It is to laugh

November 10, 2017 7:43 PM

The 2017 finalists for Comedy Wildlife Photographer of the Year have been announced (previouslies: 1, 2, 3)
posted by Johnny Wallflower (32 comments total)

Ah, excellent: new imagery for workday IMs, just in time for another half-day off-site managers’ training!
posted by wenestvedt at 7:49 PM on November 10, 2017 [1 favorite]

Thank god shit like this exists.
posted by eggkeeper at 7:53 PM on November 10, 2017 [14 favorites]

You are the wings beneath my wind, surely.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 8:09 PM on November 10, 2017 [3 favorites]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:09 PM on November 10, 2017 [3 favorites]

O_o
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:10 PM on November 10, 2017 [5 favorites]

To leap, or not to leap - that is the question.
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:14 PM on November 10, 2017 [1 favorite]

Funny, I was just wasting time on Youtube watching The Voice auditions.
posted by clawsoon at 8:16 PM on November 10, 2017

Greg_Ace, that's a roo dabbing. Yay, Skippy!
posted by datawrangler at 8:29 PM on November 10, 2017 [2 favorites]

You can't beat a happy otter in a grass skirt...
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:47 PM on November 10, 2017

Oh man. I’m crying laughing here. So many good ones, but that #32...
posted by azpenguin at 8:59 PM on November 10, 2017 [2 favorites]

Burrowing owls are never not funny.
posted by rtha at 9:17 PM on November 10, 2017 [1 favorite]

funny animals? how about some sexy animal poses...
posted by oneswellfoop at 9:18 PM on November 10, 2017 [1 favorite]

Hurray! My Girl Scout troop's mascot is the owl, and so I need (yes, need) huge amounts of excellent photos of owls to use on pretty much everything I post to our Facebook page. Owls!
posted by The corpse in the library at 9:29 PM on November 10, 2017 [2 favorites]

"Whoa, back off! I'm tryin' ta have a nice relaxin' bath heah!"
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:29 PM on November 10, 2017

Honestly, if #32 Fox Pooping in Golf Hole isn’t the winner I don’t know what to think about humanity.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 9:36 PM on November 10, 2017 [14 favorites]

So many good ones, but that #32...

Foxes are jerks.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 9:39 PM on November 10, 2017

I'd have photo shopped an I'm with Her T-shirt on that fox.
posted by Nanukthedog at 9:40 PM on November 10, 2017 [2 favorites]

i would swear that the baby polar bear on the butt one is a lot older than just from this past year?

then again i am pretty sure i aged 15,000 years since november 2016 so idek anymore
posted by poffin boffin at 12:13 AM on November 11, 2017 [2 favorites]

I hope every single one of these becomes the visuals for a meme
posted by twoplussix at 1:19 AM on November 11, 2017 [1 favorite]

6. You must have taken the picture yourself within the last 99 years. Seriously you wouldn’t believe what people try and submit these days.

That's from the terms and conditions page, so it is possible that the photo is older than a year. I swear I saw that hamster in the flower a while ago, too, but who knows.
posted by Literaryhero at 3:04 AM on November 11, 2017 [1 favorite]

Bears steamingly humping under the Milky way is coming to memetown near you. In a hot minute.
posted by arha at 3:32 AM on November 11, 2017 [5 favorites]

The bears having a private moment is my favorite. Such romance!
posted by Dip Flash at 5:38 AM on November 11, 2017

For those who were curious like me: the penguins are going to the Norwegian Lutheran Church on the island of South Georgia.
posted by Johnny Assay at 5:48 AM on November 11, 2017 [4 favorites]

I'm having trouble choosing between Home Improvement Intro Gorilla and Startled Cartoon Caterpillar.
posted by grumpybear69 at 6:43 AM on November 11, 2017

The bears having a private moment is my favorite. Such romance!

"Oh my God did you seriously just fart!?"
posted by loquacious at 7:09 AM on November 11, 2017 [1 favorite]

How could the winner be anything but Fox Poops in Golf Hole?
posted by Sys Rq at 9:09 AM on November 11, 2017 [1 favorite]

Yeah, there's a lot to love here, but as far as I'm concerned, the fox is the winner by miles and miles.
posted by palmcorder_yajna at 9:38 AM on November 11, 2017

There's no Titleists in foxholes.
posted by starfishprime at 1:29 PM on November 11, 2017 [2 favorites]

I dunno, I always enjoy two bears fucking.
posted by jenfullmoon at 3:21 PM on November 11, 2017

Bears repeating.
posted by clawsoon at 3:58 PM on November 11, 2017 [2 favorites]

I dunno, I always enjoy two bears fucking.

You're not really out here for the hunting, are you?
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:09 PM on November 11, 2017 [6 favorites]

Linux still going strong in headless environments!

Though I assume that unfortunately, Old Memes will once again snatch an undeserved victory, and "Why Does The Fox Poop In Golf Holes?" will get the victory, despite that not even fitting the original song lyrics.
posted by wwwwolf at 3:32 PM on November 12, 2017 [2 favorites]