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!
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
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 .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .