DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast. Bobbing its head as it moves through the frosty grass, the adorable creature darts and leaps across the field as it searches for the perfect meal. The delightful animal was photographed by Swiss student Etienne Francey as he watched the stoat play in fields in his hometown of Cousset in Switzerland. The 17-year-old says: ‘Cycling along a country road near my house one snowy day, I was startled to see a stoat run across the road in front of me.
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .