole, barking and asking for his ball back. That's when he turned into this angry seal, and I decided to capture the moment."

"Beautiful Edgar's favorite food are the leaves and flowers of dandelions," Casey wrote. "Here she is seen taking her time to savour the flavor."

"Our cat Lilly played with a mouse," Krauss wrote. "We saved the mouse, and our dog Amy was fascinated by it."

"We tried to get a dreamy autumn photo of Milo," Leichtenmüller wrote. "Instead of lying a bit on his side, he rolled around like crazy. His family loves this shot because it shows his personality better than any other picture."

"This is Barney, our toy poodle, caught mid-flight whilst running," Young wrote.