Photographer Lloyd Durham has caught something quite remarkable in what first seems to be a basic yawning seal. This shot's timing is just perfect, turning a normal behaviour into what seems to be the most passionate response to an amusing joke ever seen in the animal realm. The seal's mouth wide open and eyes crinkled in apparent laughter give the clear image of someone who has just heard the most side-splitting joke conceivable. Its body language and the way its flippers are positioned provide a sense of physically rolling with laughter. The mystery of what could have set off such an impassioned response makes this picture even more fascinating; maybe it was a cunning double-entendre communicated among seal companions, leaving us humans wondering always about the punch line.
