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Emmanuel Do Linh San
Grahamstown
South Africa

Title: "I'm gonna strangle you!"
Description: I was following a group of meerkats on foot in the Kalahari Trails Game Reserve, in South Africa. Most individuals, including adults, were in a playful mood. It gave me a unique opportunity to capture very interesting and dynamic interactions between some members of the group. In the photo that I have selected, there is no aggression between individuals, but rather an interaction that reminds us of humans when one of your friends jokes about you and you pretend to strangle them and, in response, they open their mouth like a simpleton :-)
Animal: Meerkats or suricates (Suricata suricatta)
Location of shot: Kalahari Trails Game Reserve, South Africa
    1 /40  "I'm gonna strangle you!" von Emmanuel Do Linh San entstand in Südafrika.
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    Emmanuel Do Linh San / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Martin Grace
Kendal
United Kingdom

Title: Keep calm and keep your head
Description: Two King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at Volunteer Point in the Falklands. The right hand bird may have an inscrutable expression but it must be wondering where its mate's head has gone. Perhaps it is a Rudyard Kipling scholar: 'If you can keep your head when all about you. Are losing theirs and blaming it on you ...
Animal: King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
Location of shot: Volunteer Point, East Falkland
    2 /40 "Keep calm and keep your head" von Martin Grace 
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    Martin Grace / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Paul Eijkemans
Waalre
Netherlands

Title: Barf
Description: This picture of a Picasso Triggerfish was taken in Marsa Shagra, Egypt. The fish just vomited the coral residues that it picked up while nibbling on the coral.
Animal: Picasso Triggerfish
Location of shot: Marsa Shagra, Egypt
    3 /40 "Barf" von Paul Eijkemans
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    Paul Eijkemans / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Alison Buttigieg
Helsinki
Finland

Title: What do you mean smile?! I am smiling!
Description: I spent a whole morning with this lion pride.  One of the lionesses made some funny facial expressions after yawning, luckily for me she looked straight into the camera for a moment and I caught this fake smile.
Animal: African Lion
Location of shot: Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Kenya
    4 /40 "What do you mean smile?! I am smiling!" von Alison Buttigieg
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    Alison Buttigieg / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Sophie Hart
Cambridge
United Kingdom

Title: Mum life
Description: A baby long-tailed macaque clings on to its weary mother.
Animal: Long-tailed macaque
Location of shot: Singapore
    5 /40 "Mum life" von Sophie Hart
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    Sophie Hart / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Dave Shaffer
Stone Lake
United States

Title: Curtain Call II
Description: This little guy had a blast playing with a stick . I also had a very good time watching him .
Animal: Black Bear cub
Location of shot: Wi. U.S.A.
    6 /40 "Curtain Call II" von Dave Shaffer 
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    Dave Shaffer / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Lee Zhengxing
Shaanxi
China, People's Republic of

Title: Lisping Squirrel
Description: We encountered this little squirrel when climbed mountain in June.  When noticed our approaching, instead of escaping right away, he just kept standing on the edge of cliff and overlooked into the distance,  then turned around to staring at us as if we had interrupted his meditation. We left him with some biscuits for inconvenience and I took a photo of him telling thanks, just found that he was a lisper.
Animal: squirrel
Location of shot: Zhuque National Forest Park, Xi'aan, China
    7 /40 "Lisping Squirrel" von Lee Zhengxing
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    Lee Zhengxing / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Andy Evans
kent
United Kingdom

Title: Stop and stare
Description: After hearing Borneo's borders would reopen again in April 2022 I couldn't wait to visit and photograph some of the weird and wonderful wildlife on the island. After 2 years with no tourists it seemed like the wildlife was just as shocked to see me as I was to see them. This young proboscis monkey watched in amazement as I cruised by on the kinabatangan river.
Animal: Probiscis monkey
Location of shot: Kinabatangan River, Sukau, Borneo
    8 /40 "Stop and stare" von Andy Evans
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    Andy Evanskent / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Michael Eastwell
Southampton
United Kingdom

Title: It's all kicking off!
Description: Apart from its beauty, Cape Hillsborough is renowned for its resident kangaroos and wallabies. I visited the area for three consecutive sunrises, but it was on my final morning that I captured this beautiful spectacle, two wallabies playing / fighting on the beach as the sun burst through the surrounding clouds.
Animal: Wallabies
Location of shot: Cape Hillsborough, Queensland
    9 /40 "It's all kicking off!" von Michael Eastwell
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    Michael Eastwell / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Jennifer Hadley
Raleigh
United States

Title: Talk To The Fin!
Description: This was shot on the Falkland Islands. These two gentoo penguins were hanging out on the beach when one shook himself off and gave his mate the snub.
Animal: Gentoo Penguin
Location of shot: Falkland Islands
    10 /40 "Talk To The Fin!"
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    Jennifer Hadley / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Alex Pansier
OSS
Netherlands
Title: Jumping Jack
Description: A red squirrel jumps during a rainstorm, so you can see the drops flying around.
Animal: Red Squirrel
Location of shot: The Netherlands, Maashorst
    11 /40 "Jumping Jack"
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    Alex Pansier / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Paolo Mignosa
Felino
Italy

Title: Three headed ("Kerberos")
Description: The three cubs seem to form a ‘Kerberos’, the three –headed dog of Greek mythology.
Animal: Kamckatka brown bear cubs
Location of shot: Kuril lake, Kamchatka, Ruissia
    12 /40 "Three headed ("Kerberos")"
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    Paolo Mignosa / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Mark Schocken
Tampa
United States

Title: Tight Fit!
Description: I was going to see and photograph this eastern screech owl nest in a local park in Florida.  One morning, a few days before the two owlets fledged, one owlet tried to squeeze into the nest hole with Mom, maybe to see the outside world for the first time.  It was hilarious and I was glad I was there that morning to photograph it. The moment lasted only a few seconds as Mom didn't seem very happy with the arrangement. Check out the expression on her face.
Animal: Eastern Screech Owl and Owlet
Location of shot: Largo, Florida, USA
    13 /40 "Tight Fit!"
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    Mark Schocken / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Bojan Bencic
Zagreb
Croatia

Title: Funny Walk
Description: The swan was in the middle of a fight with another swan, chasing him around on a frozen lake. The photo was taken in Maksimir Park, Zagreb, Croatia.
Animal: Mute Swan
Location of shot: Maksimir Park, Zagreb, Croatia
    14 /40 "Funny Walk"
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    Bojan Bencic / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Arshdeep Singh
Jalandhar City
India

Title: I CU boy !
Description: Few hundred miles away we went to explore wildlife of a small town named ‘Bikaner’. It was after almost a year I travelled because of covid. We hired a guide to explore places around. During last day of our trip we came across a pipe in a city where we spotted an owlet. I have earlier clicked owls in a pipe before so I was sure that I wasn’t mistake. We waited for a short while and it didn’t take a long time and one of the spotted owlet came out of the pipe. It was really funny when he came out and looked at me straight, before going inside he closed one of his eyes and felt like he wanted to say I CU boy ! and I immediately snapped a picture when he gave this pose.
Animal: Spotted Owlet
Location of shot: Bikaner, India
    15 /40 "I CU boy !"
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    Arshdeep Singh / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Andrew Peacock
Santa Barbara
United States


Title: Uncomfortable pillow
Description: These elephant seal weaners were practising their jousting skills for many minutes before they collapsed in exhaustion. One looks to be resting far more comfortably than the other!
Animal: Southern elephant seal
Location of shot: Snow Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
    16 /40 "Uncomfortable pillow"
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    Andrew Peacock / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Ryan Sims
Kirkland
United States

Title: Excuse Me... Pardon Me!
Description: A duckling walking/waddling across a turtle covered log at the Juanita wetlands, the duckling fell off after a few turtle crossings, it was cute.
Animal: a duckling and turtles
Location of shot: Juanita Bay Park, Lake Washington, Kirkland, WA
    17 /40 "Excuse Me... Pardon Me!"
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    Ryan Sims / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Saverio Gatto
Salerno
Italy

Title: Maniacs
Description: Lappet-faced Vultures in display
Animal: Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos)
Location of shot: Kruger National Park (South Africa)
    18 /40 "Maniacs"
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    Saverio Gatto / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Valtteri Mulkahainen
Sotkamo
Finland

Title: Can I borrow honey from you until tomorrow?
Description: Photographed in taiga Finland, in the town of Martinselkonen.
Animal: Brown bear
Location of shot: Martinselkonen, Finland
    19 /40 "Can I borrow honey from you until tomorrow?"
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    Valtteri Mulkahainen / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Thomas Vijayan
Ontario
Canada

Title: Happy Feet
Description: This chick has grown old enough to take to the seas and fish for their own food.
Animal: Emperor Penguin
Location of shot: Antarctica
    20 /40 "Happy Feet"
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    Thomas Vijayan / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Vince Burton
North Tuddenham
United Kingdom

Title: Buck-a-roo!
Description: A zebra does a great impression of the 80's children's game Buck-a-roo. It also looks like its been fart-powered :)
Animal: Zebra
Location of shot: Amboseli, Kenya
    21 /40 "Buck-a-roo!"
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    Vince Burton / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Ahmed Alahmed
Safwa
Saudi Arabia
Title: cute
Description: Monkeys of the city of Abha, where they gather and steal food from people in various ways
Animal: Monkey
Location of shot: Abha
    22 /40 "cute"
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    Ahmed Alahmed / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Jennifer Hadley
Raleigh
United States

Title: Not so cat-like reflexes
Description: This 3 month old cub and his sibling were in a tree. The other lionesses were in other trees and on the ground. He wanted to get down and walked all over the branches looking for the right spot and finally just went for it. It was probably his first time in a tree and his descent didn't go so well. He was just fine though after landing on the ground. He got up and ran off with some other cubs.
Animal: Lion
Location of shot: Serengeti Tanzania
    23 /40 "Not so cat-like reflexes"
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    Jennifer Hadley / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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JAGDEEP RAJPUT
DELHI
India

Title: Pegasus, the flying horse.
Description: Actually this is Indian Saras Crane attacking a Bluebull from behind, the bull happened to venture close to Saras's nest, where in, it had laid a single egg. The Saras Crane, which is tallest flying bird in the world, opened it's huge wings and attacked the bull from behind, driving the bull away from the nest.
Animal: Bluebull and Indian saras Crane.
Location of shot: Keoladeo National Park, India.
    24 /40 "Pegasus, the flying horse."
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    Jagdeep Rajputdel / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Federica Vinci
Fasano
Italy

Title: Monkey wellness center
Description: Walking near a cambodian temple where groups of wild monkeys lived, I came across this scene: a wild monkey in total relax, while its friend was taking care of it.
Animal: Monkey
Location of shot: Cambodia, Baphuon Temple
    25 /40 "Monkey wellness center"
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    Federica Vinci / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Arthur Telle Thiemann
Telde
Spain

Title: "Say cheeeese"
Description: A couple of triggerfish looking into the camera, captured at the Azores.Even they may look funny, these fish can be quite aggressive. In this case they didn't attempt to bite me, but the domeport of my camera housing ended up with some scratches... life is hard... at least it wasn't me who was hurt
Animal: Grey triggerfish, Ballistes capriscus
Location of shot: Faial, Azores
    26 /40 "Say cheeeese"
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    Arthur Telle Thiemann / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Miroslav Srb
Holoubkov
Czech Republic

Title: Hello everyone
Description: I photographed raccoon on a Florida beach, where I fed him shrimps. Then he thanked me like that.
Animal: raccoon
Location of shot: Florida
    27 /40 "Hello everyone"
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    Miroslav Srb / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Kevin Lohman
Santa Cruz
United States

Title: The Wink
Description: An American Red Fox casually walked up to the edge of the woods and sat down, then turned around and gave a wink. Moments later, this sly fox disappeared into the trees.
Animal: American Red Fox
Location of shot: San Jose, California
    28 /40 "The Wink"
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    Kevin Lohman / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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John Chaney
Houston
United States

Title: Fight Back
Description: This salmon decide to punch the bear in the face rather than be lunch.
Animal: Bear
Location of shot: Alaska
    29 /40 "Fight Back"
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    John Chaney / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Ahmed Alahmed
Safwa
Saudi Arabia
Title: The Comedian
Description: She calls her children, and the picture shows that she is laughing at those in front of her
Animal: monkey
Location of shot: Abha saudi
    30 /40 "The Comedian"
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    Ahmed Alahmed / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Corinne Kozok
Winchester
United Kingdom

Title: Tombstoning Guillemot
Description: the Guillemots were arriving with fish for their young and seemed to just dive into the middle of the horde of young ones.
Animal: Guillemot
Location of shot: Farne Islands
    31 /40 "Tombstoning Guillemot"
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    Corinne Kozok / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Valtteri Mulkahainen
Sotkamo
Finland

Title: Romantic
Description: Photographed in the Finnish taiga in the town of Martinselkonen. This is the center of Finland.
Animal: Brown bear
Location of shot: Martinselkonen, Finland
    32 /40 "Romantic"
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    Valtteri Mulkahainen / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Lukas Zeman
Pardubice
Czech Republic

Title: You can't see me, can you?
Description: A little owl hides in the chimney of a collapsed house in Bulgaria
Animal: Little owl
Location of shot: Senoklass, Bulgaria
    33 /40 "You can't see me, can you?"
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    Lukas Zeman / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Alex Cooper
Dereham
United Kingdom
Title: Do You Have a Moment to Talk About Our Lord and Saviour, T-Rex?
Description: Two black-headed gulls squabbling over territory during the breeding season, at RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk.
Animal: Black-headed gull
Location of shot: Minsmere, Suffolk, UK
    34 /40 "Do You Have a Moment to Talk About Our Lord and Saviour, T-Rex?"
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    Alex Cooper / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Tímea Ambrus
Budapest
Hungary

Title: I jump instead of flying
Description: The screech-owl chose to jump instead of flying. He was a bit lazy.:)
Animal: screech-owl
Location of shot: Hungary
    35 /40 "I jump instead of flying"
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    Tímea Ambrus / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Jean-Jacques Alcalay-Marcon
Montmeyran
France

Title: Misleading african viewpoints 2
Description: Hippo yawning next to a heron standing on the back of another hippo
Animal: Hippo 
Location of shot: Kruger National Park, South Africa
    36 /40 "Misleading african viewpoints 2"
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    Jean-Jacques Alcalay / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Jorn Vangoidtsenhoven
Wichita Falls
United States

Title: Shark Moose
Description: Is this bull moose smiling ... or getting ready to attack!?
Animal: Moose
Location of shot: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA
    37 /40 "Shark Moose"
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    Jorn Vangoidtsenhoven / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Shuli Greenstein

Israel

Title: Rushing Little owl fledgeling
Description: I was told that I can find a lot of little owls in the Judean Lowlands in Israel. So, I went on a journey early in the morning and really, I found a lot of little owls standing on the ground, on stones, near the nest and on tree branches. Suddenly, my eyes were caught by two fledgelings that were playing with each other on the ground. One of them crossed my field of vision. I started taking pictures in sequence and this is what came out...
Animal: Little owl fledgeling
Location of shot: south of Israel (Judean Lowlan)
    38 /40 "Rushing Little owl fledgeling"
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    Shuli Greenstein / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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Lincoln Macgregor
Sydney
Australia

Title: Your Picnic's Mine!
Description: When this Southern Cassowary sat confidently down on a picnic blanket, it scared all of the picnickers away and start eating up the fish and chips that were laid out before it. I captured this photo just as this cassowary swallowed some food, lending the bird a cheeky and mischievously satisfied look!   Cassowaries, touted as the ‘most dangerous bird in the world’, roam the beachfront of Etty Bay on most afternoons, raiding picnics and frightening many unaware tourists. Armed with dagger-like claws and often being territorial and aggressive towards intruders, cassowaries command respect and most people keep a safe distance from them. I spent several days photographing and documenting their behaviour at Etty Bay, where these wild birds regularly come into contact with humans and have become comfortable approaching people. Picnickers in this area often inadvertently attract these birds with food, however human food can have a negative effect on their health. Cassowaries are well known for being important seed dispersers in their rainforest ecosystems, and when their diet strays from natural seeds and fruits, their important seed dispersal role diminishes.
Animal: Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
Location of shot: Etty Bay, Queensland, Australia
    39 /40 " Your Picnic's Mine!"
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    Lincoln Macgregor / Comedy Wildlife 2022
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    40 /40 "What shall I write next"
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    Torie Hilley / Comedy Wildlife 2022