WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

GUITARISTS that want to lay down some slick licks will soon be able to get their hands on a brand new guitar - made from oil cans .

PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .

WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .

ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .

NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .

FOR TWO memory-impaired parents their new-born baby Cian is a living timekeeper .

Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

THIS UNUSUAL collaboration between a mother and her two-year-old daughter makes for some stunning works of art .

FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .