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...
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
