A lion whispers, a giraffe flirts with the camera, a fish smiles widely, an elephant mother smiles ear-to-ear in the middle of a flower field… The lovely humorous moments of the animals make viewers laugh. laugh.
Despite being affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the 2020 Funny Wildlife photo contest still received a record number of entries: 7,000 photos. This is the highest number after 6 years of the competition being held.
Like every year, this year’s contest has caused a stir on forums and in nature-loving communities with “unstoppable” photos of animals in the natural world.
According to photographer Tom Sullam – representative of the organizing committee, the contest aims to raise awareness of protecting diverse habitats on Earth. Behind the funny moments of animals that create a lot of laughter, viewers will have to “wow” at the clarity and innocence of the wild world. From there, people are expected to pay more attention to sustainable development issues.
“We believe that humor and positivity will have a strong impact on awareness and be more contagious,” said Tom Sullam.
He also said that for many years, the contest has cooperated with conservation funds around the world to deduct part of the funding for wildlife rescue work.
Below are the most impressive photos at the 2020 contest:
“Shocked yet?”, this tiger in Ranthambore National Park (India) seems to be “scaring” the photographer – Photo: Jagdeep Rajput
When photographer Brigitte Alcalay Marcon was taking a photo of a giraffe, the giraffe’s “girlfriend” quickly put her face into the frame. Photo taken at Etosha National Park (Namibia) – Photo: Brigitte Alcalay Marcon
Kingfisher catches fish perched on the “No Fishing” sign in Kirkcudbright (UK) – Photo: Sally Lloyd-Jones
This polar bear in Spitzberg (Norway) seems to be thinking and suffering very much – Photo: Jacques Poulard
The fish Sparisoma cretense also knows how to smile – Photo: Arturo Telle Thiemenn
This bear in Kuhmo (Finland) is afraid to take pictures so he hides behind a tree – Photo: Esa Ringbom
“Cliff”. Photo taken in Jackson, Ohio (USA) – Photo: Jill Neff
“Don’t come close, keep your distance”. The photographer captured this cute pair of parrots in Kaudulla National Park (Sri Lanka) – Photo: Petr Sochman
“Other people hold hands and I hold… tail”. Funny moment of two elephants at Corbett National Park (India) – Photo: Jagdeep Rajput
It’s morning, but this raccoon in Virginia (USA) still hasn’t woken up. The photo was commented on as extremely cute when it captured the moment the panda was sleeping in the cave but its legs were sticking out – Photo: Charlie Davidson
