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...
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
From the rolling hills of the Brecon Beacons to the still waters in the Lake District, these photographs capture autumnal landscapes across Great Britain perfectly .
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 .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .