This year’s Comedy Wildlife Awards winner is UK Mark Meth-Cohn, whose shot of a high-kicking gorilla sent judges into fits of giggles.

Other winners included U.S. teenager Grayson Bell, whose dramatic frog showdown ‘Baptism of an unwilling covert’ scooped both the junior category and the Reptile Amphibian and Insect award

Jenny Stock topped the aquatic category with ‘Smiley’, her brilliantly beaming fish

Pictured: Portfolio category winner ‘Digging for Gold’ shows a young female chimpanzee picking her nose and eating it!

Photographed: A bear appears to be smiling at the camera. This photograph was one of ten ‘highly commended’ by judges 

‘The Choir’: Three lions were captured yawning at the same time in the above image – which was also ‘highly commended’ 

Pictured: Another of the ‘highly commended’ photos. ‘Landing Gears Down’. It shows a Red-throated Loon is pictured landing on water 

‘Monkeying around’: Monkeys playing in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. This image was also ‘highly commended’ by competition judges 

‘Bad Hair Day!’: A mother grey squirrel was relocating her babies to a new nest in Downtown Victoria, Canada. This image was included in the entries ‘highly commended’ by judges 

Pictured: This is the seventh photo to be ‘highly commended’: ‘Just Can’t Wait To Be King’ shows Lion’s in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park

‘Go away’: A Stellar eagle on the island of Hokkadia in Japan, where temperatures were minus degrees, the coldest day being minus 18 Celsius. This was the ninth ‘highly commended’ photo

Also ‘highly commended’ is this image, ‘Fonzies advertising’ , where A crowned sifaka licks its hand in Madagascar

‘Now which direction is my nest?’: A windy day on Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire during the nesting season. This image was ‘highly commended’ as well 

‘Aaaaaww Mum!’: This photograph shows a mother Gorilla cradling her baby in Rwanda. This image was the tenth to be ‘highly commended’ by judges 

‘Hit the dance floor!’: Foxes playing in a nature reserve. This image won the Nikon Young Photographer Category (Under 25)

‘Monkey business’: Video grab shows a mischievous monkey caught pulling faces is among this year’s entries

Pied Piper of Penguins: King penguins were pictured leading sheep on the Falkland Islands

‘Welcome to Zen Lemur Yoga Course!’: Lemurs in the above image are seen demonstrating their flexibility and balance 

‘Headlock’: Guillemots are pictured nesting on a small rocky cliff ledge where space was at a premium

 ‘Steller Eagles Practice Kung Fu Tango’: Two eagles tussle in front of a snowy backdrop

‘OMG he’s at it again!’: Morning antics of the Red-Crowned Cranes

‘Squirrel airborne’: A squirrel  flies towards the camera in a forest in Belgium 

‘Peek a Boo’: A Sri Lankan Elephant playing peek a boo with his ears

‘Darling, please stop!’: Lion’s in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania shake off the rain following a storm 

‘Outdoor smoking zone’: Breath streams from a duck’s beak on a cold morning in Bavaria

‘Relaxing in the trees!’: a Yellow-cheeked Gibbon hanging out in the trees

‘Hornbill In A Hurry’: A yellow billed hornbill in Zimanga, South Africa

‘Masquerading as an arrow’: A black woodpecker tucks its wings under its body, creating the perfect illusion of sheer speed

‘Flamingone’: The picture shows a flamingo whose head is hidden

‘Battle Hug’: Two monitors locked in battle Bishan-Ang Mo Kio park in Singapore

‘Territorial Defence Operation’: Gyrfalcons in Iceland

‘The Shoulders of Giant’: A frog standing on another frog apparently to get a better view in Australia 

‘The Wig’: A Greater One-Horned Rhino feasting on aquatic fine food

‘What do you mean I need to see a dentist?’: A porcupine fish in the shallow waters of the Sea of Cortez, California

‘Oh my!’: A young baboon looking up as an elephant approaches, unsure whether to stand his ground or to run away. He decided to flee shortly after the picture was taken

‘It is tough being a duck’: A duck relaxes on the surface of the sea loch in Scotland

‘Stretch your Leg’: A cricket was snapped stretching in the Everglades, Florida

‘Bad mouthing’: Leopard siblings play in Yala National Park Skri Lanka

‘The Frog Prince of the Grape Vine’: A frog sits in a grape vine in an orchard

‘Great Hair Day’: An Amazonian Umbrellabird in a forest in the Pantanal in Brazil

‘All Smiles’: A Flame Skimmer Dragonfly lands on the stalk of an Aloe Vera plant and flashes a quick smile for the camera

‘Monkeying Around’: A gorilla is photographed picking its nose 

‘What’s so funny?’: Video grab shows a kangaroo laughing hysterically 

‘How embarrassing!’: A Video grab shows a red faced Muscovy duck 

‘No paparazzi please’: In this video grab, a seal is seen hiding its face with its arm 

‘Run as fast as you can!’: A sandhill crane can be seen running down a path in this video grab