PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session. These coastal brown bears gather for the sockeye salmon, who are attempting to get to their natal spawning ground. The giant fur-balls can eat up to 168 lbs of the protein-rich fish in a single day, providing them with the fat reserves they need to survive the winter hibernation.
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .