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.
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
The dog having been pulled from the car - A police officer smashed a window in the blue Chrysler car to free the dog which was in visible distress .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .