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

"He looks like he is smoking a cigar," Brusius wrote.

"Nilo is an adopted puppy, about 10 months old," Bayon wrote. "He was hit by a car and was barely saved. Now recovered, he has just discovered water for the first time. His capers and pirouettes show his passion for water. Love at first sight."

"Our cat Lissi, who died nine years ago, at the dining table," Goldhamer captioned the photo.

"The cats bumped on the wall," Morinaga wrote. "It was like a cartoon. A funny moment."

"The situation I encountered at a traffic light," Aslan wrote.

"Rosie was helping me in the greenhouse and decided to try, in her most engaging way (and with the help of the wheelbarrow to stand on) to persuade me into giving her some of her favorite treats — which, being a lowly cat servant with no willpower, I did!" Helme wrote.

"CK shows his surprised face," Noble wrote.

"Even a werewolf needs to relax sometimes," Goldhamer wrote.

"She is my lovely kitty that was rescued from my local cat care facility," Ono wrote. "This is just a door that continues to a corridor. Sometimes she jumps up and holds the door — maybe she is desperate to go out."

"A moment which I will remember forever of a wonderful friendship of our family members," Cech wrote.

"This is Penny doing an impression of Sid the Sloth from the 'Ice Age' movies," Stranks wrote.

"This is Fibunacci," von Keitz wrote. "Is he praying? Laughing? Blowing a raspberry? Actually, he's just cleaning his ears! He always wants to make sure he's looking his best."

"A goose runs across the meadow, eats and chatters," Brusius wrote. "At the right moment, it looked like she was speaking to me."

"Benji was determined to be the one to get all the yummy treats during his photoshoot, even if it meant stopping his older brother Doug," Sellors-Duval wrote.

"This is my friend David and his dog Dudley," Nussenblatt wrote. "During the early days of COVID, David and I took advantage of a beautiful day and we were out shooting pictures. Dudley was so excited when we got back that he threw his front paws around David's shoulders and I snapped this picture. They both look like they could use a good haircut, but it was Covid, so who cares!"

"Popcorn is a rather shy dog and keeps looking a way from the camera," Sim wrote. "Had to shoot a lot to get some usable ones, and of course bloopers included."

"Brought Max to the lake and caught him just out of the water with an amazing shake-off," Po wrote. "His face looks like a hedgehog."

"My tabby cat Candy is ranked East Anglia's number one," Casey wrote.

"A happy mother and her 3-day-old son Monty," Filipek wrote.

"Here is my lovely kitty that was rescued from my local cat care facility," Ono wrote. "I wanted to create a Japanese image with my kitty, so I made him jump behind a hanging scroll using a cat toy. It reminds me that there is a famous Japanese story about a tiger popping out of a folding screen."

"While we were in Canada over Christmas, it snowed quite heavily," Tait wrote. "Our grandson Bowen's dog, Oscar, loved running around in the snow and when Bowen jumped on a piece of plastic to slide down the hill, Oscar bounded after him and jumped on his back."

"Carter was on a euthanasia list in California," Jovanovic wrote. "We flew from Chicago to rescue him. This was his first time experiencing snow. As you can see, he could not believe was missing out all these years!"

"I gotta smartphone, but I don't know how to use it. Please someone tell me how to use it," Morinaga captioned the photo.

"This is Star playing in the snow in a local field and getting surprised by a passing tennis ball," Johnson wrote.

"A laughing horse," Moore captioned the photo.

"We had gone out for the day and came home to find our kitten Jack had got stuck in the hedge!" Sharpe wrote.