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.
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
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LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
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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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