Crappy wildlife photos shouldn’t be something that we ought to be embarrassed about—they ought to be celebrated!

A cracking selection of amusing images of wild animals and their goofy antics was chosen from thousands of entries from around the world.

Who are they? Squirrels. As climate change is making extreme heat events more common, these bright-eyed and bushy-tailed critters are "splooting" to cope. Splooting is behavior some animals use to ...