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!
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .