BRIGHT eyed and bushy tailed, a rare monkey catches a ride on the back of its mum in Chester Zoo. At only 12 weeks old, buffy-headed capuchin monkey is one of the world’s rarest species of primates. Dr Nick Davis, assistant curator of mammals at Chester Zoo, said: “In the past they were abundant in the Atlantic rainforests of eastern Brazil, but sadly they’re now on the verge of disappearing from the wild because of severe destruction to their habitat and intense hunting.
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
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 .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .