25 Funny Animals Caught on Camera at the Right Time

If you didn’t already know, animals are awesome. From the love and loyalty of domestic pets in the home to the beauty and resourcefulness of those living in the wild, animals never cease to amaze us – or make us laugh. We’ve tracked down the best image captures of animals at just the right moment, being their funny, unfiltered selves. Get ready to laugh!

Squirrel photographed in humorous stretching pose

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Squirrel yoga, anyone?

Looks like this red squirrel was snapped halfway through his “warrior” pose. Namaste, little one, Namaste.

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Nothing like a mother’s touch

Seems like this little cub had a neck itch that only his mother’s knowing nose could scratch.

A grizzly bear bathing in a lake holds his foot with one paw

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Grizzly bear bath time

Splish, splash, I was takin’ a bath…

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Crocodile in the midst of a herd of hippopotamuses

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When you just don’t fit in

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Two horses extend their necks toward one another through farm gates in order to connect for a kiss

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Pucker up!

Should the horse handlers at this farm in Turkey really be surprised? After all, it is called a stud farm.

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Two Meerkats are photographed in a natural habitat at a zoo in Australia

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Meerkat gives the “all clear”

Not hard to tell which one of these Meerkats was the “lookout.”

A moose licks salt off the side-door of a car stopped roadside in Alberta, Canada

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Nothing a little moose spit can’t fix

When these people signed up for a full-detail car wash in the wild, they had no idea…

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A Sparrow is photographed with his leg positioned over the beak of another Sparrow in the wild

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Ruffling some feathers

Well, that’s one way to settle an argument.

Beluga whale startles young girl at an aquarium

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Who screamed first: the baby or the Beluga?

You might make that face too, if you discovered you were trapped in a fishbowl.

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A cat looks curiously on at a snowman that has been made to look like a panda

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Identity crisis

This cat does not see the resemblance.

Prince Charles holds a Bald Eagle on his arm during a public appearance

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A royal misunderstanding

Whether this was political or personal, we’d hate to be getting the same treatment as Prince Charles from this unimpressed bald eagle.

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An agitated-looking Ostrich looks pointedly at a visitor trying to take its photo

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When the sign clearly says “no photos”

We’re guessing this ostrich just wasn’t ready for his close-up.

A bird perches on top of a realistic-looking stone crocodile

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Gutsy move

This silver gull may be perched – and pooping – on a stone crocodile, but who’s to say he knows that?

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Lioness uses her tongue to clean her backside

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A little privacy, please?

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A bulldog presses its face through a too-small door flap meant for a cat

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Why should cats have all the fun?

You’re so close, big guy, so close.

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A Chihuahua gets a little too close to the backside of another dog

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Zero boundaries

Um, excuse you? A little space, please.

A butterfly hovers over the head of a Yacare caiman in the wild

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Look at the pretty butterfly!

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A rescue dog with an amputated leg gets wide-eyed while chasing a ball

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In the zone

This adorable rescue dog doesn’t let his amputated back leg stop him from going after his ball with everything he’s got. Look at the focus in those eyes!

A female proboscis monkey runs on her hind legs across shallow water ahead of two other monkeys who trail behind her

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Just monkey-ing around

Looks like this female proboscis monkey learned to run from watching Phoebe on Friends.

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