STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity. He bobs his eyes above the water and surveys the scene, ready for his close-up. These photographs were captured by French marine biologist Mathieu Foulquie, 39, after he spotted the friendly toad in the resurgence of a little river near Montpellier, France. Mathieu, of Montpellier, France, was investigating underwater in a river named 'la Bueges' when he put his hand on the river bed and the toad grabbed his fingers.
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
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WHETHER FLOATING through space or diving underwater, a lucky baby boy enjoys once in a life time experiences - in his DREAMS .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .