SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already. The cheerless primate is not in the mood for any photographs, giving the camera the most irritated of glances. This amusing picture was taken by Louisiana writer Debi Dalio, 55, after a visit to the Rio Grande Zoo, New Mexico.
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .