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Dancing Gorilla Photo Wins 2025 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards Top Prize

The contest reported its largest field to date, using humor to draw attention to wildlife conservation.

Overview

  • UK amateur Mark Meth-Cohn’s winning image, “High Five,” captures a young mountain gorilla mid-dance in Rwanda’s Virunga Mountains.
  • Organisers said the 2025 competition drew more than 10,000 entries from 109 countries, the largest field yet.
  • Warren Price won the Birds category for “Headlock” featuring territorial guillemots, while 13-year-old Grayson Bell took Reptiles/Amphibians/Insects and the Junior Award.
  • The grand prize includes a weeklong photographic safari in Kenya, with category winners receiving Nikon camera kits.
  • Trophies are presented in London as the awards support a conservation partner, and entries must be free of AI manipulation.