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...
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
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An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .