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!
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A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
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A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
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A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
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Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .