En momentos tan complejos como los que vive Colombia no es tan fácil distinguir lo humano de lo animal, un hecho que nos debe llevar a repensar mucho. Y por más que reír es difícil, sigue siendo necesario hacerlo, y usarlo como recurso y recarga.

Para esos efectos cae bien un viaje visual por el reino animal a lo largo y ancho del planeta. Fotógrafos respondieron al llamado de The Comedy Wildlife, una competencia fotográfica cuya bandera es la conservación.

Aquí la mayoría de los finalistas con las descripciones en inglés que hicieron los mismos participantes. Los ganadores serán anunciados el 22 de octubre.

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The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 Manoj Shah NAIROBI Kenya Phone: Email: Title: Laughing Hippo Description: The baby hippo whispered to the mother's ear: " I had a wonderful dream. Alex invited me for tea so I went to his tent. He pointed to the empty chair and invited me to sit on it. I did so and suddenly the chair broke. I was on the floor. Alex started laughing and went to the adjoining chair to sit down. As soon as he sat down, I heard a loud crack, His char also broke and was thrown on to the floor. We both started laughing with tears coming from our eyes." Then i woke up and started smiling. Animal: hippopotamus Location of shot: Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya | Foto: MANOJ SHAH
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 Vicki Jauron Downingtown United States Title: Abracadabra! Description: A pelican appears to be putting a magic spell on the one in front of him. Maybe, hoping to make him disappear. Animal: Brown Pelican Location of shot: Fort Myers Beach, Florida | Foto: Vicki Jauron
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The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 Brigitte Alcalay-Marcon MONTMEYRAN France Phone: Email: Title: Crashing into the picture Description: Giraffes necking near a water point Animal: Giraffe Location of shot: Etosha National Park. Namibia | Foto: The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 Brigitte Alcalay-Marcon MONTMEYRAN France
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 Kunal Gupta Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Phone: Email: Title: Wait up mommy, look what I got for you! Description: At the Kaziranga National Park, this elephant mother and calf seemed completely oblivious to our jeep and went about their stroll through the pond. The mom seemed to be giving her calf lessons on eating the hyacinth - select a lush green bunch, rip them out from the root, pound the stems against the their trunk to remove the mud and then swallow whole - the calf looked like she was thoroughly enjoying the lesson and duly followed her mothers every move. I stood transfixed as the lesson played out in front of us - stopping only to take a photo now and then - the pair occasionally glanced in our direction and must have been wondering what we were ooohing and aaahing about - this particularly photo is my favorite since it has the calf standing stuck to her mother with a trunk full of stems - I was lucky enough to take the shot just at the moment they seemed to give us an enormous smile. It was truly an unforgettable experience - on this trip we saw many of Kaziranga's treasures - One horned Rhino, Royal Bengal Tiger, plethora of gorgeous birds indigenous to this region, yet somehow the simple sight of watching this giant creature preparing her child for the world seemed to stand out and left us all with a remarkable feeling of having experienced nature at it's purest. Animal: Elephant and calf Location of shot: Kaziranga, India | Foto: The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 Kunal Gupta Kuala Lumpur Malaysiaa
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 poulard jacques craponne France Title: lamentation ! Description: détresse sur la banquise Animal: ours blanc Location of shot: Spitzberg | Foto: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 Yevhen Samuchenko Odessa Ukraine Title: The race Description: My friends and I walked in the center of the small town of Hampi in India. There was a bicycle parking nearby. Suddenly a flock of langurs jumped on these bicycles and began to frolic. We were afraid to frighten them away, I started taking pictures from afar, but then we came very close to them and the langurs continued to play with bicycles Animal: Langur Location of shot: India | Foto: Copyright © Q-lieb-in (Yevgen S.)- http://Q-L-N.com/
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 Mike lessel Dallas United States Title: Quiet, please... Description: On a hike and this kestrel was chasing dragonflies and took a break on a fence Animal: Kestrel Location of shot: Huntington Beach, CA | Foto: The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 Mike lessel
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The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 Bernhard Esterer Oudtshoorn South Africa Title: Spreading the Wildlife Gossip Description: Two male lions sharing between one another the secrets of the Kalahari Savannah . Animal: Lions Location of shot: Kalahari Desert | Foto: Bernhard Esterer
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 Luis Marta Cancún Mexico Title: Macaque Striking a Pose Description: I was on Bali on vacations. We went to Uluwatu Temple and I saw this young macaque playing around and do silly things. Is like it was posing to the camera. Amazing little animals. Animal: Macaque Location of shot: Uluwatu Temple, Bali. | Foto: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 Martin Grace Kendal United Kingdom Title: Socially Uninhibited Description: I am sure we all know, or have met, little old men like this - leaning on a gnarled walking stick while scratching inappropriate places without inhibition. A bit of a surprise then to see this young Chacma Baboon socially uninhibited before his time! Animal: Chacma Baboon (Papio cynocephalus ursinus) Location of shot: River Chobe, Botswana | Foto: MARTIN GRACE
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 Sally Lloyd-Jones Bodmin United Kingdom Phone: Email: Title: It's A Mocking Bird! Description: I was hoping a Kingfisher would land on the "No Fishing" sign but I was over the moon when it landed for several seconds with a fish. It then flew off with it's catch. It appeared to be mocking the person who erected the sign! Animal: A Kingfisher Location of shot: Near Kirkcudbright | Foto: The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 Tim Hearn Bideford United Kingdom Title: Faceplant Description: This Elephant calf in Namibia was slow to notice when his mother started to move away. When he tried to hurry and catch up, he tripped over his front feet and faceplanted. His mother heard the commotion and immediately came back to help him up and the calf continued on his way with no damage except to his dignity. Animal: African Elephant Location of shot: Namibia | Foto: The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 Tim Hearn Bideford United Kingdom Title: Hide and Seek Description: As this Azure damselfly slowly woke up, he became aware of my presence. I was lined up to take a profile picture of his wings and body, but quite sensibly the damsel reacted to the human with the camera by putting the Marsh grass stem between me and it. I took the shot anyway. It was only later that I realised how characterful it was. And how much the damselfly looks like one of the muppets. Animal: Azure Damselfly Location of shot: Devon, UK | Foto: The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 Christina Holfelder Munich Germany Phone: Email: Title: I could puke Description: This picture was taken on the Falkland Islands at sunrise. A group of penguines went to the shore to go fishing when one stopped and vomitted. Animal: Gentoo penguine Location of shot: Falkland Islands | Foto: The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 Christina Holfelder Munich Germany