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...
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A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
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GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
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PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
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