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.
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Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
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Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
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In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .