EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal. The anxious squirrel was photographed by Czech photographer Pavel Blazek, 29, after he spotted the little fella eyeing up his lunch in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. 'This European ground squirrel was undoubtedly nervous that something was going to steal his food” says Pavel, of Vlasim. 'With his little paws raised up to his mouth, he looks as if he's fearfully biting his nails as he spots his next meal.
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .