WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow. The groundhog takes a moment to stretch before quickly becoming aware that he's not alone. The adorable scene was captured in the Tonale Pass, a high mountain pass in Trentino Alto Adige, Italy, by freelance photographer Maurizio Lancini. The 39-year-old, of Rodengo Saiano, Brescia, Italy, says:"I spotted the entrance to the burrow so decided to hide nearby and wait for the groundhog to appear.
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
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' .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .
