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.
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .