The Winners Of The 2019 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Have Been Announced, And They’re Brilliant

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The Winners Of The 2019 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Have Been Announced, And They’re Brilliant

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The Winners Of The 2019 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Have Been Announced, And They’re Brilliant

BY BEN TAUB

15 NOV 2019, 15:57

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Don’t be fooled via what you notice on TV, nature isn’t always as majestic as David Attenborough and his movie crew could have us agree with. Fortunately, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are here to present us a examine nature's bloopers, so we are able to all appreciate how clumsy, goofy, and terrible-mannered animals may be.

After receiving extra than four,000 entries from everywhere in the world, judges have now decided on the winners of this year’s opposition, and they really don’t disappoint.

Sarah Skinner’s shot, entitled "Grab Life By The…!" changed into chosen as the general winner. Taken in Botswana, the picture will no doubt go away most male visitors squirming. In an emailed statement, Skinner defined that the pictured cub “keeps to thrive in the satisfaction,” but mentions not anything of the unlucky grownup sufferer of the younger lion’s playful attack.

Vlado Pirsa won the Spectrum Photo Creature’s in the Air Award for his image entitled "Family Disagreement", which captures an avian communication breakdown.

Cuteness tiers reached risky heights with Harry Walker’s photograph "Oh My!", which won him the Olympus Creatures Under the Water Award and the Affinity Photo People’s Choice Award.

Elaine Kruer’s romantic series, entitled "First Comes Love… Then Comes Marriage", gives an perception into the affection lives of cape squirrels, and was the judges’ choice for the Amazing Internet Portfolio Award.

The awards, which have been launched in 2015, intention to expose the mild-hearted facet of the animal kingdom, with the overall objective of elevating cognizance of the need for conservation.

As well as the four winners, the judges also marked 12 photos as Highly Commended. Here's a selection to enjoy.

Alastair Marsh’s shot, "Waltz Gone Wrong", goes some way to ruining foxes’ reputation as slinky, sophisticated masters of stealth.

"Chest Bump" by Tom Mangelsen depicts a polar interspecies bromance.

"Laid Back", also by Tom Mangelsen, captures an extremely chilled out baby chimp in Tanzania.

This rodent is quite simply loving life, in a photo entitled "Dancing… Yeah!" by Martina Gebert.

"Warning! Territory Marking, Follow At Your Own Risk" by Tilakra Nagaraj captures a rhinoceros marking more than just territory

Corey Seeman called this photo "Would You Like A Peanut?"

"Deer – What Deer?" by Mike Rowe shows the lengths some animals will go to avoid recognition.

It doesn’t get much cooler than Roie Galitz’s shot "Space Man".