LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London. Aware of her hitchhikers, the female red deer seems unfazed as the starlings arrive. The scene was photographed by 16-year-old student Samuel Aron on a day out in Richmond Park, London. Samuel, of Watford, says: ‘I have seen this behaviour before from starlings, but I have never seen so many on one deer.
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
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 .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .