A pair of dwarf mongooses take tiny steps and begin exploring their enclosure at Chester Zoo. The little youngsters were spotted by keepers enjoying their first adventure. The duo, who were born on 8th September, spent a month in their nest box with keepers just hearing occasional squeaks. Dave White, team manager at Chester Zoo, says: “Now that our new duo has started exploring they’re going to keep mum, dad and the rest of the dwarf mongoose group very much on their tiny toes.
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
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FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .