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.
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
