An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera. Lying on a coconut leaf in the early morning sun, the tiny little rodent has his mouth wide open, before sticking his tongue out in a cheeky gesture. The moment was captured by 19-year-old student, Ranajit Roy in his hometown of Bengaluru, India. He says: 'I was up early and walking when I spotted the Indian palm squirrel asleep in a tree.
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .