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Comedy Wildlife Photo Award 2023 finalists revealed

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Comedy Wildlife Photo Award 2023 finalists revealed


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It’s been a fantastic week for fans of funny animal photos.

Fat Bear Week is underway, with public voting starting Wednesday after the event was nearly a casualty of a US government shutdown, and now the UK-based Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards has revealed its 2023 shortlist.

The public’s help is being enlisted here, too, for the important task of reviewing images showing animals in amusing poses and voting for the most chucklesome in the People’s Choice Award. There’s also a chance to win £500 (around $600) in a prize draw.

Should the crown go to the spherical seal galumphing at speed along the English coast? Or how about the elegant Ubud monkey using its tail as a fake mustache? Perhaps you’re swayed by the delighted turtle befriending a dragonfly, or the high-energy joey throwing “jazz hands” in mid-air.

All this comical anthropomorphization is not without its serious side, though.

The awards, founded in 2015 by professional photographers Paul Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullam, also promote wildlife conservation. This year’s competition supports Whitley Fund for Nature, a UK charity that helps fund conservationists around the world.

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The expert judges include UK celebrities such as TV presenter Kate Humble and comedian Hugh Dennis, as well as renowned wildlife photographers Daisy Gilardini and Will Bullard-Lucas.

The Overall Winner, Category and Highly Commended Winners will be announced on November 23, with the top image winning a one-week safari in Kenya’s Maasai Mara as well as a handmade trophy.

For the diehards, however, the LOLs don’t stop here.

The first Comedy Wildlife Guided African Safari will launch in Tanzania in October 2024, guided by the awards’ co-founders Hicks and Sullam and wildlife expert Humble.

The eight-night trip costs £11,425 (about $13,900) per person for double occupancy. Watch out for side-splitting moments in those open safari vehicles – ROFL-ing your way into the path of a wildebeest migration is not recommended.

Flying head first into the 2023 Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards shortlist

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Flying head first into the 2023 Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards shortlist

The final shortlist for this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards is in, showcasing grin-tastic animal antics captured by nature-loving snappers around the globe – including a dove getting rewarded for not paying attention, an otter auditioning for Swan Lake, and a kangaroo rocking out on air guitar.

The brainchild of professional photographers Paul Joynson-Hicks MBE and Tom Sullam, the competition was set up in 2015 to focus on “the lighter, humorous side of wildlife photography” while also helping to promote wildlife conservation.

This year the Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards team has elected to highlight the work of the Whitley Fund for Nature, a UK-based charity that’s funded conservation work in 80 countries to the tune of £20 million during its 30-year existence. “We are really chuffed to be able to shine a spotlight on the amazing work they do and hope you will join us in supporting them,” said the Awards organizers.

“Otter Ballerinas” : Smooth coated Otter, Singapore

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The 2023 Comedy Wildlife competition received thousands of entries from amateur snappers and pro-shooters alike, with the final shortlist comprising 41 standalone photographs, three videos and three portfolios to tickle your funny bones.

Judges including wildlife photographers Daisy Gilardini and Will Burrard-Lucas, co-founder of the Born Free Foundation Will Travers OBE, TV presenter Kate Humble and comedian Hugh Dennis will now sort through the selection and pick the winners.

“the happy turtle” : Swamp turtle, Jezreel Valley, Israel

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An Affinity Photo People’s Choice Award is also up for grabs, so be sure to visit the gallery to look through all of the standalone photo entries – not just for a giggle or two, but also to be in with a chance to win a £500 cash prize via the People’s Choice link on the Comedy Wildlife website.

The competition’s overall winner will be announced on November 23, and awarded a week-long safari in the Masai Mara, Kenya, in addition to a handmade trophy.

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Guitar he-roo: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards finalists steal the show

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Guitar he-roo: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards finalists steal the show

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The annual Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards is back once again bringing lighthearted photos of nature into the limelight. Every year, thousands of images are entered from from around the world into the competition. This year, the entries range from cigar-smoking foxes to swans taking selfies. 

Here: Jason Moore captured this image of a Western Grey Kangaroo feeding in an open field filled with yellow flowers. ‘I suddenly noticed this individual adopt a humorous pose – to me it looks like he’s practicing strumming on his air guitar,’ he said.

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Two of Auburn’s public art pieces reach the end

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Two of Auburn’s public art pieces reach the end

Many people in the community are fond of the Millennium Sundial at Les Gove Park and the large mural that graces one wall of a downtown building.

But time and the elements have worked their inexorable will on the public art pieces: the wood to which the sundial is attached is rotting and splintering, and screws are sticking out; and the mural is crumbling and can’t be saved.

So on Oct. 2, the Auburn City Council voted to remove artist Ries Niemi’s 23-year old sundial and Tom Teitge’s 34-year-old mural from the city’s public arts program.

Arts Coordinator Allison Hyde told the city council Sept. 25 that this process, called deaccession, removes them from their public site and from the maintenance cycle, and moves their hard and electronic copies into a deaccessioned collections file.

The City of Auburn adopted and approved its arts in public places policy for managing its public arts collection in 2010. The process of deaccessioning an artwork is typically completed at the end of a maintenance survey.

Every year, the city brings professional arts maintenance and cleaning companies to evaluate the collection. After the maintenance survey is complete, the companies present recommended maintenance, estimate the value and the cost of care for a collection, and recommend to staff whether a piece should be considered for deaccession.

Hyde said these two pieces have been talked about as possible deaccession candidates for several years. The parks department presented a recommendation to the Auburn Arts Commission for deaccession in August of this year and the commission voted unanimously to proceed.

Formally known as the “You’re here – Millenium Sundial,” artist Ries Niemi’s piece was created in 2000. Its primary material is wood, in this case, salvaged lumber that was already almost 100 years old when the work was created. Since then, the wood has been rotting away and splintering, becoming a bit of a public safety hazard.

Hyde said the city replaced the bench seats, but this past summer, city parks staff discovered that a large amount of rot and decay has been eating away at the underside of the table, and rusty screws are sticking out. To keep the public safe, the city enclosed that area in wood, but as Hyde said, that amounts to no more than a band-aid on a bigger problem.

To qualify for deaccession, a work must be beyond reasonable repair, must be damaged to the extent that it no longer represents the artist’s intent, and damaged to the extent that the expense of restoration and repair are found to exceed or equal current market value of the work.

The city notified Niemi to determine whether he wanted to do the repairs himself, but he declined.

“He is comfortable with this decision and has offered to have components of the sundial repurposed somewhere else in the city, if that is the city’s preference,” Hyde said, adding that city is studying whether to use some sort of more durable material to separate the wood from the bronze. Although it will no longer be a piece in the city’s public arts collection, the bronze sundial could still see a future as a gathering place in a park, Hyde said.

Courtesy photo “Centennial Mural” by Tom Teitge. East Main and B Street NE. Date accessioned: May 12, 1989. Original cost: $17,500. Current market value: $23,186. Current insurance value: $23,186. Estimated cost of repair: $5,000-$8,000.

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“Centennial Mural” by Tom Teitge. East Main and B Street NE. Date accessioned: May 12, 1989. Original cost: $17,500. Current market value: $23,186. Current insurance value: $23,186. Estimated cost of repair: $5,000-$8,000.

Artist Tom Teitge painted the Centennial Mural in 1989 on a wall that doesn’t belong to the city and has leased on a year-to-year basis. But the surface is crumbling and falling apart, and no amount of sealing and touch-up can prevent it from further deterioration, according to the city. Typically murals are not placed in public art collections for reason. The mural will still be on the wall and will henceforth be the responsibility of the building’s owner.

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• “You Are Here – Millennium Sundial” by Ries Niemi. Location: Les Gove Park, 910 9th St SE. Date accessioned: July 5, 2000. Original cost: $15,000. Current market value: The artist assessment noted that it would cost him $75,000 to remake today. Current insurance value: $16,500. Estimated cost of repair: $26,250 – $33,000.

• “Centennial Mural” by Tom Teitge. East Main and B Street NE. Date accessioned: May 12, 1989. Original cost: $17,500. Current market value: $23,186. Current insurance value: $23,186. Estimated cost of repair: $5,000-$8,000.

Local photography workshop to capture images of Indigenous dancers

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Local photography workshop to capture images of Indigenous dancers
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A local photography workshop will bring in Native American dancers, a local wagon tours business, a nationally-recognized photographer and several photographers looking to add to their portfolios this Saturday.

Wyoming Camera Outfitters is hosting the workshop in partnership with Canon and one of Canon’s Explorers of Light (a term the company uses to denote especially prolific photographers who work with their products), Lynsey Weatherspoon. Weatherspoon, an Alabama native who now lives in Atlanta, will lead 16 people in photographing Indigenous dancers in low light around a fire.

The event will be held just off the Platte River, at one of Morris Carter’s campsites. Carter leads Historic Trails West, a company that offers wagon or horseback rides along the actual Oregon, California, Mormon or Pony Express trails, and he himself will be under Weatherspoon’s tutelage on Saturday.

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Chris Luse, who works at Wyoming Camera Outfitters, told the Star-Tribune that the dancers are coming from Riverton. “A friend of a friend” is helping to recruit and gather them, he said.

This will be Weatherspoon’s first time in Wyoming. While she wishes that she could stay for longer, she is excited to work with Indigenous communities and experience the Cowboy State. Weatherspoon, who is Black, works with Black communities to document the issues they face and the cultures within them.

“What’s so important about it is stepping outside of your comfort zone and being able to learn about communities that you may be aware of, but not necessarily know the rituals, the canon of their language, whatever else,” she said. “But I think it’s really important to step outside of what you do on a normal basis just to learn not only photography skills, but just more about other people outside our own group of folks.

“As far as being hands on and interacting with Indigenous communities, it doesn’t happen enough in my world.” 

Indigenous communities use dance as a way to not only express themselves and their culture, but also to celebrate, pray and give thanks. Dances are often specific to certain regions and cultures.

Wyoming Camera Outfitters will not be taking a cut from this workshop, Luse said. Instead, all the money will go back to Indigenous people and to Carter, who said that he will be donating a portion to the National Historic Trails Center Foundation.

While this workshop is full, there are other workshops that Wyoming Camera Outfitters puts on throughout the year, Luse said. Last year, they did a alien-themed workshop at Hell’s Half Acre. 

Follow religion and community reporter Jordan Smith on Twitter at @jordansmith_js



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Veteran Racine photographer named to the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame

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Veteran Racine photographer named to the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame

RACINE — For more than 30 years, Mark Hertzberg captured images that would bring the news to life for readers of The Journal Times.

As a staff photographer for the Racine newspaper from 1978 to 2012, Hertzberg was the eyes of the community on news events involving crime, government, sports and business.

Now retired, Hertzberg is being honored with induction into the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame, making him just the third Journal Times staff member to receive such an honor.

In a career that has included many other awards and recognitions, the Hall of Fame installation is a highlight, Hertzberg said, because it comes from his newspaper industry peers.

“It’s a great honor,” he said. “I’m overwhelmed by it.”

The 72-year-old photojournalist will be inducted Nov. 9 during a ceremony in Madison.

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Mark Hertzberg, shown in action in the Racine County Courthouse during his days with The Journal Times, photographed local news in the Racine area for more than 30 years on the newspaper’s staff.



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He joins former Journal Times editor Peter D. Fox and former sports editor Susan Shemanske as the only Journal Times representatives in the statewide newspaper association’s Hall of Fame.

In announcing Hertzberg’s selection, the association cited his leadership in pushing for cameras in the courtrooms, in addition to his years of field work as a Journal Times photographer and as the newspaper’s photo director.

“Mark Hertzberg dedicated himself to capturing unforgettable images that told powerful stories,” the announcement stated.

Shemanske, who was inducted in 2019, nominated Hertzberg for this year’s group of honorees, saying the photographer never shied away from an assignment and that he became “the face” of The Journal Times for many in the community.

“He was always there to answer the call,” she wrote.

A native of New York City, Hertzberg moved to the Midwest to attend college, and he ended up taking his first job at the Beloit Daily News. After moving to The Journal Times in 1978, he shot photos for some of the biggest local news stories for the next three decades.

Former managing editor Tom Farley said Hertzberg was particularly gifted at photographing courtroom dramas. After then-Racine Mayor Gary Becker was arrested in a 2009 internet sex sting, Hertzberg captured a closeup image of the mayor wincing in court as prosecutors introduced the evidence against him.



Former Racine Mayor Gary Becker in court in Mark Hertzberg photo

Former Racine Mayor Gary Becker flinches in court, clenching his eyes shut, as prosecutors lay out the evidence against him following his 2009 arrest in an internet sex sting while he was still mayor. 



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Hertzberg had a knack for positioning himself to capture the best photo, and he was “fearless” in pursuing news stories, Farley said.

“Mark held himself to the highest professional standards, and expected the same of every photographer who worked for him,” Farley said.

Hertzberg was promoted to photo director at The Journal Times in the 1980s — overseeing a staff of five photographers — and held that position until his retirement in 2012.

Since retiring from The Journal Times, he continues working as a freelance photographer. He also has published four books about Frank Lloyd Wright-designed buildings in the Racine area.

Reflecting on his years in the newspaper business, Hertzberg said the greatest personal reward was finding people who appreciated his work enough to clip photos out of the paper and hang them on a refrigerator door.

“That kind of recognition is important,” he said. “You’re the eyes of the community. You get to see a lot of things that people don’t get to see.”



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New addition to JIA’s art gallery features Jacksonville native, Lindsey Morris

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New addition to JIA’s art gallery features Jacksonville native, Lindsey Morris

JACKSONVILLE, Fla — Jacksonville International Airport’s new art exhibit in the Main Gallery in the central courtyard features Jax native, Lindsey Morris.

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Lindsey Morris was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. She attended Westside High School and later went on to study Dental Assisting. Morris worked as a Dental Assistant for 9 years when she went back to college to upgrade her position in the Dental field.

She now holds an Associate in Arts Degree from Florida State College at Jacksonville.

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Morris’s states that she discovered her love for painting while she was in college. She began painting as a hobby; but the more she painted, the more she realized how much she loved it.

She began to experiment with not only realism but with expressionism and abstract.

Morris is on her continued journey of painting the world through her eyes; shining light on the subtle and mundane beauties that life has to offer.

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The Top Comedy Wildlife Photos of 2023

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The Top Comedy Wildlife Photos of 2023
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The animal kingdom is a dynamic place, filled with action, splendor, and drama. But freeze any one moment in time, and creatures’ behavior can become hilarious. These images represent the final shortlist of the 2023 annual Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards competition. Previous finalists have included a lion colliding with a tree (2022) and a monkey landing in the most unfortunate way on a branch (2021). This year’s selection does not disappoint.

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Photo: Adrian Slazok / Comedywildlife

This cute shot of a rather blobby grey seal was snapped on the eastern coast of England. The seal appears to float over the sandy beach as it hustles along.

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Photo: Allen Holmes / Comedywildlife

An avocet and an Egyptian goose are seen here on the Royal Society for the Protection of Bird’s Minsmere reserve. The avocet is flying in to scare off the goose, who strayed too close to the former’s chicks.

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Photo: Benard Omwaka / Comedywildlife

A young baboon and its mother are spotted here, the baby trying to get away from its mother’s meticulous grooming.

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Photo: Bill Gozansky / Comedywildlife

Safe to say this particular view of giraffes in Namibia’s Onguma Game Reserve speaks for itself.

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Photo: Brandi Romano / Comedywildlife

Five surgeonfish seem to freeze in place, yielding the water in front of them to a black tip reef shark off French Polynesia.

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Photo: Brian Matthews / Comedywildlife

This Atlantic puffin is seen doing a “reverse Snoopy impression,” in the waters off the United Kingdom’s Farne Islands, in the words of photographer Brian Matthews.

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Photo: Brigitte Alcalay Marcon / Comedywildlife

A chacma baboon on its mother’s back in Kruger National Park looks surprised as it points to its cheek.

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Photo: Brigitte Alcalay Marcon / Comedywildlife

Another in the mom-and-child trend, this shot of two polar bears on Svalbard shows a mother pushing her offspring into the water.

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Photo: Christian Hargasser / Comedywildlife

Similar to one of last year’s finalist images—which showed a lion hitting a tree—this shot shows a lion cub landing awkwardly on a trunk in the Masai Mara.

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Photo: Dakota Vaccaro / Comedywildlife

A grey fox with a stick in its mouth appears to be emulating Churchill.

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Photo: Danielle Goonan / Comedywildlife

A fun perspective of a batfish on a dive off the Seychelles.

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Photo: Danny Sullivan / Comedywildlife

These mustangs in Wyoming appear to be dancing with one another. They’re actually fighting, but it’s an amusing standalone shot.

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Photo: Dario Podesta / Comedywildlife

Three King Penguins on Argentina’s Islas Malvinas look like they’re holding hands—erm, fins.

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Photo: Delphine Casimir / Comedywildlife

An apparently sassy monkey in Bali mugs for the camera.

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Photo: Dikla Gabriely / Comedywildlife

A bear in Finland seems to insist on getting the photographer’s attention.

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Photo: Henry Keepin / Comedywildlife

A painted wolf at Kruger National Park in South Africa gives the camera a toothy grin.

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Photo: Jacek Stankiewicz / Comedywildlife

“My friends interpret this scene in two ways,” said photographer Jacek Stankiewicz, in a Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards release. “1. A young naughty kid is arguing with a parent,” or “2. One kid is reporting to the parent that its brother did something wrong: look he has broken the glass in the window.” Whatever the genuine case, it’s a fun exercise in anthropomorphism.

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Photo: Jacques Poulard / Comedywildlife

A white grouse looks like it’s ready to be thrown at an unsuspecting passerby. But please don’t.

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Photo: Jakub Wozny / Comedywildlife

A dragonfly in Warta, Poland, appears to shrug with genuine nonchalance.

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Photo: Jaroslaw Kolacz / Comedywildlife

A swan peers head-on into the camera on a beach in Poland.

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Photo: Jason Moore / Comedywildlife

A grey kangaroo looks like he’s practicing air guitar in this shot taken in Perth, Australia.

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Photo: Jodi Frediani / Comedywildlife

An inquest appears to unfold between a trio of Gentoo penguins and a lone chinstrap penguin in Antarctica.

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Photo: John Blumenkamp / Comedywildlife

A great grey owl looks pretty over this week in a shot taken in Grand Teton National Park.

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Photo: Jorn Vangoidtsenhoven / Comedywildlife

A beaver holding a thin strip of fiber in its paws gives the impression of a human being with a bit of dental floss. It helps that the beaver’s teeth are dark orange—they could probably use a floss.

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Photo: Kate Stevenson / Comedywildlife

A wood pigeon on a post in the UK looks like it’s singing in this shot—taken in a downpour.

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Photo: Kawing Chiu / Comedywildlife

A seal off Staten Island, New York, looks like it doesn’t have a care in the world as it basks in the sunlight.

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Photo: Khurram Khan / Comedywildlife

A polar bear holds a stick, as if it’s about to be putting on the Ritz.

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Photo: Lara Matthews / Comedywildlife

A joey pops out from behind another grey kangaroo in Melbourne, Australia.

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Photo: Mark Schocken / Comedywildlife

Birds love to point, apparently. This shot shows two great horned owls in Tierra Verde, Florida. The owl at right seems totally over whatever the left owl keeps hooting about.

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Photo: Matti Rauvala / Comedywildlife

A macaque inspects a leaf in Sulawesi, not entirely differently from how many humans scan a newspaper.

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Photo: Michael Erwin / Comedywildlife

A little owl in Wales scowls at the camera.

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Photo: Otter Kwek / Comedywildlife

An otter in Singapore in an Arabesque position.

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Photo: Paul Goldstein / Comedywildlife

A leopard leaps off the ground in Masai Mara. “I know it isn’t a bird and technically it does not have the faculty of flight,” said photographer Paul Goldstein, “but, you cannot fault this leopard’s effort to get airborne.”

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Photo: Pratick Mondal / Comedywildlife

A macaque appears to be impressed by the deer over its right shoulder, and encourages the viewer to look at the sight. In reality, the monkey was scratching itself. But it’s a great photo.

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Photo: Sergey Savvi / Comedywildlife

A lemur appears aghast whatever situation is unfolding before it.

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Photo: Thomas Vijayan / Comedywildlife

Two bear cubs in Katmai National Park and Reserve in Alaska give each other a hearty handshake.

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Indigenous People’s celebrations set for Sunday and Monday

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Indigenous People’s celebrations set for Sunday and Monday

Muskogee Oklahoma Native American Association will celebrate and share Native culture during Indigenous Peoples Day observances Sunday and Monday

“Our mission is to preserve the language, culture, traditions, and to keep that alive in the community, while supporting each other,” said MONAA President Madison Shoemaker.

Sunday will be devoted to gospel singing and worship at the Muscogee Indian Community Center.

Norman Daniel, a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, will lead worship at 11 a.m.

A free lunch will be served at noon, followed by gospel singing led by Muscogee (Creek) James McHenry, 1 to 5 p.m. Osage member Larry Robinson will lead worship at 5 p.m. and Harry Birdtail, Cherokee, will lead worship at 6 p.m.

Monday festivities begin at 9:45 a.m. with a march around Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center. Shoemaker said the march is meant “to honor our ancestors.”

Duan Morris, owner of Morris Moving and a Muscogee (Creek), will give the keynote speech at 10 a.m.

“We really wanted a keynote speaker who could come and inspire the youth and our children, and show them you can be successful and Indigenous, give back to your community and be an active part of your tribe,” Shoemaker said.

Indian taco meals will be sold at $10 each from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The price includes a beverage. There will be reserved spots for carry-out.

In the Kids’ Zone, Lynzi Smith, Jerilyn Willie and Alice Sue Jumper-Wilder will teach youngsters how to weave baskets and make medallions and clay pottery.

“Whatever the kids make, they can take it home with them,” Shoemaker said.

More than 15 Native artists will show and sell their art from 1 to 3 p.m.

“We have everything from jewelry to paintings to baskets, pottery, all kinds of different things,” Shoemaker said. “Everybody will find something for themselves at the artist exposition.”

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