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.
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
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DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
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AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .