EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal. The anxious squirrel was photographed by Czech photographer Pavel Blazek, 29, after he spotted the little fella eyeing up his lunch in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. 'This European ground squirrel was undoubtedly nervous that something was going to steal his food” says Pavel, of Vlasim. 'With his little paws raised up to his mouth, he looks as if he's fearfully biting his nails as he spots his next meal.
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .