ADORABLE POLAR BEAR CUBS PLAY-FIGHT IN THE SNOW

A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow. Pictured on the coast of Kaktovik on Barter Island, the young polar bears roll around in the powdery snow as they tickle and wrestle together. Finishing their play-date, one of the cheeky bears teasingly sticks out its tongue before bounding towards their mother.

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LAZY LIZARDS RELAX AND POSE LIKE YODA

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BABY BEARS COPY FIGHTING ADULTS

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AMAZING LIGHTNING PHOTOGRAPHY

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HOPE FOR HOMELESS HEDGEHOG

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WEATHER TAKES BIZZARE TURN

It was sunny, now it's raining .

NEW FLEECE OF LIFE FOR WHEEL CHAIR SHEEP

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FISH AND BIRD TANGO

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CHILD SHEPHERDS OF THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS

CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .