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.
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
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