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 unique business in Birkenhead, Merseyside is sure to leave you HALF-CUT with its unusual pub and barbers combination .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .