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.
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
