Winner: On The Land prize

The annual Comedy Wildlife Awards provide a humorous take on the wild kingdom by choosing the funniest images from around the world. The competition not only provides laughs, but seeks to promote wildlife conservation.
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Here are this year's winners and a few top contenders.
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A baby dormouse laughs on a yarrow flower.
Andrea Zampatti/CWPA/Barcroft Images
Winner: Overall and Portfolio categories

An owl struggles to keep his grip as others are perched on a branch in Opusztaszer, Hungary.
Tibor Kercz/ CWPA/Barcroft Images
Winner: Under The Sea category

A green turtle seems to clearly have the edge over a Napoleon Maori wrasse, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Troy Mayne/CWPA/Barcroft Ima
Winner: In The Air prize

A widgeon flies with it's flock in front of a contrail.
John Threlfall/CWPA/Barcroft Images
Joy ride

These monkeys broke away from their group for a good time on a motorbike parked near the entrance to the reserve in Tangkoko Batuangus Nature Reserve, Indonesia.
Katy Laveck Foster/CWPA/Barcroft Images
Smile for the camera

A baby lemon shark appears to show off a big toothy smile in Bimini, the Bahamas.
Eugene Kitsios/CWPA/Barcroft
Not quite what mom had in mind

A polar bear cub hitches an awkward ride on her mother in Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Canada.
Daisy Gilardini/CWPA/Barcroft Images
Battle of the amphibians

Two amphibious mudskippers look like they are in an operatic duet on tidal mudflats in Krabi, Thailand.
Daniel Trim/CWPA/Barcroft Images
Side eye

A red ghost crab cleans sand from its eyes after emerging from a burrow at the Frazergunj beach, in West Bengal, India. The eyes of ghost crabs are supported on stalks and give them a wide field of vision.
Arkaprava Ghosh/CWPA/Barcroft Images
Holy cow!

A young elephant seal looks pretty distressed in San Simeon, Calif. on Dec. 13, 2016.
George Cathcart/CWPA/Barcroft Images
Church-going penguins

Three king penguins approach the only church in Grytviken, South Georgia Island, British Overseas Territory.
Carl Henry/CWPA/Barcroft Images
Belly laugh

A harbor seal appears to be having a good laugh about something in Sherman Oaks, San Diego.
Brian Valente/CWPA/Barcroft Images
Outsourcing seatbelt checks

A perfectly juxtaposed giraffe and plane in Masai Mara, Kenya.
Graeme Guy/CWPA/Barcroft Images
Just chillin'

A sea otter hangs out on his back early morning after waking up in Elkhorn Slough, Calif.
Penny Palmer/CWPA/Barcroft Images
Top guy

A blue wildebeest creates an optical illusion standing on a mound in Masai Mara, Kenya.
Jean Jacques Alcalay/CWPA/Barcroft Images
I have a headache

A mother brown bear seems to be striving for some peace and quiet in Martinselkonen, Finland.
Melissa Nolan/CWPA/Barcroft
Tag, you're it

Fox cubs play in County Meath, Ireland.
John Sheridan/CWPA/Barcroft Images
Just not happy right now

A mountain gorilla grimaces as he comes out of the bush after the rain in Virunga National Park, Rwanda.
Josef Friedhuber/CWPA/Barcroft Images
Stand up straight

Two king penguins stand at attention while another appears to give them orders in the Falkland Islands.
Miguel Illana/CWPA/Barcroft Images