SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia. The dolphins swim into shallow waters, just three metres from the beach, and eat fish from the hands of locals. The eye-opening encounter was captured by 47-year-old lawyer and photographer Andrea Izzotti at Monkey Mia beach, a popular tourist destination on the west coast of Australia.
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
If you tune into primetime coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, you’re most likely going to see London’s new Aquatic Center from many angles as athletes from all around the globe compete for the top spot on the podium .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .