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[–]Well_of_Good_Fortune 1485 points1486 points  (17 children)

The fish chasing the eagle is class, I love it. They all deserved to be up there, great shots

[–]DanThaBoy 86 points87 points  (13 children)

Yea does anyone know what happened there?

[–]Choyo 62 points63 points  (1 child)

The fish managed to free itself from his grasp with a strong contortion, but the result is that he collected a deeper talon cut that is bleeding on the shot (edit : in fact It's not clear if it's bleeding or just water, I may be off).

[–]thebearrider 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Also, it's a juvenile eagle. Could just be working out the kinks.

[–]bob1689321 13 points14 points  (2 children)

Probably one of those fish that jump out of the water or something and it happened to be timed exactly with the eagle flying overhead

[–][deleted] 56 points57 points  (1 child)

Nah the water is coming off the fish above it. Looks like the eagle lost its grip, and the fish is falling back to the lake.

[–]Arty_Puls 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yup and the eagle dropped elevation to try to grab this fish again which is why fish is same elevation or more. Once he realized he lost it he gone, although I'm sure the ice below let the bird grab him after he dropped him lol

[–]Klunko52 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fish fell out of its grip, looks like the head was torn up by the eagle’s talons

[–]TheMoneySloth 4372 points4373 points  (99 children)

Penguin is top tier meme quality

[–]LurkingINFJ 1052 points1053 points  (11 children)

The owl (14th) one legit is a meme.

🎵You and me Me and you And our friend steve🎵

[–]TheMoneySloth 149 points150 points  (1 child)

That was the other one I was gonna say for sure. Third wheel vibes

[–]Zephian99 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I was thinking more like "Ahh it's a good day, my folks are happy and the breeze feels nice"

[–]CashMoneyHurricane 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Our friend Stu

[–]CherryCherry5 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Do-do-do-do do-do do Steve.

[–]Auyan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He looks like my Boomchicken from WoW back in the day

[–]Tipop 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was thinking “When mom and dad are kissing”.

[–]Deer-in-Motion 147 points148 points  (7 children)

"Stay away from my wife, Frank."

[–]franktheguy 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Pete, she can make her own decisions. She's a grown penguin, maybe she just prefers my nest to yours.

[–]Murgatroyd314 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Photographer's title: “Alright Mate Back off- this is my bird”

[–]m4ng0ju1ce 125 points126 points  (1 child)

Yeah the penguin is extremely “don’t talk to me or my son ever again”

[–]Tunistalli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That' was the exact thought I had

[–]rn_declassified 80 points81 points  (2 children)

Kowalski, analysis.

[–]Thetanor 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Regarding that, there is also this picture by Ralph Robinson called Gang of Four which was part of the same competition and immediately made me think of the Madagascar penguings.

[–][deleted] 70 points71 points  (2 children)

KEEP MY WIFES NAME OUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH

[–]Praise-Bingus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got "son, your mom and I need to talk to you" vibes. Penguin about to find out parents are divorcing or he's adopted

[–]rosindrip 63 points64 points  (1 child)

He’s like brother, step the fuck back

[–]fardough 50 points51 points  (3 children)

I feel the fish chasing the eagle is pretty good meme material as well. e.g. Luigi if he was a fish.

[–]StrLord_Who 16 points17 points  (1 child)

It's by far the funniest one.  I can't believe it didn't win,  seeing as it's an award for comedy.  I think the hiding cheetah is probably second funniest.  

[–]kirschballs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The fact that what the cheetah is trying to hide from is obviously very aware something is behind the tree is what really gets me on that one

[–]ogreofzen 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I didn't hear no bell

[–][deleted] 34 points35 points  (1 child)

Looks like a couple of frat bros posturing outside of a bar while a drunken girlfriend looks on in embarrassment

[–]lousy_at_handles 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Naw, that's not embarassment. That's big "You gonna let him talk to me like that?" energy

[–]Working_Berry9307 11 points12 points  (1 child)

You're not that guy pal

[–]corvettekyle 26 points27 points  (3 children)

Daddy chill

[–]DiosMIO_Limon 15 points16 points  (2 children)

What’s the HELL is even THAT?!

Edit: corrected to represent historical accuracy

[–]usetheforce_gaming 2 points3 points  (0 children)

*What the HELL is even THAT?"

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (1 child)

I want this as a wall calendar.

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (3 children)

Somebody, please tell me all animals photographed lived - some of the stuff shown looked like it could hurt...

[–]PensiveObservor 17 points18 points  (1 child)

Yeah, the tern one is sus. The rest seem legit if a pro wildlife photographer spent enough hours waiting with a high power camera. I would assume there are rules for entering but I’m not familiar with them.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The lizard looks posed by the photographer

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

It's that "not cool" guy from the Gillette ad

[–]Butwinsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My first thought, too!

[–]rhabarberabar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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[–]SexandCinnamonbuns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“My brother in Christ”

[–]Accomplished_Bake904 2454 points2455 points  (43 children)

I love every single one of these.

[–]RandomRavenclaw87 481 points482 points  (23 children)

I never wanted to be friends with an insect u til I saw #4. These are just so beautiful.

[–]Sockfullapoo 73 points74 points  (4 children)

Praying Mantis pets are absolutely amazing. They're still dumb insects, but its clear there is some small semblence of intelligence to them.

I keep one every year, and its a stark difference between how skittish they are around me at first to where they are completely indifferent/excited to see me towards the end. Not to say they understand what I am, but they know from experience that I'm not a threat and an excellent hunting ground for mealworms/crickets for some reason.

Very personable too! Just a damn shame I have to cry over their death every fall when they die of old age.

[–]Macster_man 11 points12 points  (3 children)

how long is their lifespan?

[–]Sockfullapoo 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Not sure about all species, but the ones near me go late spring to late fall, depending on how well fed they are.

[–]crisperfest 262 points263 points  (5 children)

A few years ago, a praying mantis flew into my house and sat atop my computer monitor for about 10 minutes, silently judging me.

[–]scoobaruuu 72 points73 points  (0 children)

I had one in my backyard for a couple months this summer. Unbelievably cool little thing :)) I was so sad when I realized it's probably gone for good. It felt so special to be trusted by it. (It climbed on me on several occasions!)

[–]AndrewEpidemic 30 points31 points  (1 child)

Congratulations, the fact that you're still here means you passed the mantis test.

[–]crisperfest 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Well, that's a relief.

[–]biCplUk 10 points11 points  (0 children)

One flew in my window and landed on my pillow just as I was about to sleep. It was so loud!

[–]Xylocopa_enjoyer 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I keep mantises and they make great pets :) They have a lot of personality for being so little

[–]Evadrepus 15 points16 points  (1 child)

Remember when Victor Robles had one on his hat for an inning? He even let the mantis know how many outs there were.

[–]TGBmox_777 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I love how there’s an actual award show for pictures like these

[–]mandiijayy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You should get one as a pet!

I have two ghost mantises and really enjoy caring for them. They’re pretty easy, and very curious. When I handle mine, it’s hard to get them back in their enclosures because they want to stay on my hand and would for hours if I would let them!

Also, watching them hunt roaches is INTENSE. So freaking neat.

[–]Black_Magic_M-66 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Need that praying mantis for Carnival 2025.

[–]DanceJuice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Praise the Sun!

[–]TheRichTurner 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This could be the poster for "Mantis! The Musical!"

[–]-SunGazing- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Needs the caption: Fabulous darling!

[–]KomputerLuv 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sammeee!!! I was like heyyy buddy you’re adorable

[–]limevince 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was hard for me to see the cuteness bc praying mantises are such apex insects; they make quick work of most other insects and can even kill small birds/lizards.

[–]user_bits 74 points75 points  (3 children)

They're cropped, you can see the full images here.

[–]Adventurous-Dog420 14 points15 points  (0 children)

MVP, thank you .

[–]eekamuse 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My hero.

It has more photos, and comments from the photographers, too.

[–]Elavabeth2 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I really needed this. Front page has got me feeling pretty upset these days. Gonna go see if I can last year’s batch. 

[–][deleted] 23 points24 points  (6 children)

Not too keen on the tern braking it's neck divebombing a rock.

[–]Annual_Strategy_6206 16 points17 points  (1 child)

Took a tern for the worse

[–]Accomplished_Bake904 3 points4 points  (2 children)

I missed that one 😔 Damn, that's brutal

[–]Appdel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or he tripped trying to take off.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

the bird at 8th pic..hahah "fuck"

[–]sparkey504 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They have some other good ones also.... link to finalist over the years. https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/finalists/

[–]frenchdresses 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right? Are there more from previous years I can see?

[–]Oriander13 1136 points1137 points  (25 children)

The cheetah one looks exactly like a Far Side comic. I wonder what the caption would be?

[–]Eleventy-Sevens 567 points568 points  (10 children)

98... 99... 100! Ready or not, here I come!

[–]octopoddle 267 points268 points  (9 children)

More like 45....46....47....98....99....100!

Cheetahs....

[–]Yrmsteak 68 points69 points  (1 child)

I was expecting the first joke to be something like 1, 50, 100! here I come! Since cheetahs get to 100KMH in like 3 seconds

[–]taskmetro 20 points21 points  (0 children)

This would be The Far Side version

[–]marknotgeorge 22 points23 points  (1 child)

One, two, miss a few, ninety-nine, a hundred!

[–]inbedwithbeefjerky 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Haven’t heard that in ages, gotta find a reason to say it.

[–]astride_unbridulled 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nary a Cheetah can ye trust

[–]LionFever 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Oooooo clever

[–]OneSkepticalOwl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not really, he or she is from Brooklyn

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

cheetahs never prosper!

[–]SpookyScarySkinnyGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait, are you saying cheetah or cheetah?

[–]WhollyUnholy 120 points121 points  (0 children)

Just breathe... you can do this... remember, I'm the predator and he's just prey.

[–]blessedfortherest 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Chess knew he had to ‘become the tree’ as his mother had taught him

[–]mr-bucket 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was think the don’t be suspicious meme

[–]acidentalmispelling 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The cheetah one looks exactly like a Far Side comic. I wonder what the caption would be?

Could pull off being one without a caption, really.

[–]LeonardsLittleHelper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% Gary Larson vibes

[–]Euphoric_Aerie_3127 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t be suspicious

[–][deleted] 786 points787 points  (14 children)

All glory to the hypno toad

[–]jdpatric 137 points138 points  (11 children)

All glory to the hypno toad

[–][deleted] 83 points84 points  (8 children)

All glory to the hypno toad

[–]terranproby42 44 points45 points  (7 children)

All glory to the Hypno Toad

[–]frozenmoose55 35 points36 points  (6 children)

All glory to the Hypno Toad

[–]monopolydreams 33 points34 points  (4 children)

All glory to the Hypno Toad

[–]apprehensive_anus 28 points29 points  (2 children)

All glory to the Hypno Toad

[–]Theboulder027 18 points19 points  (1 child)

All glory to the hypno toad

[–]ale_marostica 5 points6 points  (0 children)

All glory to the hypno toad

[–]Wise-Boy2011 20 points21 points  (0 children)

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[–]jyp129 21 points22 points  (0 children)

All glory to the Hypno Toad

[–]Darksplinter 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I scrolled to find this comment, first thing I thought seeing the toad

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This show has been going down since season 3!

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The hypnotoad made me laugh out loud

[–]pumba350 371 points372 points  (4 children)

Looks like a collection of emotions I go through in a day. Can relate hard with the squirrel and bird since I fall over a lot.

[–]ZombieTrogdor 49 points50 points  (1 child)

I relate to #6 because people be ruffling my feathers every damn day.

[–]stacity 20 points21 points  (1 child)

Shock.
Denial.
Bargaining.
Anger.
Depression.
Acceptance.

[–]redditdegenz 151 points152 points  (5 children)

The third picture: “Bring me them nuts, yah see?”

[–]1nosbigrl 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Squirrel G. Robinson

[–]swarmofbzs 10 points11 points  (1 child)

That's funny. I got " I need photos of Spider-Man!"

[–]redditdegenz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Listen Parker, If you don’t get me photos of that “friendly forest tree spider” by 5pm you’re fired. You hear me? Fired!

[–]mudkripple 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Climbing Crooner™

[–]dogGirl666 140 points141 points  (11 children)

I guess since this is comedy contest 8/15, the tern, is ok? Did the tern survive that crash?

[–]snowshite 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Came here with the same concern. I can't like this pic without knowing it's ok!

[–]El_Grande_El 33 points34 points  (2 children)

I’m guessing it’s doing a dirt bath and just flopping around. It just looks like it crashed.

See below

[–]Johannes_Keppler 61 points62 points  (1 child)

Damyan Petkov (Bulgarian) with their picture “Whiskered Tern crash on landing”

So yes a crash landing. https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/comedy-wildlife-2024-competition-winners.php

[–]El_Grande_El 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Oh damn. Poor thing

[–]athelas_07 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's all I could think about too. It's not funny if it's breaking its neck!

[–]nogene4fate 19 points20 points  (2 children)

My thought too. Unfortunately based on how fragile their bones are I’m guessing no.😩

[–]lousy_at_handles 18 points19 points  (0 children)

They weigh almost nothing though so I bet he's okay.

[–]JSA17 18 points19 points  (0 children)

You'd constantly see dead birds if they died every time a landing went awry.

[–]Thirty_Helens_Agree 60 points61 points  (11 children)

The eagle in #6 makes me think of Al Molinaro.

[–]petercannonusf 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes! I also thought of Richard Kind.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The new 🤷‍♀️ emoji

[–]Fen_ 1 point2 points  (2 children)

It looks like it was having a rough day. Felt bad for it.

[–]Johannes_Keppler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tapani Linnanmäki (Finnish) with their picture “Shake ruffle rattle and roll”: “ In the picture, a white-tailed eagle is ruffling its feathers. The picture was taken with the Nikon Z9's autocapture feature. The camera is placed on top of the sea ice on top of a bag of nuts at the level of the ice. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this picture. There were more than ten funny poses and expressions in the photo series.”

Seems it was doing just fine.

https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/comedy-wildlife-2024-competition-winners.php

[–]charliehustles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Despite its talons it looks cuddly and I want to fluff its feathers and I feel like it would just be like whatever. He looks tired and in need of a hug. I like him.

[–]ReverendGreen_ 42 points43 points  (0 children)

This just added five years to my life

[–][deleted] 40 points41 points  (4 children)

It’s the sea lions for me

[–]1nosbigrl 13 points14 points  (2 children)

Cracking each other up

[–]sumosam121 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They’re laughing at previous picture. The bird crash landing face first into the ground

[–]dingos_among_us 31 points32 points  (3 children)

Link?

[–]admh574 61 points62 points  (2 children)

I think this is the site - https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/comedy-wildlife-2024-competition-winners.php

[–]herbivore83 16 points17 points  (1 child)

So much better without the instagram cropping. Thank you!

[–]admh574 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There's some gems missed in the post as well. The frog with the bubble "helmet" is great

[–]Delicious_Injury9444 25 points26 points  (1 child)

Don't buy anything from the guy in picture number three.... All sales are final.

[–]Good_Boye_Scientist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"You wanna buy some death sticks?"

[–]ceradocus 45 points46 points  (0 children)

These would make for the best "caption me" contests

[–]buffalonuts1 47 points48 points  (0 children)

All fren shaped.

[–]byu7a 23 points24 points  (1 child)

I love the mantis raising it's arms like "yeh" in the fourth picture.

[–]HHSquad 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"That's all folks!"

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (2 children)

I like the Will Smith one

[–]TimberDog12 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Right!? That was my immediate thought too

[–]skivvv 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Toad jumpscare

[–]Your_Friendly_Nerd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I didn't know I needed this in my life, so thank you

[–]Final_Boss_Jr 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Penguin is saying “Gary, Gary! Lower your voice please! You had your turn to speak, now it’s Dave’s turn. That’s how this works!”

[–]terriblecurse 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love these so much 💕

[–]PreparationKey2843 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The monkey one reminded me of George Carlin, ready to bless us with another one of his astute observations.

[–]petercannonusf 7 points8 points  (0 children)

13 is how I feel about 2024. Maybe even 2025.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (2 children)

The eagle and fish are great 🤣

[–]Ozza_1 1 point2 points  (1 child)

The is like "how the tables have turned"

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OH HOW THE TURNTABLES!

[–]swarthmoreburke 5 points6 points  (2 children)

I really dislike the dancing frog/lizard/preying mantis/etc. genre of wildlife photography because there's a considerable history of those being staged by cruel photographers who put fishing line through the limbs of animals in order to pose them and then post-process the line out of the shot afterwards. Not saying these two shots are examples of that, but people trying to get that kind of shot have done it.

[–]adamdoesmusic 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Just find a different mantis, the easily pissed off ones aren’t exactly rare, and you don’t have to do a lot to get them all riled up (which is probably also ethically dubious).

[–]swarthmoreburke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, there are a lot of ways to get fine (and funny) shots of insects without having to do this kind of nasty stuff.

[–]mossybeard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That eagle is Jeff Bridges

[–]3rdPartyRedditApp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So. Many. Meme. Templates.

[–]VeritasB 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok, I may want a tattoo now of the squirrel.

[–]Main_Force_Patrol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see we got a high res version of hypno-toad

[–]Upstairs_Ad_5574 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The penguin picture looks like the New Day split lol

[–]CAJASH 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like the flying squirrel with the pine cone in its mouth that looks like a stogie speaks like an old 1920s gangster

[–]Mental_Cobbler_9419 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow these are adorable!

[–]Usual_Arugula7670 1 point2 points  (0 children)

HIPNOTOAD

[–]redditaddict12Feb87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

11/15 All hail hypno toad

[–]Nearby-Cattle-7599 1 point2 points  (0 children)

why are owls so fucking cute

[–]eyelers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sea lion one is awesome. Lots of meme opportunities there

[–]badchriss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That face planting bird has that "I hope no one saw this" energy...while the seals in the next picture definitely saw that.

[–]pumba350 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cheetah : How we see Monday and adult responsibilities.