SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can. Feeling flirty on this particular morning, this female orang-utan named Nonja, 37, decided to send out a bit of love to zoo visitors, showing off her best pout. These hilarious photographs were taken by animal photographer Josef Gelernter, 32, after a visit to Vienna Zoo, Austria.
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
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 quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .