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30 Funniest Wild Animals Caught On Camera Being Silly

Animals of all kinds are awesome and marvels of nature but they are also ridiculously quirky. This is what the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards celebrates each year by picking the funniest and silliest wild animals photographed. This is a compilation of 30 of the funniest ones from the 2021 entries. So what are you waiting for? Scroll on down to see animals at their silliest.

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  • 1. “Yeah, I saw ’em going that way. If you waddle fast, you can catch’em before they get too far.”
  • 2. Baby owls look like fluffy bird nests with eyes.
  • 3. Mom is a good backrest.
  • 4. Fluffy bebby is angy.
  • 5. Just getting the dance party started.
  • 6. Looks like someone needs some dental work.
  • 7. Model of the Year.
  • 8. This kangaroo is starting off the traditional rain dance, paying to the rain gods.
  • 9. Looks like this little danger noodle has heard the funniest joke it had ever heard in its entire little life.
  • 10. When you grow bigger but your favourite hidey hole doesn’t grow bigger with you.
  • 11. Someone loves his own little jokes.
  • 12. The friendliest and cutest little buggo in the world!
  • 13. Angy roumd fluffy birb.
  • 14. “Hey, just popping in to say HI”
  • 15. Everybody was kung-fu fighting, those kicks were fast as lightning…
  • 16. Guess mudskippers really love singing arias.
  • 17. “Hey, did you hear about that Dave from the next tree over?”
  • 18. “MARTY!!!! I HAVENT SEEN YOU IN YEARS! well 3 to be exsact-I MISSED YOU SOO MUCH!”
  • 19. “But moooooooommmm” “NO”
  • 20. He’s like a big dog in a muddy puddle.
  • 21. Behold, the graceful bald eagle… “squaaaarrrrkkkkk!”
  • 22. Peek-a-boo!!
  • 23. Marvin’s day did not end well…
  • 24. “Please, don’t eat me. Eat my neighbour Terrence instead. He’s been packing on the pounds since hibernation.”
  • 25. ♫ ‘Cause I’ve had the time of my life, And I owe it all to you ♫
  • 26. “Do. you. mind? Some privacy please!”
  • 27. Bing bong! “Pigeon flight 100 to Trafalgar square has been cancelled due to leaves on the face.”
  • 28. “My dose hurts.” “What?” “I said “My DOSE hurts!”
  • 29. *mission impossible theme starts playing*
  • 30. “I’m leading” “but you said I could lead this time!”

1. “Yeah, I saw ’em going that way. If you waddle fast, you can catch’em before they get too far.”

2 penguins standing on the beach with one penguin holding one wing stretched outwards

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Carol Taylor

2. Baby owls look like fluffy bird nests with eyes.

4 photos of a brown and black owlet sitting in a nest4 photos of a brown and black owlet sitting in a nest

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Nat Tan

3. Mom is a good backrest.

adult grizzly bear sitting in water with a baby grizzly bear standing back to back with the motheradult grizzly bear sitting in water with a baby grizzly bear standing back to back with the mother

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Andy Parkinson

4. Fluffy bebby is angy.

angry grey baby bird with an orange beak looking grumpyangry grey baby bird with an orange beak looking grumpy

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Andrew Mayes

5. Just getting the dance party started.

brown and white monkey looking like its dancing while 3 other monkeys sit aroundbrown and white monkey looking like its dancing while 3 other monkeys sit around

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Sarosh Lodhi

6. Looks like someone needs some dental work.

brown horse facing the camera with the mouth wide open and the teeth showingbrown horse facing the camera with the mouth wide open and the teeth showing

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Edwin Smits

7. Model of the Year.

grey blue and orange lizard standing while holding onto a tree branchgrey blue and orange lizard standing while holding onto a tree branch

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Aditya Kshirsagar

8. This kangaroo is starting off the traditional rain dance, paying to the rain gods.

grey kangaroo in a field with one arm outstretched upwardsgrey kangaroo in a field with one arm outstretched upwards

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Lea Scaddan

9. Looks like this little danger noodle has heard the funniest joke it had ever heard in its entire little life.

grey serpent with the mouth wide opengrey serpent with the mouth wide open

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Aditya Kshirsagar

10. When you grow bigger but your favourite hidey hole doesn’t grow bigger with you.

raccoon stuffed inside a hole in a tree trunk with the leg and tail sticking outraccoon stuffed inside a hole in a tree trunk with the leg and tail sticking out

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Brook Burling

11. Someone loves his own little jokes.

seal on a rock with a flipper held against the mouthseal on a rock with a flipper held against the mouth

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Martina Novotna

12. The friendliest and cutest little buggo in the world!

small blue and black bug with the mouth open looking surprised perching on a pink flowersmall blue and black bug with the mouth open looking surprised perching on a pink flower

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Axel Bocker

13. Angy roumd fluffy birb.

small round green bird perched on a tree branch looking angrysmall round green bird perched on a tree branch looking angry

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Patrick Dirlam

14. “Hey, just popping in to say HI”

small yellow bird leaning sideways from behind a tree with only the head peeking outsmall yellow bird leaning sideways from behind a tree with only the head peeking out

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Charlie Page

15. Everybody was kung-fu fighting, those kicks were fast as lightning…

2 brown kangaroos holding paws together and jumping on grass2 brown kangaroos holding paws together and jumping on grass

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Lea Scaddan

16. Guess mudskippers really love singing arias.

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Chi Han

17. “Hey, did you hear about that Dave from the next tree over?”

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Jan Piecha

18. “MARTY!!!! I HAVENT SEEN YOU IN YEARS! well 3 to be exsact-I MISSED YOU SOO MUCH!”

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Rahul Lakhmani

19. “But moooooooommmm” “NO”

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Chee Kee Teo

20. He’s like a big dog in a muddy puddle.

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Vicki Jauron

21. Behold, the graceful bald eagle… “squaaaarrrrkkkkk!”

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | David Eppley

22. Peek-a-boo!!

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Pal Marchhart

23. Marvin’s day did not end well…

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Ken Jensen

24. “Please, don’t eat me. Eat my neighbour Terrence instead. He’s been packing on the pounds since hibernation.”

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Arthur Trevino

25. ♫ ‘Cause I’ve had the time of my life, And I owe it all to you ♫

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Roland Kranitz

26. “Do. you. mind? Some privacy please!”

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Gurumoorthy Gurumoorthy

27. Bing bong! “Pigeon flight 100 to Trafalgar square has been cancelled due to leaves on the face.”

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | John Speirs

28. “My dose hurts.” “What?” “I said “My DOSE hurts!”

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Jakub Hodan

29. *mission impossible theme starts playing*

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Nicolas de Vaulx

30. “I’m leading” “but you said I could lead this time!”

Via The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 | Andy Parkinson