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...
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
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FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .