An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera. Lying on a coconut leaf in the early morning sun, the tiny little rodent has his mouth wide open, before sticking his tongue out in a cheeky gesture. The moment was captured by 19-year-old student, Ranajit Roy in his hometown of Bengaluru, India. He says: 'I was up early and walking when I spotted the Indian palm squirrel asleep in a tree.
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
