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...
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
A unique business in Birkenhead, Merseyside is sure to leave you HALF-CUT with its unusual pub and barbers combination .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .