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.
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Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .