The Bossy Animal Club: 14 Members Who Are Not Afraid to Speak Their Minds

7. Care Center for Monkeys

Potential Camera: Canon 4000D Where to Buy: ID Wholesaler Average Price: $657* Federica Vinci's "Monkey Wellness Center" is sufficient evidence that friendship unites not just the animal kingdom but also people. A troop of untamed monkeys startled Vinci while he was meandering through a medieval Cambodian temple, so he kneeled down to get a closer look.

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One monkey tending to its fellow Federica Vinci/Comedy/Nature Image He was shocked to see a wild monkey sprawled out on the ground, his arms wildly wagging in pure bliss, and his fellow monkey tending to him. The image of the scene, which shows us that humans and animals aren't all that different after all, almost seems like a drunk human sprawled out on the ground with his sober companion standing watch.

8. The Actual Pegasus

Potential Camera: Canon EOS R3 Canon Average: Where to Buy? Expense: $5,500* Though we have only heard tales of Pegasus from folklore and epic accounts, did any photographer ever hope to photograph one of these mythological creatures? Well, life functions in enigmatic and frequently synchronized geometric ways. When Indian wildlife photographer Jagdeep Rajput managed to take a picture of a live pegasus, he was in complete disbelief.

Sarus crane, ascending behind a bull of blue Jagdeep Rajput/Comedy/Nature Image Even though the image appears to be an optical illusion created by a sarus crane flying just behind a blue bull, Rajput was recognized for it and received a slot in the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards in 2022.