A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants. Disgusted mourners have arrived at their loved ones graves to find penalty notices insensitively stuck to the headstones, demanding money for having more than one pot plant. Several visitors to Alfreton Cemetery in Derbyshire were met with a letter from Amber Valley Borough Council stating they had to pay for a garden permit.
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
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