STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow. With his chin resting on his paws, the furry giant looks like he has a lot to think about in Wapusk National Park, located in northern Manitoba, Canada. These photographs were taken by 39-year-old professional photographer Alberto Ghizzi Panizza, while on a seven day trip to the park. At times Alberto, of Parma, Italy, was just three metres away from the polar bears.
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
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THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .