Welcome to the wonderfully weird world of bad wildlife photos, brought to you by the friendly and (sometimes) camera-savvy people from the Crap Wildlife Photography Facebook group. In case you haven’t heard about these up-and-comers, they’re dedicated exclusively to (yup—you guessed it!) crappy wildlife photos.
We’ve collected some of the best new photos from the group to boost your mood and give you a good chuckle, so scroll down, upvote your fave ones, and post your own bad photos of wild animals in the comments below. You can check out Bored Panda’s previous articles about the fantastic Crap Wildlife Photography group right here: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.
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The founder of the group, Tristan Kennedy, previously told Bored Panda all about the online community. Founded back in 2015, the group went absolutely viral in January 2020 and now boasts over 385.7k members. And the amount of content their members submit each day is absolutely staggering!
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#1 This Wild Boar Ran So Fast It Rendered Itself Into A Cave Painting
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Image credits: Olle Hemmendorff
#2 Mine
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Image credits: Billie Batek
#3 The Majestic Elk
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Image credits: Jennifer Garrison
Tristan told Bored Panda that he created the group after somebody on another group called Crap Bird Photography asked if there was a page for all wildlife. “There wasn’t one that I could find so I created it.”
He pointed out that growth had always been slow but steady over the past few years. However, this January, there was a massive uptick in the number of followers, and Tristan had to add the first bunch of new admins to help manage the group.
“Numbers increased from about 15,000 in January to about 45,000 at the start of April. The first Bored Panda article triggered a large spike in numbers—our group numbers spiked from about 45,000 to 100,000 in a few days. Overall, 300,000 have joined since January.”
#4 Peace On The Delaware River, NY ✌️
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Image credits: Cassie Ward
#5 Finally – Proof
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Image credits: Tane Apanui
#6 Took This Right When She Hit The Jackpot
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Image credits: Martine Bacci Siegel
Tristan also told us all about the appeal of crappy wildlife photos: people love ‘em because nearly everyone has taken bad photos. “The ‘good’ photo groups aren’t interested in bad photography, of course, so it gives people somewhere to share their lesser quality photos and have a laugh at themselves,” he said.
The amount of content the group’s admins have to moderate is massive. They get more than 1,000 submissions each day. But far from all of them make it to the page. Some photos might not make the cut because they don’t adhere to the rules of the group while others might not get featured because they’re too similar.
“We get a lot of very similar photos (deer and squirrels seem to be the most common), we try to keep the page interesting by posting a mixture of different kinds of wildlife. We try to make the group as inclusive and light-hearted as possible, somewhere to have a laugh and forget about reality, so to speak.”
#7 The Campground We Stayed At Has A Bathroom Attendant. But All He Does Is Silently Judge Your Hand Washing Skills
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Image credits: Jessica Burke
#8 The Look On His Face Says It All
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Image credits: Viana Santoni-Oliver
#9 Tried To Get A Shot Of This Beautiful Doe While Golden Hour Driving Tonight. She Had…um…*other* Plans… Went Full On Derp On Me
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Image credits: Rick Eubanks
#10 Finally Found One Of Those Radioactive Spiders. No, It’s Not Because Of The Flash
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Image credits: Emmanuel Sanchez
#11 I Waited For Hours To Take A Decent Shot, But I Ended Up With This Out Of Focus Picture Of A Fat Marmot…
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Image credits: Incze Beáta-Izabella
#12 This Is What I Woke Up To
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Image credits: Lulis Leal
#13 I Relate To This Frog At A Subconscious Level
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Image credits: Jack Bancroft
#14 Freedom
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Image credits: Mel Garside
#15 Toupee On Fleek My Guy
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Image credits: Tracey Meyer
#16 Nothing To See Here Folks. Just The Ass End Of A Fox. And His Giant Fish.
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Image credits: Andy Fisher
#17 The Boys On Their Way To Hooters…
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#18 Me Trying To Take A Picture Of A Snail In My Backyard. All I Got Was His Eyeball…
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Image credits: Katja Verschuren
#19 I Would Like To Present….. “Fireflies In The Dark”. Please, No Autographs, I Won’t Have Time To Reply To Emails Or Messages. I’ll Be Heading To The Wilderness For A Nat Geo Expedition Soon. I Hope You All Enjoy The Beauty And Incredible Detail Of These Amazing Shots
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Image credits: Tiffany Maxwell
#20 Thought I Had Nailed The Best Ever Picture Of A Norwegian Moose. Ended Up With Something More Like A Star Wars´creature
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Image credits: Stig Morten Eggesvik
#21 Hello, Your Out Of Birdseed…..refill Please
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Image credits: Linn Greenhalge Felker
#22 Erm…hello!
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Image credits: Louise Cain
#23 This Little Dude Examined My Amazon Delivery For A Good 3 Minutes Before Deciding It Wasn’t For Him. This Might Not Be Crappy Enough… But It’s Definitely The Most Adorable Wildlife Photo I’ve Ever Taken
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Image credits: Bethany Platter
#24 Peek A Boo
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Image credits: Sharon Thomsen
#25 He Looks Like He Has Something Interesting To Tell Me
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Image credits: Kaoutar Bouakka
#26 The Only Buffalo Picture I Managed To Take
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Image credits: Sarah Smith
#27 Deer Are So Graceful And Majestic!
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Image credits: David Dodson
#28 Photo Bomber, Level Expert!
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#29 The Un-Chase
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#30 I Can Hear Thrash Metal In My Head
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#31 Vvvvvvrrrrrrrroooooooooommmmmmmmm
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Image credits: Angie Dittrich
#32 Years Of Honing Skills, Very Top-Line Wildlife Camera Equipment, Ridiculously Early Morning To Travel Far To A Freezing Cold Top Wildlife Spot, Ready To Capture The Majestic Flight Of The Heron
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Image credits: Susan Elaine Jones
#33 A Friend Of Mine Now Co-Owns This Tree With A Family Of Owls. Here, They Are Carefully Watching My Friend’s Little Girl Play At The Bottom Of The Tree. Ready To Judge I’m Sure
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Image credits: Lynsey Kime
#34 Lovely Bit Of Twig Don’t You Think
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Image credits: Christie Reeves
#35 On My Way To Becoming A Great Nature Photographer
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#36 Squirrel Lazer Beam Eyes? I’m Sure Its Fine
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#37 What Does One Call Such An Expression?
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#38 Motherhood At It’s Finest
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#39 This Majestic Canada Goose Would Not Hold His Head Up For A Photo
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Image credits: Mike Digout
#40 So Majestic
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Image credits: Timm Davis
#41 This Fox Looks A Bit Rough
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#42 My First Post To This Group. The Two-Finned Emporer Angelfish. Both Rare And Unusual.
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Image credits: Gary Harris
#43 Got Up Early This Morning, And Stepped Out Onto My Porch To Feed My Colony Of Stray Cats….. And Almost Put My Hand On The Biggest House Centipede That I’ve Ever Seen. Didn’t Scream, But I Did Drop The Cat Food! I Know It’s Not A Crappy Picture, Just Thought I’d Share
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#44 A Gorgeous View Over Montreal
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#45 I Think He Needs Some Benadryl
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#46 Our Dog House, Not Our Dog
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#47 U Wot Mate
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#48 Heeeyyyy Laaayyydies!
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#49 I Want To Speak To A Manager!
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#50 Tried To Get What I Thought Would Be A Great Photo Of A Pygmy Hippo Returning To The Surface Of Its Pond/Water Pit. Never Imagined It Would Be So Filthy. Has A Slightly ‘Dino’ Look About It!
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Image credits: Jo Hudson
#51 Not Sure If It Fits The Brief Of Crap Photography But It Did Scare The Crap Out Of Me When I Walked Out The Door!!
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#52 Mr.hissy Lives Under My Friends Porch And Has Raised Several Litters Of Babies. She Screams At The Dogs But Generally Just Chills. Finally Managed To Capture Her… Beauty On Camera After She Got Herself Stuck In The Trash Bin
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Image credits: Peregrin Karber-Perreira
#53 Elegant…
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#54 Green Heron Looking Majestic?
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#55 Downtown San Cristobal
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#56 Even The Giraffe Looks Unimpressed
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#57 .. And The Hoooooome Of Theeeeeee Braaaaaaave!”
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Image credits: Angelique Tomeo
#58 My Happy Little Garden Buddy
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#59 What *does* The Fox Say?
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#60 Brisbane, Australia
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#61 My Mom Lives In Arizona. She Woke Up To Find This “Kitty” Sleeping On Her Patio.
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Image credits: Mark Challender
#62 He Said I Could Borrow The Bike!
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#63 Boing
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#64 Racoons Are So Adorable With Their Little Masked Face. Everyone Else Gets Little Adorable Faces Looking Out The Hole, I Get This.
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Image credits: Brad Bellisle
#65 “My Turn! My Turn To Waterski!”
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#66 Hang In There!
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#67 The Glorious Bald Eagle
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#68 An Utter Fail At Taking This Photo Of A Bull Shark But Makes Me Want To Boop His Cute Lil Snoot
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Image credits: Abbie Kerr
#69 What The Hell Did I Take A Picture Of??? Holy Gonads Batman
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#70 Kookaburra Mouth
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#71 The Majestic Bushbuck
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#72 And Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Will Always…. Eat Bugs
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#73 My First Encounter With A Javelina, In Sedona, Arizona
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