TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo. The Sumatran tiger cubs are given a full examination by zoo staff to ensure they’re in purr-fect shape. The trio, born to mother Kirana and father Fabi on 2nd January, huddle together after their checks, which included being examined, sexed, weighed and vaccinated.
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
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 .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .