Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves. The martial arts savvy cats dip and dive as they excitably play together and show off their skills. This big cat fight was captured by Israeli zoologist Michal Samuni-Blank, a keen observer of snow leopards, on a visit to Central Park Zoo, New York.
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .