Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023: Check out some of this year's funny photos
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![beaver.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1248/cpsprodpb/EE9A/production/_131328016_b11e3330-61db-48ad-a0d2-adc8831a8ea1.jpg)
The shortlist for this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards has been announced and as always, the competition is full of hilarious photos which are sure to put a smile on lots of faces - just look at this beaver.
![An-Egyptian-goose and-an avocet.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1376/cpsprodpb/115AA/production/_131328017_e032075d-d9fb-489b-a3d8-83c47808de15.jpg)
This year’s final shortlist was whittled down from thousands of entries submitted by professional and amateur photographers from all around the world. Here are just some of our favourites...
![a-bear-waving.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1024/cpsprodpb/13CBA/production/_131328018_94f7b1e1-60b3-4ef7-8aaa-e40936a2ec01.jpg)
This brown bear is certainly not camera shy. He was snapped in Finland and he seems to have a pretty successful modelling career ahead of him.
![giraffes.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1200/cpsprodpb/163CA/production/_131328019_7b852111-af1b-4199-80da-43be7d902747.jpg)
There's one very nosy giraffe in this image, can you spot it? The group was photographed at a waterhole in the Onguma Game Reserve in Namibia, Africa.
![Surgeonfish-and-black-tip-reef-shark.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/960/cpsprodpb/0822/production/_131328020_e72c3b75-443a-48a0-9f63-36314bf79d8b.jpg)
This polite group of surgeonfish in Mo'orea in French Polynesia are practising ocean etiquette by allowing this Blacktip reef shark to go past...it's probably the safest option too.
![polar-bears.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1200/cpsprodpb/10024/production/_131327556_9a86b8f8-199f-4021-b352-41bf9d70cf2d.jpg)
This mother polar bear was photographed pushing her hesitant young into the water with her leg - you could say it was thrown in the deep end!
![lion-cub-on-tree.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/2F32/production/_131328021_a71d0c84-3d00-4943-8204-a6c8107505e7.jpg)
How comfortable does this lion cub look? Its picture was taken late in the evening in the Masai Mara wildlife reserve in Kenya.
![Atlantic-Puffin-in-water.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/960/cpsprodpb/5642/production/_131328022_9cd09a1b-097c-4fa3-aa84-878e332aef5c.jpg)
This Atlantic puffin looks very relaxed in the water while watching jellyfish.
![baboons.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1248/cpsprodpb/7D52/production/_131328023_cab035c3-ed31-4e4e-b182-be63bb79c54b.jpg)
These baboons were snapped at Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya. In this photo, a very mischievous baby baboon is seen trying to get away from its mum.
![swan-on-the-beach.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/756/cpsprodpb/A462/production/_131328024_ebdaecf7-6895-4e34-b5e8-b51be538cf5a.jpg)
This swan takes the selfie to a whole new level - how picturesque is that background.
![White-Grouse.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/999/cpsprodpb/CB72/production/_131328025_766eb887-a218-417a-86cb-ea4cb8abf77d.jpg)
What does this funny looking bird remind you of? The white grouse was photographed during the winter and looks a bit like a snowball.
![turtle-and-dragonfly.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/960/cpsprodpb/F282/production/_131328026_d88e4c09-7707-4c8a-a992-6fa6489f7a0e.jpg)
How happy does this swamp turtle look? It was snapped with a dragonfly resting on its nose.
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