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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WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
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At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
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A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
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