Comedy Wildlife Awards: the funniest animal photos of 2025

A bird being whacked in the face with grass or foxes breakdancing? It can only mean one thing.

The winners of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards have been announced!

There was a record-breaking 10,000 entries from 109 countries this year, which is the highest number in the competition's 11 year history.

Read on to find out who won, and let us know your favourites in the comments below.

This winning photo of a gorilla showing off in Rwanda was taken by Mark Meth Cohn.

He spent four days trekking through misty mountains in search of gorilla families.

They soon found the Amahoro family, where one of young male was very keen to show off!

Mark says he was "pirouetting, tumbling, and high kicking. Watching his performance was pure joy".

Grayson Bell took the gold for the Junior category, which is for 16 and under.

Grayson was taking pictures of green frogs in Maine USA, and didn't realise he'd captured this moment until he was back at his house.

"I showed it to my parents and they loved it too and it became one of my favourites. We all thought it looked like one frog was trying to baptise the other!"

These red foxes were having a blast showing off their dance skills.

They were captured by Paula Rustemeier in the Netherlands, who won the 25 and under category.

Paula says "you really have to giggle a lot watching foxes play with their quirky personalities".

We all have bad hair days, but this grey squirrel in Canada takes it to another level.

Landing in 3, 2, 1......

Check out the flexibility on this red-throated loon in Finland.

Have you ever met someone who won't stop talking? Well I know one bird who has.

These bridled guillemots in Norway are neighbours, maybe not for much for longer!

'Stay away from my fish!'

This Steller's sea eagle was captured in the snow in Japan.

Nestled next to it is a fish it caught, there was no way it was sharing.