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.
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AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
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The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
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A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .