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.
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .