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.
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .