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.
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .