People usually are not the funniest members of the animal kingdom. Completely not.
Positive, we’ve got knock-knock jokes and Netflix specials, but it surely’s our feathered and furry mates that basically deliver within the laughs. Nowhere is that on show greater than with the Comedy Wildlife Pictures Awards. The annual competitors has been celebrating the goofy antics of animals for practically a decade. And to have a good time a new partnership with Nikon for the 2024 version, they’ve shared 10 never-before-seen pictures from final 12 months’s entries.
![an otter in the water](https://www.popsci.com/uploads/2024/03/26/Emeline-Robert-Pottorff_I-just-think-youre-otter-this-world.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&width=100)
Picture: Emeline Robert-Pottorff/Comedy Wildlife Pictures Awards
Skilled photographers Paul Joynson-Hicks MBE and Tom Sullam based the competitors in 2015, decided to share the hilarious pleasure of wildlife and convey consideration to much-needed conservation efforts. Entries for the 2024 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Picture Awards are open till July 31.
![a white and grey bird with yellow eyes marches towards the camera](https://www.popsci.com/uploads/2024/03/26/Alvin-Tarkmees_A-tough-guy-flying-is-for-the-weak_.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&width=100)
Picture: Alvin Tarkmees/Comedy Wildlife Pictures Awards
![a monkey holding a piece of fruit and sitting in a tree looks up](https://www.popsci.com/uploads/2024/03/26/Jo-De-Pauw_Oops-did-I-pick-your-candy_00004383-copy.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&width=100)
Picture: Jo De Pauw Ghent/Comedy Wildlife Pictures Awards
![three birds: two looking at each other with a third staring at the camera](https://www.popsci.com/uploads/2024/03/26/Alex-Pansier_If-looks-could-kill-scaled.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&width=100)
Picture: Alex Pansier/Comedy Wildlife Pictures Awards
![a ground squirrel with a mouth full of grass and half-shut eyes](https://www.popsci.com/uploads/2024/03/26/Timea-Ambrus_Sleepy.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&width=100)
Picture: Tímea Ambrus/Comedy Wildlife Pictures Awards
![three monkeys: one standing on the back of another to reach a third](https://www.popsci.com/uploads/2024/03/26/Atsuyuki-Ohshima_Pilgrimage.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&width=100)
Picture: Atsuyuki Ohshima/Comedy Wildlife Pictures Awards
![a sea lion eats a fish but looks like it has the wings of a gull](https://www.popsci.com/uploads/2024/03/26/Michael-Rigney_Sea-Flyin.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&width=100)
Picture: Michael Rigney/Comedy Wildlife Pictures Awards
![a bird with the feathers of another bird on its face](https://www.popsci.com/uploads/2024/03/26/Anna-Wiazowska_Seriously-scaled.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&width=100)
Picture: Anna Wiazowska Den Bosch/Comedy Wildlife Pictures Awards
![a penguin bent in a way that makes it look like it lost its head](https://www.popsci.com/uploads/2024/03/26/Francis-Glassup_Headless-scaled.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&width=100)
Picture: Francis Glassup/Comedy Wildlife Pictures Awards