A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach. Lying on the sand, the seal gazes down at her fluffy baby as it playfully wriggles around underneath her flipper. The heart-warming scene was captured by 46-year-old photographer Elmar Weiss on a beach in Heligoland, Germany. Elmar, of Hamburg, Germany says: "I have never seen such a loving bond between a seal and her baby before...
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .