A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile. The laid-back female leopard, named Romi, appears to be unfazed by the dangerous reptile, despite its rows of razor-sharp teeth. The pair were spotted by photographer Elmar Weiss and tour guide Alfred Korir on the bank of the Mara River in the Musiara Marsh, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Elmar, 46, of Hamburg, Germany, says: “We watched nervously as Romi climbed down a grassy slope towards the edge of the river."
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
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 .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
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 .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .