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...
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
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Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
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STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .