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.
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
