A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink. The owl, which was perched on a post, was photographed in a field close to Eclipse Falconry in Middleton, Staffordshire. Photographer Louise Morris, 54, of Belbroughton, Worcestershire, spotted the camera friendly bird of prey sitting on a post. Louise says: “I was very amused by the wink, as I’m sure the owl was as well.
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
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A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
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AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
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A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .