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...
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .