WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up. After a day of playing on the beach with friends, the grey seal spends a few minutes nudging the photography equipment with his nose before striking a pose. The adorable seal was photographed by Italian aerospace engineer Guido Muratore on a trip to Donna Nook, located on the coast of Lincolnshire. The 26-year-old, of Turin, Italy, says: ‘I came quite close to the seals trying to get the perfect picture. This pup saw me and it was absolutely not scared of the camera at all.
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .