WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure. The blissful ape throws herself around using trees, branches and ropes in Southwick's Zoo in Mendon, Massachusetts. The playful scene was captured by photographer Abeselom Zerit when he visited the zoo in north-western America. The 43-year-old, of Pawtucket , Rhode Island, says: "This adolescent chimp, named Tanzie, turned six in March and she reminds me a lot of my own five-year-old - very curious and rascally!
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
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