COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society. Known as sadhus, they shun all home comforts for a life spent inside caves, forests and temples and can be found across India and Nepal. German banker and photographer Mario Gerth decided to find and photograph the sadhu people. The 38-year-old of Erfurt, Germany, says: “I have been obsessed with the sadhus for many years and set off in 2013 to look for them.
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .