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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Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
THIS unique holiday accommodation allows you to enjoy a full Flintstones experience .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .