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.
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
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