Winner: On The Land prize The annual Comedy Wildlife Awards provide a humorous take on the wild kingdom by choosing the funniest images from around the world. The competition not only provides laughs, but seeks to promote wildlife conservation. <br> <br> Here are this year's winners and a few top contenders. <br> <br> A baby dormouse laughs on a yarrow flower. Andrea Zampatti/CWPA/Barcroft Images

Winner: Overall and Portfolio categories An owl struggles to keep his grip as others are perched on a branch in Opusztaszer, Hungary. Tibor Kercz/ CWPA/Barcroft Images

Winner: Under The Sea category A green turtle seems to clearly have the edge over a Napoleon Maori wrasse, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Troy Mayne/CWPA/Barcroft Ima

Winner: In The Air prize A widgeon flies with it's flock in front of a contrail. John Threlfall/CWPA/Barcroft Images

Joy ride These monkeys broke away from their group for a good time on a motorbike parked near the entrance to the reserve in Tangkoko Batuangus Nature Reserve, Indonesia. Katy Laveck Foster/CWPA/Barcroft Images

Smile for the camera A baby lemon shark appears to show off a big toothy smile in Bimini, the Bahamas. Eugene Kitsios/CWPA/Barcroft

Not quite what mom had in mind A polar bear cub hitches an awkward ride on her mother in Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Canada. Daisy Gilardini/CWPA/Barcroft Images

Battle of the amphibians Two amphibious mudskippers look like they are in an operatic duet on tidal mudflats in Krabi, Thailand. Daniel Trim/CWPA/Barcroft Images

Side eye A red ghost crab cleans sand from its eyes after emerging from a burrow at the Frazergunj beach, in West Bengal, India. The eyes of ghost crabs are supported on stalks and give them a wide field of vision. Arkaprava Ghosh/CWPA/Barcroft Images

Holy cow! A young elephant seal looks pretty distressed in San Simeon, Calif. on Dec. 13, 2016. George Cathcart/CWPA/Barcroft Images

Church-going penguins Three king penguins approach the only church in Grytviken, South Georgia Island, British Overseas Territory. Carl Henry/CWPA/Barcroft Images

Belly laugh A harbor seal appears to be having a good laugh about something in Sherman Oaks, San Diego. Brian Valente/CWPA/Barcroft Images

Outsourcing seatbelt checks A perfectly juxtaposed giraffe and plane in Masai Mara, Kenya. Graeme Guy/CWPA/Barcroft Images

Just chillin' A sea otter hangs out on his back early morning after waking up in Elkhorn Slough, Calif. Penny Palmer/CWPA/Barcroft Images

Top guy A blue wildebeest creates an optical illusion standing on a mound in Masai Mara, Kenya. Jean Jacques Alcalay/CWPA/Barcroft Images

I have a headache A mother brown bear seems to be striving for some peace and quiet in Martinselkonen, Finland. Melissa Nolan/CWPA/Barcroft

Tag, you're it Fox cubs play in County Meath, Ireland. John Sheridan/CWPA/Barcroft Images

Just not happy right now A mountain gorilla grimaces as he comes out of the bush after the rain in Virunga National Park, Rwanda. Josef Friedhuber/CWPA/Barcroft Images