OPEN mouthed and wide eyed this little squirrel appears startled. Taken aback, he sits with his hands clasped and jaw dropped. The surprised eastern grey squirrel was photographed by Lithuanian photographer Giedrius Stakauskas, 38, on a trip to Bushy Park in London. ‘Even though his little face looks like he’s in a state of complete surprise, he was actually yawning and very sleepy,’ says Giedrius, now of London.
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .