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This Thursday (23rd), the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards announced the funniest wildlife photos of the year. There were more than 5,300 entries from 1,842 photographers from 85 countries.
The grand prize winner was Jason Moore with a photo that could now serve as an album cover for rock bands. The photo, titled “Air Guitar Roo,” shows a female western gray kangaroo showing off all her skills and technique by playing an imaginary guitar in the best style of Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page. Checkout:
“Air Guitar Roo”, winning photo of the competition. (Jason Moore/Reproduction)
As a prize, Jason received a handmade trophy from Wonder Workshop in Tanzania, a camera bag from THINK THANK (a company that makes products for professional photographers), and a safari in the Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya.
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The competition also had winners in six other categories, including the Young Photographer Award for Jacek Stankiewicz for his photo “Dispute,” which captured two greenfinches in a heated discussion. The Air Creatures Award was given for recording a heron falling from the sky and crashing into the water. And the underwater category went to a dancing otter.
Comedy Wildlife also had ten additional photos named Highly Commended Winners. Including a fox with a “cigar” and a signal monkey. Check them all out in the gallery below:
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The competition has been running since 2015 and was created by professional photographers Paul JoynsonHicks and Tom Sullam. The aim was to organize a fun and free photography competition that rewards really funny images of terrestrial fauna and in doing so raise awareness for environmental protection and support organizations and projects around the world.
Want more funny photos? See winners from other years here, here and here.
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