SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings. Peering carefully out of the opening, one by one, the squirrels scout the area before scrambling back inside their den. The cute peekaboo display was caught on camera by photographer Rick Tomalty in his garden in Orford in Quebec, Canada.
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
RACING down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has already mastered the art of skiing .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .