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.
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
