A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo. After a morning spent wandering around her enclosure, the restless ape finally sits down to relax, but not before showing off numerous facial expressions. Israeli zoologist and wildlife photographer Michal Samuni-Blank photographed the playful western lowland gorilla when she visited Bronx Zoo in New York. Michal of New York, says: “The gorilla’s name is Julia and she has a very special personality. She is very outgoing and is one of a few gorillas in the zoo that interacts with the visitors.
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
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 .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .