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...
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .