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 diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
