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 disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .