DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast. Bobbing its head as it moves through the frosty grass, the adorable creature darts and leaps across the field as it searches for the perfect meal. The delightful animal was photographed by Swiss student Etienne Francey as he watched the stoat play in fields in his hometown of Cousset in Switzerland. The 17-year-old says: ‘Cycling along a country road near my house one snowy day, I was startled to see a stoat run across the road in front of me.
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YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
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A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
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Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
