WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up. The smiley tokay gecko was photographed by photographer Angi Wallace in her home in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The 47-year-old says: “I placed this gecko on a branch deliberately to take some photographs. “He has the cutest face, however if I wave my hand near him he opens his mouth as a form of defensive behaviour.
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .