GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends. Clearly bored of always being the subject for photographs, he steps up to the plate and tries out life on the other side of the lens. These funny photographs were captured by Israeli photographer Jacki Soikis, 49, after he caught this little squirrel monkey trying his hand at photography at a monkey park in north Israel. 'I really wanted to see if the monkeys could pick up on how to use a camera,' said Jacki.'So for several hours I showed the monkeys how I use the camera, and tried to just generally make them really curious about it.
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .