WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness. Splashing about in the water, the young elephant revels in an afternoon spent playing with her brother in their enclosure at Ragunan National Zoo in Jakarta, Indonesia. For elephants, touching is an important form of communication, and individuals greet each other by stroking or wrapping their trunks.
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .