14 foolish, never-before-seen photos from the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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Accidentally working face-first into your mother’s butt is humorous, irrespective of your species.

The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards opened for entries this week and to hype up the 2026 competitors, the highest wildlife images competitors for not-so-serious animals has launched outtakes from final 12 months’s contest. And they don’t disappoint. We get a caiman with butterfly equipment, a pleasant damselfly, and two baboons caught in a compromising place.

More than 10,000 entries competed in 2025 with prime honors bestowed on UK-based photographer Mark Meth-Cohn. And the competitors isn’t nearly laughs—it additionally works to spice up conservation points. “The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards is proud to support Born Free Foundation, an international wildlife charity that has been championing compassionate conservation and campaigning to protect wild animals for over 40 years,” an announcement reads.

The contest is free to enter, and photographers can use any kind of digicam model. Entries have to be submitted till June 30, 2026, with a shortlist revealed in October and the winners introduced in December.

 

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