Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg. Shaking their tail feathers dry, the seabirds take a few moments to waddle back towards the water's edge before taking the plunge again. The amusing scene was captured by photography guide David Merron as he watched the penguins from a boat near Danco Island, Antarctica.
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
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 .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .