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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THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
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A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
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