WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze. Bathing in the hot springs, he looks right at home as he indulges in a bit of me time. This calm monkey was captured by Edinburgh photographer Chris Rush, 26, while visiting the Jigokudani Monkey Park in Japan. “These photographs capture one of the most beautiful creatures I have ever encountered,” says Chris, originally of Newcastle.
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .