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.
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - WAVE-ING GOODBYE TO RUSH HOUR: WHILE most workers endure commuting chaos by road or rail everyday, one entrepreneur has come up with a novel way to get to the office - by KAYAK .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
