DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps. These may be 30 tonne whoppers - but that doesn't mean the movements of whale sharks don't remain a mystery. Pictures show brave marine scientists tagging the huge fish with harpoons to track their 8,000 mile journeys through the sea at depths of up to 3,000-feet. Underwater photographer Peter Verhoog, from Holland teamed up with Dr Mark Meekan of the Australian Institute of Marine Science to cover the underwater research project in Ningaloo Reef, 800-miles off the coast of Western Australia
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
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FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
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Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .