A surprise meeting between a woodpecker and an aghast owlet.
An elephant seal cheesing.
A mantis raising the roof on a Spanish roadside.
A red-bellied woodpecker checks out a screech owl nest.Photo: Randy Herman
The shortlist includes 40 images of wildlife that ekes out existence on land, sea, and air.
you’re able to see the finalists from last yearhere.
Many terns to take a look at.
A fish appears to chase a bald eagle. Photo: Przemyslaw Jakubczyk / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
Earlier this year, thecompetition released a shortlist of photosunder consideration for this years prize.
Theyre the kind of photos you have to see to believe, or at least understand.
Take the image of the chance meeting between two birds at the top of this article.
A deer accidentally plonks snow on its head. Photo: Corentin Revel / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
Thats an image theivory-billed woodpecker will never have the chance to recreate.
News from the future, delivered to your present.
But he hasn’t been serving jail time because of it.
Bear cubs hopping on the back of their mom. Photo: Alexander Fine / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
Blenni fish peeks out from a hole in the coral. Photo: Alexander Fine / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A red ant looking through a leaf. Photo: Alexander Pansier / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
Two bears appear to embrace. Photo: Andrea Rosado / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A male king penguin appears to tell another male off. Photo: Andy Rouse / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A dancing sifaka in Madagascar takes on a funny a pose. Photo: Andy Rouse / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A hippo covered in water plants. Photo: Artur Stankiewicz / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A monkey seems to be thinking in the Ugandan jungle. Photo: Arvind Mohandas / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
An otter reminiscent of a meditating guru. Photo: Charles Janson / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
An otter looks like it’s praying. Photo: Christine Haines / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A nutria grooms itself. Photo: Christopher Arnold / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A whiskered tern knocks its head while attempting to land. Photo: Damyan Petkov / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A frog with its head in a bubble. Photo: Eberhard Ehmke / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A little burrowing owl appears to be singing. Photo: Fred Amico / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
An elephant seal appears to grin. Photo: Gabriel Rojo / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A razorbill comes in to land. Photo: Inés Godínez / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A newborn seal looks like it’s cracking up. Photo: Ingo Hamann / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A red-bellied woodpecker checks out a screech owl nest. Photo: Randy Herman / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A small raccoon looks like it’s whispering a secret to its mother. Photo: Jan Piecha / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
Two penguins on a rock in the Farne Islands. Photo: Jörn Clausen / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A mantis raising the roof. Photo: Jose Miguel Gallego Molina / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A ground squirrel letting its family know it found food. Photo: Kath Aggiss / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A frog…very close to the camera. Photo: Kingston Tam / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A cheetah seems to play hide and seek with a topi. Photo: Leslie McLeod / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A Steller’s sea eagle on drifting sea ice. Photo: Mark Meth Cohn / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
Two Cape Fur seals appear to laugh about something. Photo: Marti Phillips / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
An eager gecko. Photo: Michela Bordoli / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
Squirrel legs appear from the side of the tree it’s jumping into. Photo: Milko Marchetti / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
Three bears stand together in Alaska. Photo: Philippe Ricordel / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
Rockhopper penguins roll up to the scene. Photo: Ralph Robinson / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A female fan-throated lizard standing upright. Photo: Sanjay Patil / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
Zebras confusing the viewer—which one is in front? Photo: Sarosh Lodhi. / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
An owlet appears to be made uncomfortable by its parents. Photo: Sarthak Ranganadhan / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A lioness appears to nag a male lion. Photo: Scott Frier / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A flying squirrel in a tree. Photo: Takashi Kubo / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A white-tailed eagle ruffling its feathers. Photo: Tapani Linnanmäki / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
A parrotfish being cleaned by two other fish. Photo: Wim Bellemans / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
An adult Adelie penguin stands over its chick. Photo: Zikri Teo / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
