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...
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .