The winner of this year’s competition has been crowned, and it looks a little painful. …
Frightened fish, shy bears, sarcastic owls and birds that were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
These are the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards finalists – but we imagine there wasn’t much to laugh about for the subject of the winning image, above.
It was taken by Sarah Skinner in Botswana, and shows a lion club “playing”…
The young lioness “continues to thrive in the pride”, according to Sarah, who also wanted to “encourage everyone, as a collective” to do their best to help conserve wildlife “so that future generations can enjoy them in the same way I have during my career”.