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.
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
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The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
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 .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
