A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post. These adorable photographs of two playful bear cubs and their watchful mum were captured by American nature photographer D. Robert Franz, 56, on a visit to Lake Clark National Park, Alaska. 'What we see in these photographs is the interaction between the mother brown bear and her two cubs,' says D. Robert, of Cody, Wyoming.
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
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Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
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SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .