A pair of dwarf mongooses take tiny steps and begin exploring their enclosure at Chester Zoo. The little youngsters were spotted by keepers enjoying their first adventure. The duo, who were born on 8th September, spent a month in their nest box with keepers just hearing occasional squeaks. Dave White, team manager at Chester Zoo, says: “Now that our new duo has started exploring they’re going to keep mum, dad and the rest of the dwarf mongoose group very much on their tiny toes.
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 .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
