Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025: The funniest animal photos of the year | Offbeat News

Ever wanted to see a flying squirrel? Or even an elephant playing peek-a-boo?

Then look no further than the finalists of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025. This year’s selection of photographs, whittled down from almost 10,000 entries from amateurs and professionals alike, will raise a smile.

There are also images of a lounging yellow-cheeked gibbon and a dancing mountain gorilla.

The awards, founded in 2015, are aimed at using the power of humour to promote wildlife and habitat conservation.

“These images combine wit and wonder to celebrate nature’s character, while emphasising the urgency of conservation,” said Nikon Europe senior general manager of marketing Stefan Maier.

“At Nikon, we’re proud to support a competition that sparks joy, while reminding us why our wild world is worth protecting,”

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on 9 December.

Here is a selection of this year’s finalists.

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An expressive lemur. Pic: Andrey Giljov/Comedy Wildlife Awards

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A flying red squirrel. Pic: Stefan Cruysberghs/Comedy Wildlife Awards

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Monitor lizards hug mid-battle in Bishan-Ang Mo Kio park, Singapore. Pic: Jessica Emmett/Comedy Wildlife Awards

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A smoking mallard in Bavaria, Germany. Pic: Lars Beygang/Comedy Wildlife Awards

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Baboons at play in Hwange national park in Zimbabwe. Pic: Kalin Botev/Comedy Wildlife Awards

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It is a duck’s life. Pic: John Speirs/Comedy Wildlife Awards

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A yellow-cheeked gibbon just lounging around. Pic: Diana Rebman/Comedy Wildlife Awards

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Peek-a-boo with a Sri Lankan elephant Pic: Henry Szwinto/Comedy Wildlife Awards

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A shocked-looking porcupine fish in the Sea of Cortez. Pic: Bingqian Gao/Comedy Wildlife Awards

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An amazonian umbrellabird in Pantanal, Brazil. Pic: David Fettes/Comedy Wildlife Awards

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Two Steller’s sea eagles in Japan. Pic: Michael Lane/Comedy Wildlife Awards

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A lion shakes off a downpour in the Serengeti national park, Tanzania. Pic: Massimo Felici/Comedy Wildlife Awards

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A frog protects some grapes. Pic: Beate Ammer/Comedy Wildlife Awards

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Two guillemots battling on a rocky cliff. Pic: Warren Price/Comedy Wildlife Awards

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A bad hair day for a grey squirrel, Victoria, Canada. Pic: Christy Grinton/Comedy Wildlife Awards

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A red-throated loon touches down. Photograph: Erkko Badermann/Comedy Wildlife Awards

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