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...
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WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
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Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
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LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
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An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .