A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. The magnificent mammals swim up to several boats full of tourists and get so close that the passengers can stroke the mother and baby whale. The special moment was photographed by lawyer Andrea Izzotti, 47, of Genovia, Italy. Andrea says: “The mother was milking her calf in shallow waters, but they are very curious animals and they came up to our boats to see the humans.
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .