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 lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
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 .