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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From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .
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WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
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An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
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