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.
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .