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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A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
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A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
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Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .