SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already. The cheerless primate is not in the mood for any photographs, giving the camera the most irritated of glances. This amusing picture was taken by Louisiana writer Debi Dalio, 55, after a visit to the Rio Grande Zoo, New Mexico.
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .