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 trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
