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.
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
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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 .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .