The 2025 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards delighted audiences worldwide by capturing nature’s most hilarious and unexpected moments. These images reveal wildlife’s uncanny human-like behaviors through humor.
Here are this year’s standout features:
Key Highlights
- Record participation: Over 12,000 submissions from photographers across 86 countries
- New categories: “Animal Yoga Masters” and “Street Dance Battles”
- Eco-initiative: 10 rainforest trees planted for every shortlisted entry
Award-Winning Moments
1. Yoga Philosophy
- Meditating Lemur Yoga: A lemur strikes perfect lotus pose (Andrey Giljov)
- Tree Pose Orangutan: One-legged ape mimics yoga stance (Anonymous)
- Lost Albatross: Confused bird resembles a beginner yogi (Alison Tuck)
2. Epic Fails
- Fox Floor Move: Mid-air tumble becomes breakdance crash (Paula Rustemeier)
- Duck Dilemma: Mallard’s “why me?” expression (John Speirs)
- Emergency Baptism: Wave-slapped seal pup (Grayson Bell)
3. Dramatic Encounters
- Fighting Hug: Macaques quarreling like lovers (Jessica Emmett)
- Chokehold: Warthog mud wrestling (Warren Price)
- Forest Venus: Pose-perfect squirrel (Michael Stavrakakis)
Special Discoveries
- Cross-species synchronization: Fox moves mirror human breakdancing
- Bird meme trilogy: Emotional shifts in 0.3 seconds
- Underwater winner: Octopus flashing perfect “V-sign”
As judges noted: “Nature is Earth’s greatest comedy stage – we just needed to notice.” All winning works are displayed on the official website, with select images archived in Animal Comedy Ethology.
All images © the photographers, courtesy of Comedy Wildlife Awards, shared with permission
