Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals. The jaw-dropping moment stunned spectators watching from a catamaran near Seal Island in False Bay, South Africa. The hungry shark emerged from the water and bit down on the catamaran's dummy seal, before disappearing into the waves. Yirui Heng, of Singapore, photographed the action, which lasted for just seconds.
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .