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Stuck squirrel wins best wildlife comedy photo

The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Overall Winner of 2024 was Milko Marchetti with his fantastic image of a red squirrel diving into a tree trunk entitled ‘Stuck Squirrel’. Source: Timberbiz Mr Marchetti entered the photo to the competition after noticing that whenever he showed the image to anyone, they immediately burst out laughing. “The photo was taken on April 23, 2022, in the “Podere Pantaleone” park in Bagnacavallo, Ravenna, Italy. Mr Marchetti wins an incredible once in a lifetime safari, with Alex Walker’s Serian plus a unique handmade trophy from the Wonder Workshop in Tanzania and a fantastic photography bag from the fabulous Think TANK. All the category winners were announced; the Nikon Young Photographer Award was awarded to Kingston Tam from Australia for his photo of a smiling frog, winning an amazing Nikon Z8 + 24-120mm kit. Sarthak Ranganadhan, triumphed in the Nikon Junior Category with his very cute smooching owlets also won a Z50II +16-50mm VR kit from Nikon. Flynn Thaitanunde-Lobb, from Southampton, UK aged just 10 years old is the youngest ever category winner, clinching the Portfolio Category. An amazing achievement. Other Category Winners included Jose Miguel Gallego Molina, Eberhard Ehmke, Damyan Petkov, Przemyslaw Jakubczyk, Tapani Linnanmäki and Kevin Lohman. The free competition is open to all wildlife photography novices, amateurs and professionals and celebrates the hilarity of our natural world. From a surprised otter to a swearing turtle, Comedy Wildlife’s photographs transcend cultures and ages to bring a smile to everyone’s face. Last year’s winner was an image of a female western grey kangaroo striking an air guitar pose, taken by photographer Jason Moore early one morning in a wildflower field in the suburbs of Perth, Australia. https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/