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 little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .