SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia. The dolphins swim into shallow waters, just three metres from the beach, and eat fish from the hands of locals. The eye-opening encounter was captured by 47-year-old lawyer and photographer Andrea Izzotti at Monkey Mia beach, a popular tourist destination on the west coast of Australia.
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
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 .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .