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.
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .