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!
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
