HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy. After a day of relaxing on the beach, the adorable grey seal pup spots the camera and covers its face with a furry flipper to avoid being papped. The seal was photographed by Italian aerospace engineer Guido Muratore on a trip to Donna Nook, located on the coast of Lincolnshire. Spending three days photographing the seals, Guido was just six metres away from the happy creatures.
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .