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!
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .