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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A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
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FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .