Mini Challenge #379: Comical Animal shots

CavalierCavalier Registered Users Posts: 3,077 Major grins
edited December 18, 2024 in The Dgrin Challenges

Hopefully everyone has that one (or three) animal photo that strikes your giggle response. i find humor in most pet antics and wildlife surprises. Entries can be shots that make you simply smile or laugh out loud.
The mini will run from today to 5pm PDT January 2, 2025 - giving time for possible cute/funny shots of holiday antics.
The rules can be found here here: https://dgrin.com/discussion/248032/mini-challenge-un-official-rules#lates
Here are some examples:

When you gotta go, you gotta go.

Double Moons

Peek-a-boo

Costume Rejection

Jo West
Photos: jowest.smugmug.com
Book1: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LUBMI1C
Book 2: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079V3RX6K
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jo.west.16

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  • slpollettslpollett Registered Users Posts: 1,226 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2025

    Oh, a super fun topic! I currently have two kittens--an orange boy named Nacho and a calico girl names Queso. They are hilarious and constantly into mischief. I should be able to get plenty of funny shots of them. They move so quickly that I often miss the funniest scenes. Example: I heard a noise in the living room very early this morning. I went to investigate. Well, as I walked around to the Christmas tree, this cute little orange face just popped up at me from INSIDE ONE OF THE GIFT BAGS UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE!! Oh, that cat! It's a good thing he's cute. Of course, as soon as I turned to grab my phone, he jumped out. For obvious reasons, I don't want him to try again, but this is the kind of thing I'm putting up with right now.

    I did catch this one when we were just putting the tree up. I didn't have any ornaments on it yet, but my little Nacho was already investigating the new playground. I heard the rustling and then, this popped out:

    1. Who Needs Ornaments? This is Nacho's first Christmas and his first day with a Christmas tree. Of course he had to climb it and then peek out at me, so innocently.

    2. Got Milk? (not quite a milk mustache, but looks like a milk beard) -- This is a bear at Katmai National Park. They frequently eat the clay on the river bottom because it is rich in nutrients.

    3. I sits and I sings. Nacho's first New Year's Eve. He really didn't like the neighborhood fireworks mainly because they woke his nap. He woke up, did a stretch, sat up like this, and looked like he would scream, but it was really just a squeaky yawn, lol.

    Just for fun, not for consideration: Mighty Little Lion's Big Roar (aka Calling for Momma)

    I'll look for some others later. My daughter and her husband are flying in today for Christmas, so I won't have time to spend on this until they leave.

    Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone.

    Sherry P.

    Visit my galleries at: http://psphotos.smugmug.com/ and/or http://pollettsquaredphotography.smugmug.com
  • CavalierCavalier Registered Users Posts: 3,077 Major grins
    edited December 20, 2024

    Love your ornament @slpollett Sherry! Where can I get one?

    Jo West
    Photos: jowest.smugmug.com
    Book1: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LUBMI1C
    Book 2: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079V3RX6K
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jo.west.16
  • grandmaRgrandmaR Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited December 20, 2024

    1) Birdy makes a cal

    2) Yawn

    3) Pfft

    “"..an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered." G.K. Chesterton”
  • CavalierCavalier Registered Users Posts: 3,077 Major grins

    @grandmaR thanks for your entry birdie!

    Jo West
    Photos: jowest.smugmug.com
    Book1: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LUBMI1C
    Book 2: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079V3RX6K
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jo.west.16
  • grandmaRgrandmaR Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins

    My computer is going crazy so I can't get to the others I want to post

    “"..an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered." G.K. Chesterton”
  • sapphire73sapphire73 Registered Users, Super Moderators Posts: 1,979 moderator
    edited December 27, 2024

    With family visiting from the west coast, I haven't had a chance to take any new photos but here are a few taken at other times.

    1) Watching us watching them (Colorado, USA)

    2) Young Leopard Sleeping Like a Baby (South Africa)

    3) Time to Get Moving (Kenya)

    Not an entry for the challenge but definitely makes me smile:

    Wishing happy holidays to you all!
    Gretchen

    My SmugMug Galleries

  • CavalierCavalier Registered Users Posts: 3,077 Major grins

    Anyone how has pets or anyone in sight of wild animals - find those funny shots! You know your favorite animals show their crazy/funny side! The mini runs for 5 more days.

    Jo West
    Photos: jowest.smugmug.com
    Book1: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LUBMI1C
    Book 2: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079V3RX6K
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jo.west.16
  • shawncshawnc Registered Users Posts: 721 Major grins
    edited January 1, 2025

    I will contribute a few images...
    I am still working on my fathers estate, an now will be out of town during the end of this challenge.
    Pix are now for fun.

    Call of the Wild...

    Catfish for dinner AGAIN!!! UUGHHHHH

    I know you are here somewhere

    A few for fun
    Shimmy Shimmy Shake

    Do I have something in my teeth?

    Last One...

    ALRIGHT!!!! LISTEN-UP!!! GOATS ON THE LEFT- SHEEP TO THE RIGHT

    http://www.shawncarden.smugmug.com/
    https://www.flickr.com/people/scardenphoto/
  • shawncshawnc Registered Users Posts: 721 Major grins

    Couldn't help myself...

    http://www.shawncarden.smugmug.com/
    https://www.flickr.com/people/scardenphoto/
  • CavalierCavalier Registered Users Posts: 3,077 Major grins

    "ALRIGHT!!!! LISTEN-UP!!! GOATS ON THE LEFT- SHEEP TO THE RIGHT"

    Stuck in the middle again.

    Jo West
    Photos: jowest.smugmug.com
    Book1: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LUBMI1C
    Book 2: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079V3RX6K
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jo.west.16
  • bfluegiebfluegie Registered Users Posts: 856 Major grins

    I don't have much, and a lot of what I have has already been posted. Still, I found a few that might work. Some are a bit of a stretch...

    1) Lady has an Itch

    2) Thief in Action

    3) Are you standing on your head?

    ~~Barbara
  • npdemersnpdemers Registered Users Posts: 36 Big grins

    Right under the buzzer, I've got a couple entries of the "toilet humour" kind

    A male Hooded Merganser (with his missus in the background) "lightening the load" before going off for a quiet swim. Reifel Bird Sanctuary, November 2023

    A Great Blue Heron flying overhead on a drizzly day, giving me the gift of... fertiliser. And I am so stoked I was able to capture the perfect moment! I truly believe this could be my masterpiece, and will spend the rest of my life deciphering these mysterious writings scrawled on the sky. Terra Nova Park, November 2024

    Blog: https://figureoutthesea.ca
    Store: https://nicolasdemers.smugmug.com/

    "Either we'll figure out the sea, or we'll keep finding beautiful places."

  • CavalierCavalier Registered Users Posts: 3,077 Major grins

    The Mini is now closed. Results this evening. Thanks for all the entries!

    Jo West
    Photos: jowest.smugmug.com
    Book1: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LUBMI1C
    Book 2: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079V3RX6K
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jo.west.16
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