As a genre, the wildlife documentary has its own recognizable rules, conventions and language. This means it’s not necessarily a new phenomenon, but is certainly ripe for parody. As early as 1957 people have created nature spoofs.
We’ve hunted down a handful of funny YouTube videos parodying the nature footage format via mockumentary, comedy sketch and hilarious voiceover
Grab your hiking boots and binoculars and take a look through the video gallery below. Let us know in the comments which clips made you smile.
Some of these clips contain language that falls into the NSFW category.
The Amazing Lyrebird of Australia – Unseen Footage
Bodega Cats
Birds of Britain
The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger (original narration by Randall)
The Majestic Plastic Bag – A Mockumentary
Planet Earth: Birds of Paradise Techno Version
Funny British Animal Voiceovers