RACING down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has already mastered the art of skiing. Aurora Burns, of Girdwood, Alaska, is now more at home on a snowy mountainside than inside a sandpit. Her parents, Cody Burns, 29, and Andrea Peterson, 34, insist their daughter is destined to take off. Cody, a ski patrol night supervisor, says: “Aurora has been skiing since she was in the womb as Andrea was still keen to ski throughout her pregnancy, and we were showing her ski films as soon as she arrived.
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
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