NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers. As these pictures show, in many respects human stars have it easy compared to these celebs of the animal world - who must survive the animal jungle under the media gaze. These photographs, captured by photographic safari guide Zane Engelbrecht, 25, capture some of the wilds most beautiful creatures as animal paps get up close and personal. These pictures show nature photographers getting up close with snakes, cheetahs, rhinos and even lions, as they go to any lengths to get their perfect shots.
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .