{"id":395932,"date":"2026-01-08T10:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/395932\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T10:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:47:10","slug":"laugh-out-loud-at-some-of-the-funniest-wildlife-photos-of-2025-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/395932\/","title":{"rendered":"Laugh out loud at some of the funniest wildlife photos of 2025 | story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nature\u2019s got a sense of humour, too<\/p>\n

Next time you go out for a hike, take your camera with you.<\/p>\n

If you can capture a photo of wildlife doing something hilarious, you could become a big winner.<\/p>\n

Nikon, the camera company, holds an annual photo competition for the funniest wildlife photos.<\/p>\n

Prizes include a one-week safari stay for the overall winner, along with Nikon camera kits and photography backpacks for the other winners.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the top photos from the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards in 2025.<\/p>\n

Can you unscramble this photo?<\/p>\n

The overall winner is a gorilla that seems to be practising dance moves in the grassy Virunga Mountains in Rwanda.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was photographed by Mark Meth Cohn, a photographer from the U.K.<\/p>\n

\u201cWatching his performance was pure joy, and I\u2019m thrilled to have captured his playful spirit in this image,\u201d he wrote in the photo caption.<\/p>\n

The title he gave to this winning photo is High Five.<\/p>\n

See if you can unscramble the photo below based on the image above, then keep reading for more puzzles.<\/p>\n

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The junior category winner (under 16)<\/p>\n

This photo, titled Baptism of the Unwilling Convert, shows one frog dunking another frog into the water, like a baptism.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t until I got back to the house and looked at the pictures that I saw this one and realized how much I liked it,\u201d said Grayson Bell, a 13-year-old from the U.S.<\/p>\n

This photo also won the category for reptiles, amphibians and insects.<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Grayson Bell\/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards)<\/p>\n

The ThinkTANK birds award<\/p>\n

Warren Price from the U.K. won the bird category with this photo of two guillemots, titled Headlock.<\/p>\n

In the caption, he said that guillemots are fiercely territorial and battles over nesting space happen frequently.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe nests [are] all crammed in close together, which isn\u2019t a good recipe for being good neighbours,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Warren Price\/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards)<\/p>\n

The fish and other aquatic species award<\/p>\n

This photo of a bluestriped fangblenny titled Smiley won the underwater category.<\/p>\n

It was photographed by U.K. photographer Jenny Stock while on a scuba dive in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

\u201cI loved its cheeky face smiling back at me,\u201d she wrote in the caption.<\/p>\n

\"Close-up<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Jenny Stock\/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards)<\/p>\n

Other winners and notable photos<\/p>\n

Here are a few more of the top photos from the competition, including some photos that didn\u2019t win, but were highly commended.<\/p>\n

\"Four<\/p>\n

Digging for Gold by Maggie Hoffman from the U.S. (Image credit: Maggie Hoffman\/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards)<\/p>\n

\"Close-up<\/p>\n

Bad hair day by Christy Grinton from Canada. (Image credit: Christy Grinton\/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Now which direction is my nest by Alison Tuck from the U.K. (Image credit: Alison Tuck\/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards)<\/p>\n

\"Three<\/p>\n

The choir by Meline Ellwanger from the U.S. (Image credit: Meline Ellwanger\/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards)<\/p>\n

\"Close-up<\/p>\n

Smile \u2014 you’re being photographed by Valtteri Mulkahainen from Finland. (Image credit: Valtteri Mulkahainen\/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Landing gear down by Erkko Badermann from Finland. (Image credit: Erkko Badermann\/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards)<\/p>\n

Interested in reading more animal news? Check out these stories!<\/p>\n

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TOP IMAGE CREDIT: Mark Meth Cohn\/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nature\u2019s got a sense of humour, too Next time you go out for a hike, take your camera…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-395932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}