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 cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .