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...
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .