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14 funny pictures from the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

By ebiztoday.news Nov 14, 2025 #Awards #Comedy #Funny #photography #Pictures #wildlife

Humour is just not limited to simply humans. Other animals could be just as funny — and one competition sets out to prove just that. The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards has announced its finalists for 2025, and this yr also marks 10 years because the award first got here about. When founder Paul Joynson-Hicks was living in East Africa and dealing as a wildlife photographer, he was searching through his photographs when he got here across several that made him laugh out loud. Soon after, in 2015, The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards was born from Paul’s small office in Usa River on the slopes of Mt Meru in northern Tanzania. The thought is to engage individuals with the threats facing these same animals, while showing just how funny the could be. So, listed below are a number of the finalists for 2025, with the winners because of be announced on December 9 (Picture: Mark Meth-Cohn /Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards)

***UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL THUR 23 OCT 12.01 AM BST*** NIKON COMEDY WILDLIFE AWARDS 2025 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED*** photographer Valtteri Mulkahainen. (Finland) 'Smile, you're being photographed'. When I was photographing bears, this one year old bear cub saw it and started smiling at me. Apparently he had already had to pose in front of photographers. — Photographer Valtteri Mulkahainen, from Finland, said of this picture: ‘After I was photographing bears, this one yr old bear cub saw it and began smiling at me. Apparently he had already needed to pose in front of photographers.’ (Picture: Valtteri Mulkahainen)

***UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL THUR 23 OCT 12.01 AM BST*** NIKON COMEDY WILDLIFE AWARDS 2025 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED*** .photographer Henry Szwinto. (UK) 'Peek a Boo' A Sri Lankan Elephant playing peek a boo with his ears — Taken by Henry Szwinto, from the UK, this picture shows a Sri Lankan Elephant playing peek a boo along with his ears. Elephants are know for being playful with other species, in addition to other elephants. (Picture: Henry Szwinto)

***UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL THUR 23 OCT 12.01 AM BST*** NIKON COMEDY WILDLIFE AWARDS 2025 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED*** photographer Stefan Cruysberghs. (Belgium) Squirrel airborne: surrender modeC259 A few years ago, a simple wooden hide was available for rent in a forest near my home, known for its lively red squirrel population. I had visited the spot several times before, and eventually began experimenting with capturing squirrels mid-jump. This resulted in countless blurry shots, but also a few fun and quirky moments?including the one I submitted. Sadly, the forest has since been cut down due to an infestation of bark beetles, but I still cherish the images I captured of these agile and comical little acrobats. I thought this flying squirrel looks like it?s throwing in the towel mid-air?arms wide, total surrender! — Belgium photographer Stefan Cruysberghs said: ‘A number of years ago, a straightforward wood hide was available for rent in a forest near my home, known for its full of life red squirrel population. I had visited the spot several times before, and eventually began experimenting with capturing squirrels mid-jump. This resulted in countless blurry shots, but in addition a couple of fun and quirky moments—including the one I submitted. Sadly, the forest has since been cut down because of an infestation of bark beetles, but I still cherish the pictures I captured of those agile and comical little acrobats. I believed this flying squirrel looks prefer it’s dropping by the wayside mid-air—arms wide, total give up!’ (Picture: Stefan Cruysberghs)

UK photographer Alison Tuck snapped this at Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, UK, as this poor gannet got a face-full of grass. She said: ‘A windy day on Bempton Cliffs in the course of the nesting season.’ (Picture: Alison Tuck)

***UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL THUR 23 OCT 12.01 AM BST*** NIKON COMEDY WILDLIFE AWARDS 2025 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED*** photographer Mark Meth-Cohn. (UK) Time to party!' This photograph was taken during a trip to Rwanda earlier this year, where we spent four unforgettable days trekking through the misty Virunga Mountains in search of the gorilla families that call them home. It was pouring with rain that day, by the time we reached the group we were completely soaked, as were they. Despite the weather, this mother proudly cradled her baby for us to see, a tender moment of affection that was both heartwarming and humorous, especially since the infant looked far less enthusiastic about all the affection it was getting. — Photographer Mark Meth-Cohn, from the UK, took this joyful picture of a gorilla in Rwanda. He said: ‘This photograph was taken during a visit to Rwanda earlier this yr, where we spent 4 unforgettable days trekking through the misty Virunga Mountains in quest of the gorilla families that decision them home. On this particular day, we got here across a big family group gathered in a forest clearing, the adults were calmly foraging while the children were enthusiastically playing. One young male was especially keen to indicate off his acrobatic flair; pirouetting, tumbling, and high kicking. Watching his performance was pure joy, and I’m thrilled to have captured his playful spirit on this image.’ (Picture: Mark Meth-Cohn)

Photographer Beate Ammer from Australia took this picture of a green tree frog in her garden. She said: ‘Meet the Frog Prince of my little garden — he’s been lazing around guarding my grape vine, waiting for a kiss, but I believe he’s just here for the grapes. This charming amphibian seems to have mistaken the vine for his royal court, lounging among the many plump fruit as if he’s the monarch of the orchard.’ (Picture: Beate Ammer)

This umbrella bird from Brazil was snapped by David Fetters, who’s a UK photographer. He said: ‘The topic of the photograph is an Amazonian Umbrellabird – Cephalopterus ornatus. I photographed it in a forest within the Pantanal in Brazil. It appeared to be unwell and unable to fly so contact was made with a vet in a town far from where I used to be and so they got here out and took it away for treatment – I hope it had a great end result. In flight and when foraging the crest of feathers on the pinnacle that obscure the face when pushed forward are pushed back right into a spike – when forward it could only make one laugh – looks ridiculous.’ (Picture: David Fetters)

John Speirs, a UK photographer, snapped this golden eye in Scotland, and said: ‘This picture was taken on a really dull day, when the duck was just sitting on the surface of the ocean loch a shaft of sunshine broke through the clouds to light him up and he appeared to go into holiday mood.’ (Picture: John Speirs)

This poor green frog within the USA was snapped by a photographer who said: ‘One morning I used to be hanging out with my camera along the sting of a pond near our home. I noticed two frogs fighting and took a bunch of shots of them. This photo captures two male green frogs, that are native to Maine. They typically have greenish-brown on their backs, with dusky bars on their hind legs and a lighter underside. Males could have a yellow throat, while females’ are white. They make a throaty sound like a ‘boink’. On this photo, these two male frogs are jockeying for territory. They are going to engage in physical confrontations like wrestling to defend worthwhile habit that may attract females. I took several shots of them, but this one specifically amused me since it looked like one was attempting to baptize the opposite against his will.’ (Picture: Grayson Bell)

Australian photographer Jenny Stock said: ‘ Whilst on a scuba dive within the Philippines, this little fish kept popping its head out of its home, a hole within the patterned coral. I took a couple of photos and I loved its cheeky face smiling back at me. What an expressive looking face! This cheerful looking species, the bluestriped fangblenny is around eight centimeters and truly has a rare defence mechanism, where it could bite an attacking predator and inject venom when it’s threatened. The venom causes dizziness and disorientation, weakening the predator’s ability to pursue and eat the fangblenny. I took the image at 10 meters deep, within the Philippines. I used an underwater housing around my mirrorless camera, and two underwater flash guns to light up the topic.’ (Picture: Jenny Stock)

Liliana Luca, Italian photographer, said: ‘This moment happened after the tourists had left Nosy Komba (Madagascar). I finished, letting the silence fall around me, and turned my attention to a bunch of crowned sifakas. It was then that he appeared, watching me with wide, curious eyes, as if questioning my presence… or perhaps my clothing selections. Then, with the grace of a stage actor and the timing of a comedian, he raised his hand, licked it thoughtfully, after which paused mid-gesture, as if he knew exactly what he was doing. The photo immediately jogged my memory of that old snack industrial: “Should you don’t lick your fingers… you are only half having fun with it!” Ultimately, because of this I like nature photography a lot: sometimes nature’s humorousness is best than our own; you only should be able to catch it.’ (Picture: Liliana Luca)

Andrey Giljov from the Russian Federation said of those ring-tailed lemur in Madagascar : ‘Instructor Lemur demonstrates perfect enthusiasm, reaching high to embrace the universe. Student Lemur contemplates whether enlightenment is price this much effort before breakfast. Flexibility? Optional. Dramatic flair? Mandatory.’ (Picture: Andrey Giljov)

German photographer Paula Rustemeier said of those red foxes snapped within the Netherlands: ‘This shot was taken quite at first of my wildlife photography “journey”. I at all times enjoyed nature, but normally only photographed my dog, until I observed foxes for an essay I wrote for biology lessons at school and decided I would like to attempt to photograph and learn much more about foxes. The photo was taken in a nature reserve. You actually should giggle rather a lot watching foxes play with their quirky personalities. Since then, I had been photographing and following fox cubs every spring/summer and had way more amazing encounters with foxes and likewise other wildlife.’ (Picture: Paula Rustemeier)

Canadian photographer Yann Chauvette said of this Nepalese Rhino: ‘The greater one-horned rhino feasting on aquatic positive food, diving underwater and coming back up with a brand new wig made out of his delicious meal.’ (Picture: Yann Chauvette)

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