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.
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .