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 lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
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 .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
