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 angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
The dog having been pulled from the car - A police officer smashed a window in the blue Chrysler car to free the dog which was in visible distress .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .