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.
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
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 .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .