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.
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
