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.
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .