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.
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .