If you’re not a fan of the horror film Jaws then look away now. For these dramatic pictures show a diver getting up close and personal with a SHARK. With its piercing sharp teeth and 9ft presence, the 2.5metre long man eater could strike at any second, but instead appears unusually placid as it is pictured here breaking the surface at Tiger Beach in the Bahamas. The impressive images show the lemon sharks caught between the aquatic and terrestrial worlds Photographer Andrew Murch captured the shots while on an adventurous dive. He has spent nearly two decades swimming with sharks, encountering more than 60 species
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
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 .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .