CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia. Away from modern civilization, children living in the Simien Mountains spend their gruelling days herding, or carrying, animals and walking miles through the rocky terrain. From the age of five these children are responsible for goats and sheep in the highlands and when they do rest, the boys and girls are schooled in classrooms made from mud, rocks and wood. German photographer Mario Gerth trekked 3,000 metres up the Ethiopian mountain range to visit this group of Tigray people and their hardy children and witness their unorthodox lifestyle.
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .