WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight. Playing in minus six degrees temperatures, the juvenile males stand on their hind legs as they trade blows in their light-hearted battle. These adorable photographs were captured by American photographer Barbara Motter, 55, after she spotted the two bears play fighting in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. ‘This is where the polar bears congregate, waiting for the Hudson Bay to freeze and their winter hunting season to begin,’ says the 55 year old, of Maryland.
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .