WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart. The harp seals, aged between two and ten-days-old, roll around in the snow and explore their new surroundings. The adorable scene was captured in the Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada by Belgian photographer Ellen Cuylaerts. The 44-year-old spent three days with the seals when she visited a breeding site earlier this month.
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
