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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RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
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