TheComedy Wildlife Photography Awardscelebrates the very best in amusing photos of wild animals. This year’s competition has some real corkers as you can imagine.
For 2022 the awards received 5,000 entries from 85 different countries. Those awesome photos have been whittled down to a select few winners.
It’s not all chortles though, with the competition doing its part to support charity too. This year the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards has been working in support of theWhitley Fund for Nature,a charity that supports conservationists around the world.
We’re showing off some of the best for you to enjoy, but be sure to check outthe full galleryto see the rest.
Not so cat-like reflexes (overall winner)
The overall winner for 2022 is this photo by
Jennifer Hadley showing a less-than-graceful lion cub having a mishap. Classic misadventure.
The overall winner for 2022 is this photo byJennifer Hadley showing a less-than-graceful lion cub having a mishap. Classic misadventure.
“This 3 month old cub and his sibling were in a tree. The other lionesses were in other trees and on the ground. He wanted to get down and walked all over the branches looking for the right spot and finally just went for it. It was probably his first time in a tree and his descent didn’t go so well. He was just fine though after landing on the ground. He got up and ran off with some other cubs.”
Misleading African viewpoints
If you didn’t know better you’d be forgiven for thinking that this photo showed a heron in danger of being chomped. But hippos are herbivores.
If you didn’t know better you’d be forgiven for thinking that this photo showed a heron in danger of being chomped. Hippos are herbivores, so they wouldn’t eat the bird. Funny to see it seemingly looking at the camera mid-yawn like it’s pretending to be ready to swallow the heron though.
Say cheese
In some of these wildlife photos, it seems like the animals are admiring or viewer or posing for the camera.
These fish look like they belong in follow-up to Finding Nemo,
This photo was selected as the “Creatures under the water” award.
“A couple of triggerfish looking into the camera, captured at the Azores. Even they may look funny, these fish can be quite aggressive. In this case, they didn’t attempt to bite me, but the dome port of my camera housing ended up with some scratches… life is hard… at least it wasn’t me who was hurt.”
Owl in a pipe
This image of an owl in a pipe comes from India and was selected as the Junior award winner for 2022.
“Few hundred miles away we went to explore wildlife of a small town named ‘Bikaner’. It was after almost a year I travelled because of covid. We hired a guide to explore places around. During last day of our trip we came across a pipe in a city where we spotted an owlet. I have earlier clicked owls in a pipe before so I was sure that I wasn’t mistake. We waited for a short while and it didn’t take a long time and one of the spotted owlet came out of the pipe. It was really funny when he came out and looked at me straight, before going inside he closed one of his eyes and felt like he wanted to say I CU boy ! and I immediately snapped a picture when he gave this pose.”
Monkey Wellness Centre
Another highly commended image shows what looks like a monkey in a highly relaxed state with its friend checking in on them.
Smell the flowers
Sometimes you’ve got to just take time out to sniff the roses. Or the flowers in this case.
Sometimes you’ve got to just take time out to sniff the roses. Or whatever you can find that reminds you how good life is.
An unusual bridge
This cheeky little duckling is using turtles like a bridge to get across the water. We admire its tenacity.
“A duckling walking/waddling across a turtle covered log at the Juanita wetlands, the duckling fell off after a few turtle crossings, it was cute.”
Happy Feet
This little chappy looks like the inspiration for the Happy Feet film.
This little chappy looks like the inspiration for the Happy Feet film. They’re also just the right age for hunting for their own food.
Fishy lunch
Less comedic than some of the others, but we like this one because it reminds me of those photos of dogs failing to catch treats.
Pegasus, the flying horse
Here it looks like Pegasus has appeared in real life.
Here it looks like Pegasus has appeared in real life. But really it’s just a matter of perfectly timed perspective.
“Actually this is Indian Saras Crane attacking a Bluebull from behind, the bull happened to venture close to Saras’s nest, where in, it had laid a single egg. The Saras Crane, which is tallest flying bird in the world, opened it’s huge wings and attacked the bull from behind, driving the bull away from the nest”
