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 tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .