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...
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .