Funny animal photos: Hilarious winners and finalists from the Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards 2022Published13 December 2022Image source, Jennifer Hadley/Comedy Wildlife 2022Image caption, D'oh! This flying lion cub was playing with his sibling in a tree when he tried to climb down. Don't worry, he was just fine though after landing on the ground. He got up and ran off with his friends! This photo won the overall prize for 2022.Image source, Jennifer Hadley/Comedy Wildlife 2022Image caption, 'Talk to the flipper!' These two gentoo penguins were hanging out on the beach in the Falkland Islands when one decided to give his mate the snub. Oooh the DRAMA! This photo won the People's Choice Award.Image source, Arshdeep Singh/Comedy Wildlife 2022Image caption, "I'm keeping my eye on you!" This photo of an owlet in a pipe in Bikaner, India by Arshdeep Singh, won the Junior Award.Image source, Arturo Telle Thiemann / Comedy Wildlife 2022Image caption, What are these grinning trigger fish laughing at? Arturo Telle Thiemann's photo won the Creatures Under the Sea Award.Image source, Miroslav Srb/Comedy Wildlife 2022Image caption, This friendly raccoon was spotted waving on a beach in Florida. He had just been fed some shrimp - no wonder he looks so happy!Image source, Andy Evans/Comedy Wildlife 2022Image caption, Surprise! We would love to know what this proboscis monkey in Sukau in Borneo had just seen to pull such a shocked face!Image source, Jagdeep Rajput/Comedy Wildlife 2022Image caption, It might look like a winged horse at first glance but take a closer look and you'll see it's actually an antelope called a bluebull with a crane hiding behind it! The large bird was scaring the antelope off in India's Keoladeo national park as he got a little too close to its nest.Image source, Vince Burton/Comedy Wildlife 2022Image caption, Excuse YOU! This cheeky galloping zebra in Kenya was kicking the ground so hard, it looks like it was breaking wind!Image source, Lee Zhengxing/Comedy Wildlife 2022Image caption, "Who, me?!" This surprised lisper squirrel was spotted with a mouthful of food in China's Zhuque National Forest Park.Image source, Paul Eijkemans/Comedy Wildlife 2022Image caption, This picture of a Picasso Triggerfish was taken in Marsa Shagra in Egypt. It might look like it's singing along to a song, but in fact it had just spat out some coral after nibbling on it!Image source, Ryan Sims/Comedy Wildlife 2022Image caption, What a QUACKING idea! This picture, taken in the Juanita wetlands in America, shows a duckling waddling across a turtle covered log. Well, that's certainly one way to cross the water!