HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk. With their brown patterned feathers and dark eyes, the beautiful owls possess the perfect forest camouflage. The Indian scops owls, a species of owl native to Asia, were photographed in a jambolan tree by Sarosh Lodhi, who noticed the birds while walking through Pench Tiger Reserve in central India.
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
