JUMPING and bouncing off one another, these young cheetahs enjoy some harmless fun. Rolling around in the grass they certainly know how to enjoy themselves as they take on each other in a battle of the strongest. The playful siblings were captured by German dental technician Elmar Weiss, 43, on a trip to Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. 'These one year old cheetah cubs were in a very good mood on this particular day,' says Elmar of Hamburg.
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .