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...
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
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A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .