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.
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
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 .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .