{"id":99482,"date":"2025-10-23T15:15:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/99482\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T15:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:15:07","slug":"nikon-comedy-wildlife-awards-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/99482\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards finalists announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Who doesn\u2019t need a dancing gorilla<\/a> to spark some joy<\/a> in their life right now?\n <\/p>\n

\n A windswept gannet, laughing lions and a sleepy frog could also lift the mood, which is probably why they have all been chosen as finalists in this year\u2019s Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n

\n Judges of the annual contest have selected 40 images that are guaranteed to raise a smile, as well as three portfolio category images and 10 videos of some of nature\u2019s most hilarious offerings.\n <\/p>\n

\n The competition, which has been going for a decade, received almost 10,000 entries from applicants in 108 countries this year, organizers said. Some of the other entertaining shots include one of a squirrel having a bad hair day and another of two wrestling frogs.\n <\/p>\n

\n The finalists will be judged in a range of categories, including ones for reptiles, insects and fish, as well as for younger photographers. There is also a People\u2019s Choice Award, which will be open to a public vote on the competition website from the day after the winners are announced.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThese images combine wit and wonder to celebrate nature\u2019s character, while emphasising the urgency of conservation,\u201d said Stefan Maier, Nikon Europe senior general manager of marketing, in the press release Thursday. \u201cAt Nikon, we\u2019re proud to support a competition that sparks joy while reminding us why our wild world is worth protecting.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Awards co-founder Tom Sullam said the competition had reached \u201cmore people in more countries than ever before, helping us raise awareness of animal and habitat conservation and crucially, highlight the fundamental importance of having wildlife on our planet and in our lives.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Each year, the competition supports a sustainable conservation organization and the Whitley Fund for Nature has been selected again for 2025. The UK-based charity supports conservation leaders from around the global south.\n <\/p>\n

\n The overall, category and highly commended winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in London on December 9. All of the finalists will form part of an exhibition at theGallery@Oxo in London from December 10-14.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who doesn\u2019t need a dancing gorilla to spark some joy in their life right now? A windswept gannet,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-99482","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}