From laughing donkeys and grimacing lions to a ‘headless’ penguin and a frustrated hippo, these hilarious images capture hapless animals pulling a range of funny faces.
Pictures taken all over the world by a number of photographers show a side of the animal kingdom many of us rarely see.
They include a gorilla picking its nose, a fox jammed head first in a snow drift and a stag blindly charging around with a clump of undergrowth covering its eyes.
There is even a flamingo with its legs in a twist and a hippo running away after being attacked by a small flock of birds.
![Roar emotion: A surprised lion cub feels the pain when it gets nibbled on the back by another big cat in this hilarious snap](https://tin2s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3D48CE4A00000578-0-Roar_emotion_A_surprised_lion_cub_feels_the_pain_when_it_gets_ni-a-72_1487243565759.jpg)
![Keep it down! An orangutan - bizarrely with a ring-pull in its mouth - looks unimpressed as it puts its fingers in its ears](https://tin2s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3D48D38C00000578-0-Keep_it_down_An_orangutan_bizarrely_with_a_ring_pull_in_its_mout-a-73_1487243572382.jpg)
![Gurning: This Great Dane, called Mukta, is renowned for his ability to pull funny faces in his native Finland](https://tin2s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3D48CFF000000578-0-image-a-74_1487243582012.jpg)
![How long is that neck? A giraffe magic trick among the greenery at the Royal Maleware Lodge in South Africa](https://tin2s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3D48D4C800000578-0-image-a-68_1487243148736.jpg)
![Wild Burro the mule laughing at the Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada](https://tin2s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3D48C65400000578-0-image-a-42_1487242982507.jpg)
![An impala with oxpecker earrings at the Kruger National Park in South Africa](https://tin2s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3D48CF9C00000578-0-image-m-41_1487242975348.jpg)
![Dressing up time: A stag puts on a wig and turns on the dramatics in London's Richmond Park](https://tin2s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3D48CFA300000578-0-image-a-45_1487242992763.jpg)
![How does he do it? A lone headless penguin in the Falkland islands](https://tin2s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3D48D36400000578-0-image-m-47_1487243010653.jpg)
![A hilarious owl shows off his legs in Israel's Judah Desert](https://tin2s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3D48D2F700000578-0-image-a-48_1487243020044.jpg)
![Not so happy hippo: He may be huge, but this hippo still runs screaming from a group of birds which lands on him in Zambia](https://tin2s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3D48CDBF00000578-0-image-a-49_1487243030466.jpg)
![Making a splash: An eye-catching flamingo is pictured playing in the water at Moscow Zoo](https://tin2s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3D48C63800000578-0-image-a-53_1487243037899.jpg)
![So many questions: A cow managed to get itself stuck over metal fencing on the road towards the Italian mountain village Montecorvino Rovella-Salerno](https://tin2s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3D48C69C00000578-0-image-a-55_1487243041145.jpg)
![Clumsy: A fox lands head first into the snow at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming](https://tin2s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3D48CF9000000578-0-image-a-67_1487243100575.jpg)
![A young mountain gorilla picking his nose in Musanze, Rwanda](https://tin2s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3D48CE0500000578-0-image-m-66_1487243095268.jpg)
![The true face of crocs: A crocodile is pictured tucking into the footwear that carries his name](https://tin2s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3D48D3A000000578-0-image-a-65_1487243093004.jpg)
![Egg on her face: The lionness looks far from impressed after biting into an egg at Artis Zoo in Amsterdam](https://tin2s.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3D48D3B400000578-0-image-a-71_1487243155145.jpg)