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...
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
