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 longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .