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 trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .