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.
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .