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Zany polar bears and a '3-headed' giraffe star in Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
By Elise Poore,
23 days ago
From polar bears cracking jokes to a grizzly bear mama sick of giving piggy-back rides, Nikon reveals its best entries so far for the Comedy Wildlife Awards 2024.
In this photo named "Not a Good idea", a small cattle egret ( Bubulcus ibis ) sits poised ready to grab at a male buffalo's ( Syncerus caffer ) genitals. This photo was captured in the Rietvlei Nature Reserve in South Africa by photographer Anton Pretorius.
In this comically sad image taken in Antarctica, a lonesome chinstrap penguin ( Pygoscelis antarcticus ) looks upset at seeing his penguin buddies walk away.
"I couldn't help but laugh when I viewed this photo (on) the back of my camera. How humanlike. And how awful it must be to be that third wheel," photographer Deena Sveinsson said in a statement describing the image.
In this photo, two polar bears ( Ursus maritimus ) appear engaged in a joyous conversation. From their animated expressions it seems one polar bear has grown tired of a friend's lame jokes, while the other has its mouth wide open bursting out in laughter.
This photograph was captured by Wendy-Kaveney in Canada.
At Alaska's Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, photographer Alexander Fine captures two brown bear cubs ( Ursus arctos ) trying to hitch a ride on their mother's back.
In this quick shot named "Watch out For That Tree!" taken by Mark Koster, a mallard duck ( Anas platyrhynchos ) caught mid-flight appears to be running into a tree at Chaparral Park in Scottsdale, Arizona, but is actually flying behind it.
A photo that may trick the eyes. This perfectly timed shot captures three giraffes ( Giraffa camelopardalis ) appearing to come from a single body. This was taken by photographer John Mullineux shortly after watching the giraffes fighting with each other in the Green Kalahari desert in South Africa.
A three-toed sloth ( Bradypus species) is caught hanging from a tree while striking a pose in what is possibly the slowest-ever played air-guitar.
Photographer Harry Collins fittingly named this image after Eric Clapton's nickname, "Slowhand" — a name given to him by the manager of the band, Giorgio Gomelsky, after an audience broke out into a slow hand clap while Clapton was replacing a broken guitar string during a performance.
In this photo, a camera-shy white-breasted waterhen ( Amaurornis phoenicurus ) seems to be saying "no pictures please!" It was taken by Tilan Weerasinghe in the city of Colombo in Sri Lanka.
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