A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand. The underwater animal whisperer, named Jorge, was able to tame the 8ft long shark by simply rubbing its snout, one of its most sensitive places, causing the animal to become overwhelmed by the stimulation. Having calmed the silky shark, a species which has been known to behave aggressively toward divers, he gently grasped its body and turned the predator so it was upright. The amazing moment was witnessed by French marine biologist Mathieu Foulquie, 39, just five metres underwater on a dive in the Gardens of the Queen National Marine Park in Cuba.
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .