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.
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Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
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A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .